Actor Rahman shared a lighthearted story about how different he and AR Rahman are. He joked that while he’s the outgoing one, AR Rahman is super dedicated and spiritual. To prove his point, he told a fun story from AR Rahman’s honeymoon: instead of spending time with his wife, AR Rahman was in another room practising his veena late at night! Rahman laughed, saying they’re “polar opposites,” with the composer always lost in his music, even during his honeymoon.
In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, the actor said, “We’re pole’s apart in character. He’s north and I’m south; it’s like that. He’s reserved, very spiritual; he’s quiet and very, very dedicated. I’m open. I remember, when he got married, he took my sister-in-law for the honeymoon to a hill station. I called them that night, it was just 12 or 1… She answered, she was sleeping already. I asked, ‘Where is Rahman’. She said, ‘I don’t know’. He was in another room, practicing his veena… He was composing something; he’s that kind of person.”
The actor shared that AR Rahman enjoys his own company and isn’t much of a talker or gossip. He added, “And I’m directly the opposite. I don’t gossip, but I like to listen to gossip!” Rahman has often spoken about embracing spirituality, and his conversion to Islam. At the Oxford Union, he said, “We all have dark times. One thing is definite; it’s a small little travel in this world. We were born, and we’re going to go. It’s not a permanent place for us. Where we’re going to go, we don’t know. (It depends) on each person’s own imagination and beliefs.”
AR Rahman won two Oscars in 2009 for his work on Slumdog Millionaire. He took home awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for Jai Ho. This was a milestone for Indian music globally. AR Rahman also earned two Grammys for the same film.
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