AR Rahman, son of veteran composer RK Sekhar, is a bona fide legend of our occasions. The Chennai-based music director usually speaks about his mom, however he’s often reticent relating to sharing reminiscences about his father. Nonetheless, in a current interview with The Week, the Oscar-winner shared insights into rising up because the son of RK Sekhar and Kareema. “The reminiscence of his dying is intolerably darkish. That’s the reason I by no means talk about him,” mentioned Rahman, who reminisced about his father’s closing days, and the power that his mom confirmed after his passing.
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“Submit his dying, the way in which Mr Ilaiyaraaja, who was working with Dhanraj grasp together with my father, spoke about his generosity, or L Subramaniam’s reminiscence about how my father requested him to come back to recordings and use that cash for his schooling, and so forth… make me really feel good, even now,” mentioned Rahman, who added that his father’s kindness, generosity, and his encouraging nature encourage him. “However his finish was not that good,” mentioned a moderately grim Rahman, who painted a vivid image together with his phrases. “He was like Gollum. His face was virtually just like the cranium, he had a protruding paunch, legs had been bony… that picture was darkish for me. However I believe his unimaginable blessings have reached my sisters, me, GV Prakash Kumar, my son and my daughter.”
Rahman additionally identified that the largest lesson he learnt from his mom was her resilience. “She is a really robust individual. Regardless of the humiliation she confronted, she by no means gave up or tried to take her life. She confirmed girls could be resilient, and got here again in a really non secular kind,” mentioned Rahman, who delved into the core concept of his spirituality.
“Prayer could be very important. as a result of we realise how small we’re except we grow to be one with the divine. With out that, I really feel nugatory,” mentioned one of the vital celebrated and embellished composers of our occasions. He added, “The worthlessness is continually there, and the one solution to really feel worthy is to recognise the infinite. It does grow to be a behavior after some time.”
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Rahman mentioned how saying prayers turns into second nature, and it’s a good behavior to have. “It drives all of the unfavourable feelings away. It removes the complexities of psychological diseases, and provides you a objective in life.”
On the music entrance, Rahman, who not too long ago gained the Nationwide award for his work in Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan, is at present engaged on a number of movies together with Thug Life, Genie, Kadhalikka Neramillai, Chhaava, Lahore 1947, Suriya 45, and Tere Ishq Mein.
