AR Rahman’s autobiography reveals why he embraced Islam and changed his name before his first major film ‘Roja’ | Hindi Movie News – Bollywood

Bollywood and Oscar-winning music director AR Rahman has touched hundreds of thousands of hearts together with his soulful music and has put India on the map of world music, however like different artists, he too has to undergo numerous battle as he climbed the ladder of success. Born as Dileep Kumar, his conversion to Islam has all the time been the subject of dialogue. After the demise of his father, music composer RK Shekhar and simply earlier than the discharge of his movie ‘Roja’, AR Rahman embraced Islam, alongside together with his household. Now, the music director’s authorised biography, ‘Notes of a Dream’ revealed that in the course of the launch of his first main movie ‘Roja’ his mom late Kareema Begum had insisted on altering the proficient music director’s identify within the credit of the movie on the final minute.

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