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AR Rahman Birthday

Oscar winner AR Rahman is celebrating his 58th birthday today and he has taken music to a different level in India. AR Rahman has created a very different identity in the world with his music and his songs are heard all over the world. Today, on the birthday of our legend AR Rahman, we will tell you some special things about his life which you probably do not know, so let's know special things about him.

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Learned love for music from father

Music was played at AR Rahman's house and his father RK Shekhar himself was a famous music arranger of Malayalam films, but when he was just 9 years old, his father passed away and then the struggle started in Rahman's life.

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Rahman was a Hindu earlier

When Rahman's father said goodbye to the world, the whole family was shocked and little Rahman was also struggling with it. At the same time, if you read Rahman's biography 'Notes of a Dream', you will come to know that Rahman used to be a Hindu earlier.

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Changed religion at the age of 23

Rahman was born in a Hindu family. His real name is Dilip Kumar but he converted to Islam at the age of 23. For him, Islam means living a simple life and humanity. During a conversation on a BBC talk show in 2000, AR Rahman explained why he embraced Islam.

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Why did you change your religion?

Rahman told that there was a Sufi who was treating his father who was battling cancer in his last days. When AR Rahman met the Sufi again with his family after a few years, he was so impressed by his words that he decided to adopt another religion.

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on whose advice did you change your religion

Rahman said about this, there was a Sufi who was treating my father in his last days before his death. When we met him after 78 years, we adopted another spiritual path, which gave us a lot of peace.

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Know what was the Hindu name

According to AR Rahman The Spirit of Music, the musician did not like his name Dilip Kumar. He said that his name did not match his image.

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An astrologer suggested him a Muslim name.

AR Rahman had also revealed that before converting to Islam, a Hindu astrologer had suggested him a Muslim name.

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Astrologer turned Dilip Kumar into AR Rehman

AR Rahman told that his mother wanted to get his sister married. For this reason, she went to an astrologer with his sister's horoscope. At that time AR Rahman also wanted to change his name. When he asked the astrologer about this, he told him two names Abdul Rahman and Abdul Rahim. He immediately liked the name Rahman.