Bollywood’s superstar singer and music composer AR Rahman is in the headlines these days due to divorce. AR Rahman has announced divorce from his wife Saira Bano at the age of 57. AR Rahman is the only Bollywood singer and music composer who has won 2 Oscars. AR Rahman has given dozens of superhit songs to Bollywood and is called the emperor of music. But this emperor of music was once born in a Hindu family. Very few people know that AR Rahman’s real name used to be Dilip Kumar. But later AR Rahman left Hinduism and adopted the Muslim religion and took the name AR Rahman. Later this singer became a shining star in the world of music. Today AR Rahman is one of the best singers in Bollywood.
How Dilip Kumar became a singer from AR Rahman
AR Rahman was born on 6 January 1967 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. AR Rahman has seen a lot of poverty. Born in a normal Hindu family, AR Rahman’s mother was a very religious woman. AR Rahman told Karan Thapar in an interview, ‘My father struggled with cancer in the last days of his life. A Sufi saint was treating him these days. But after some time my father passed away. Then after 7-8 years, we met the same Sufi saint. After this, we changed our religion and we got a lot of peace from it. However, music was dominant in our family, due to which there was no significant difference in our social interactions. My mother used to worship Hindu gods and goddesses earlier. I remember that there were pictures of Hindu gods and Mecca Medina in our house.’
Got divorced at the age of 57
AR Rahman recently announced their divorce from his wife Saira Bano after 29 years. AR Rahman gave this information through a post on social media. In which AR Rahman said that we were separating after 29 years of marriage. AR Rahman tops the list of Bollywood’s most superhit singers. Dozens of AR Rahman’s songs remain on people’s lips.