Oscar winner music Director's first Salary..!?

Mani Ratnam's Roja is composed by AR rahman as his debut. The film was a super hit with six songs sung by AR rahman in vairamuthu lyrics. AR rahman is the son of Shekhar, who worked as a band composer for tamil and malayalam films. Although AR rahman was interested in music from an early age through his father, what he dreamed of was to become a computer engineer. The family was in big financial crisis after the death of their father. So rahman joined as a keyboard player in a small band called Roots at a young age and has worked with famous drummer Sivamani and his friends john Antony, suresh Peters, JoJo, and Ilayaraja.
 AR Rahman's real name is Dilipkumar before he converted to Islam. dilip kumar i.e. AR rahman was converted to Islam. The music of composer AR Rahman, who rose to prominence in the film Roja, has been soaking up so far with many songs that will fill the minds of the fans. It was through this that AR rahman got his first opportunity in tamil cinema to meet director mani ratnam at the award ceremony.
The first malayalam film composed by AR rahman was 'Yoda'. But the first release was ‘Roja’. But the name of AR rahman will not be on the cassette of the film Roja. mani ratnam allowed AR rahman to compose music for all the films he directed after Roja. It continues till Ponni's Selvan, who is currently directing it. AR rahman not only composed the music for the film Roja but also sang the song 'Chinna chinna Aasai' which is featured in it and is said that he got a salary of Rs 5000 only for this film.
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Sowmiya Sriram

20/02/2022 01:42 PM