Awards & Winners

A. R. Rahman

Date of Birth 06-January-1967
Place of Birth Chennai
(Tamil Nadu, India)
Nationality India
Also know as A.R. Rahman, A. R. Rehman, ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான், AR Rahman, AR. Rehman, A.R.Rahman, Allah Rakha Rahman, A R Rahman, A.S. Dileep Kumar, The Mozart of Madras, Isai Puyal, A.R.ラフマーン, A.R. Rehman, A. S. Dileep Kumar, A. R. R., John Williams of the Indian Film Industry, Allahrakka Rahman, A. S. Dileepkumar, Allah-Rakha Rahman, R. S. Dileep Kumar, AR
Profession Musician, Composer, Record producer, Singer, Multi-instrumentalist, Music Arranger, Entrepreneur, Songwriter, Conductor, Film Score Composer, Music Producer, Music Director, Philanthropist
Allah-Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, Rahman's works are noted for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements. Among his awards are two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South. Rahman's body of work for film and stage has given him the nickname of "the Mozart of Madras", and Tamil commentators and fans call him Isai Puyal. In 2009, Time included Rahman on its list of the world's most influential people. The UK-based world-music magazine Songlines named him one of "Tomorrow's World Music Icons" in August 2011. With an in-house studio arguably one of Asia's most sophisticated and high-tech, Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. Working in India's film industries, international cinema and theatre, Rahman is one of the world's all-time best-selling recording artists.

Awards by A. R. Rahman

Check all the awards nominated and won by A. R. Rahman.

2014


Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Kadal

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Star Guild Award for Best Music Director Raanjhanaa
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Raanjhanaa
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Raanjhanaa
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Kadal
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Maryan
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil Elay Keechaan
Film: Kadal
World Music Award for World’s Best Live Act
World Music Award for World’s Best Male Artist
World Music Award for World’s Best Entertainer of the Year

2013


Vijay Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Kadal

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Star Guild Award for Best Music Director Jab Tak Hai Jaan
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Vijay Award for Best Music Director Kadal
Vijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer Nenjae Ezhu
Maryan
Vijay Award for Best Lyricist Innum Konja Neram
Maryan
Vijay Award for Best Background Score Maryan
Vijay Award for Favourite Song Nenjukulle
Kadal
MTV Europe Music Award for Best Indian Act

2012


Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Rockstar
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Rockstar
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Rockstar
IIFA Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : Rockstar
(Background Score)
Star Guild Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Rockstar

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Rockstar
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Rockstar

2011


Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu
Honored for : Ye Maaya Chesave
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Will You Cross the Skies for Me?

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Asian Film Award for Best Composer Rockstar
India
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music 127 Hours
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 127 Hours
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Endhiran
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu Ye Maaya Chesave
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Will You Cross the Skies for Me?

2010


Vijay Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Will You Cross the Skies for Me?
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Delhi 6
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Song
Honored for : If I Rise
(from 127 Hours)

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Vijay Award for Favourite Song Hosanna
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
Vijay Award for Favourite Song Kilimanjaro
Enthiran
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Delhi 6
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Delhi 6
Star Guild Award for Best Music Director Ghajini
Star Guild Award for Best Music Director Delhi 6
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score 127 Hours
Satellite Award for Best Original Score 127 Hours
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Vijay Award for Best Music Director Will You Cross the Skies for Me?
Academy Award for Best Original Song If I Rise
127 Hours
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Song If I Rise
from 127 Hours
Satellite Award for Best Original Song If I Rise
from 127 Hours

2009


Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
Star Guild Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Jodhaa Akbar
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Filmfare Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : Jodhaa Akbar
IIFA Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : Jodhaa Akbar
IIFA Award for Music of the Decade
Honored for : Taal, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Saathiya, Rang De Basanti, Guru
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Jodhaa Akbar
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Honored for : Jai Ho!
(Songwriters)
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture
(Engineers/Mixers, Producer)

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Ghajini
MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie Jai Ho!
from Slumdog Millionaire
MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)
Choreographers: Robin Antin and Mikey Minden
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Jodhaa Akbar
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Ghajini
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Jodhaa Akbar
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Slumdog Millionaire
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Star Guild Award for Best Male Playback Singer Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Jodhaa Akbar
Star Guild Award for Best Music Director Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Slumdog Millionaire
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Sakkarakatti
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Jai Ho!
Track from: Slumdog Millionaire - Music From The Motion Picture
Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture

2008


Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Sivaji: The Boss
Filmfare Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : Guru
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Guru
IIFA Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : Guru
IIFA Award for Outstanding Contribution to International Cinema
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Guru
Zee Cine Award for Best Background Music
Honored for : Guru
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Guru
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema
Satellite Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Jai Ho!
(Slumdog Millionaire)
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Azhagiya Tamil Magan
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Sivaji: The Boss
Star Guild Award for Best Music Director Guru
Vijay Award for Best Music Director Sakkarakatti
Zee Cine Award for Best Background Music Guru
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer Slumdog Millionaire
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer Tere Bina
Guru
Academy Award for Best Original Song O\u2026Saya
Slumdog Millionaire
Academy Award for Best Original Song Jai Ho!
Slumdog Millionaire
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Slumdog Millionaire
Asian Film Award for Best Composer Jodhaa Akbar
India
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Guru
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Guru
Satellite Award for Best Original Song Jai Ho!
in Slumdog Millionaire
Satellite Award for Best Original Score Slumdog Millionaire
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Song Jai Ho!
from Slumdog Millionaire

2007


Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Rang De Basanti
IIFA Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : Rang De Basanti
(Background Score)
IIFA Award for Best Song Recording
Honored for : Rang De Basanti
(Rang de basanti)
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Rang De Basanti
Vijay Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Sivaji: The Boss
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Sillunu Oru Kaadhal
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Rang De Basanti

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Roobaroo
Rang De Basanti
Filmfare Award for Best Background Score Rang De Basanti
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Rang De Basanti
Vijay Award for Best Music Director Sivaji: The Boss
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Rang De Basanti

2006


Vijay Award for Favourite Music Director

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Vijay Award for Favourite Music Director

2005


Filmfare Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : Swades

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Swades
Zee Cine Award for Best Background Music Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Boys

2003


Filmfare Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : The Legend of Bhagat Singh
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Saathiya
IIFA Award for Best Background Score
Honored for : Saathiya
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Saathiya
Bollywood Movie Award – Best Music Director
Honored for : Saathiya
Zee Cine Award for Best Background Music
Honored for : The Legend of Bhagat Singh
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Saathiya

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Zee Cine Award for Best Background Music The Legend of Bhagat Singh
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Saathiya
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Saathiya
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Saathiya

2002


Bollywood Movie Award – Best Music Director
Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
National Film Award for Best Music Direction
Honored for : Kannathil Muthamittal
(Songs and Background Score)

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Zubeidaa
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

2001


National Film Award for Best Music Direction
Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
(Songs and Background Score)
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Waves

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Fiza

2000


Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Taal
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Taal
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Mudhalvan
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Taal

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Taal
IIFA Award for Best Music Director Taal
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Taal
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV India Ishq Bina
Hindi Film

1999


International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV India
Honored for : Dil Se Re
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Jeans
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Dil Se

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Dil Se
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV India Dil Se Re

1998


Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Minsaara Kanavu

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV India Maa Tujhe Salaam

1997


1996


Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Honored for : Bombay
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Honored for : Bollywood Dreams
National Film Award for Best Music Direction
Honored for : Minsaara Kanavu

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Bollywood Dreams