A.R.Rehman,music legend.

Allah Rakha Rehman born January 6th,1966 in Chennai,India is an Indian film composer,record producer,musician and singer.He was born to tamil Hindu family.His father R.K.Sekhar , was a composer and conductor for Malayalam films.He lost his father when he was 9 years old, and his family rented out musical equipment as a source of income. He converted to Islam from Hinduism in1989 along with his sisters by changing his name A.S.Dileep Kumar to A.R.Rehman.
He began his early training in music under Master Dhanraj. At the age of 11, he joined as a keyboardist,the troope of Ilaiyaraja,one of many composers to whom musical instruments belonging to Rehman`s father was rented. Rehman later played in the orchestra of M.S.viswanatham and Ramesh Naidu, accompanied Zakir Hussain,Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and L.Shankar on world tours and obtained a scholarship to the Trinity college,Oxford where he graduated with a degree in Western Classical music.
He is married to Saira Bhanu and has three children Khadijah,Rahima and Aman.Rehman is the uncle of composer G.V.Prakash Kumar,who is the son of Rehman`s elder sister A.r.Reihana.