List of awards and nominations received by A. R. Rahman
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A. R. Rahman is an Indian composer, singer and songwriter. Described by Time as "the world's most prolific and popular composer",[1] he has provided musical scores predominantly for Tamil and Hindi films apart from a few films in other regional film industries of India and international productions. Rahman started his career by composing musical scores for documentaries, advertisements and Television channels. He made his debut as a film composer through Roja after being approached by its director Mani Ratnam. The soundtrack became popular upon release, which led to him winning the National Film Award for Best Music Direction at the 41st National Film Awards, the first time for a debutant.[lower-alpha 1] As of 2016, Rahman has garnered four National Film Awards, 15 Filmfare Awards and 15 Filmfare Awards South, a record for an Indian composer.
Honorary
Government
New award
Honorary Doctorate
Other Honorary Awards
Film awards and nominations
Soundtrack
Background Score
Special Awards
Tamil
Telugu
Soundtrack
Background Score
Special Awards
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Category |
Result |
2008 |
Outstanding Contribution by an Indian in International Cinema |
Won |
2009 |
IIFA Music Director of the Decade |
Other Awards
Nominations
National
International
Longlisted
This section refers to awards where Rahman has been considered for a nomination but has not been nominated.
Top lists
Rahman's songs and soundtracks have been included in the following top lists:
Other achievements
- By 2004, Rahman had sold more than 150 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide,[97][98] and sold over 200 million cassettes,[99] making him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists.
- Time magazine has described him as "India's most prominent movie songwriter".[100]
- In 2009, Time magazine placed him in its list of World's Most Influential People.[27]
- His name has also been included in the list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World, issued by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan.[101]
- The signature tune for telecom company Airtel, composed by Rahman, is the world's most downloaded mobile music with over 150 million downloads.[102]
- The album rights for Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain were bought by Sa Re Ga Ma for a then record sum of ₹22 million.[103] The record was reset by Sivaji: The Boss in 2007, and later by Enthiran in 2010.[104]
- Enthiran reached No. 1 in the iTunes Top 10 World Albums chart, making it the first Indian album to reach the spot.[105]
- Rahman was honoured in 2013 with a street named after him in Markham, Ontario, Canada, called "Allah-Rakha Rahman Street".[106]
Milestones
Footnotes
References
- ↑ Corliss, Richard (22 February 2011). "The 2011 Oscar Race: TIME Picks the Winners". Time. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ Mathai, Kamini (2009). A.R. Rahman: The Musical Storm. Penguin Books India. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-670-08371-8.
- ↑ "Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri awardees". The Hindu. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2000.
- ↑ "A R Rehman to receive 'Lata Mangeshkar Award'". indianinfo.com. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ↑ "Padma Bhushan for Rahman, Aamir; Segal gets Padma Vibhushan". Press Trust of India. The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ↑ "Rahman to be awarded honorary doctorate". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ↑ "AMU to honour Rahman". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ↑ "UK university confers Doctorate on A R Rahman". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ↑ "Scotland pays tribute to AR Rahman". Behindwoods.com. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ "Another Doctorate for ARR". Indiaglitz.com. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ Hirsch, Mark. "With Berklee Honorary Degree, A.R. Rahman Comes Full Circle". Boston Globe. Boston Globe. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sanskriti Awards – Winners List" (PDF). Sanskriti Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "A. R. Rahman – Talent Tujhe Salaam". Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti. Sanatan.in. n.d. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- 1 2 "The golden boy of Indian music A R Rahman turns 44". The Times of India. Times Now. 6 January 2010.
- ↑ "A R Rahman receiving Gana Kaladhar from Sivaji Ganeshan". Bharatkalachar.com. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ↑ "Mahavir Mahatma Awards 2005". Times Foundation. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ↑ "Stanford University honours A R Rahman". Rediff. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ↑ "Swaralaya Award for A.R.Rahman". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
- ↑ "Limca Book of records felicitates A.R. Rahman". Radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ↑ CNN IBN Global Indian of the year 2008 – ARRahman. CNN IBN. YouTube. 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ↑ "Rahman awarded NDTV Indian of the year". Radioandmusic.com. 18 January 2008.
- ↑ "A R Rahman Honored". Indiaglitz. 4 June 2008.
- ↑ "A R Rahman named entertainer of the year". CNN IBN. IBNLive. 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ↑ "Rahman wins CNN-IBN Indian of the Year award". CNN IBN. IBNLive. 22 December 2009.
- ↑ "NDTV awards: Amitabh, SRK, Ash icons of Indian entertainment". NDTV. 25 February 2010.
- 1 2 "UK Asian Music Awards honours A R Rahman". Businessofcinema.com. 13 March 2009.
- 1 2 The 2009 TIME 100 – A.R. Rahman TIME.
- ↑ "10th Annual MIAAC Film Festival Wraps Up with Awards Ceremony for Best Picture, Actors, and director". Indo-American Arts Council, Inc. 18 November 2010.
- ↑ "A R Rahman to receive Indira Gandhi Award". Times of India. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "Big B, SRK honored at the Chevrolet FICCI Frames Excellence Awards". Indiaglitz. 20 March 2010.
- ↑ "AR Rahman honoured at World Economic Forum Davos meet". Daily News & Analysis. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ↑ "Winners Announced for 2010 Asian Awards".
- ↑ "A.R. Rahman at GQ India Men of the Year Awards 2011". NDTV. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ↑ "A R Rahman gets lifetime achievement award at Dubai International Film Festival". The Economic Times. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ↑ "AR Rahman, Sonu Niigaam, Sunidhi Chauhan emerge as 'Vuclip Icons of the Year 2012' in music". Radioandmusic.com. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑ "India's A.R. Rahman strikes Grammys gold". Agence France-Presse. 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ↑ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ↑ "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ↑ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ↑ "Tamilnadu Government Announces Cinema State Awards -1999". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ↑ "1996 State Awards". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ↑ "Madras Talkies Accolades". Madrastalkies.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ↑ "Filmfare Awards 2011 Winners". Times of India. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Fans Enchanted by Bollywood Music Awards". Screen India. 24 November 2000. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ↑ "Screen Videocon Award Winners". Screen India. 23 January 1997. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ↑ Sheela Reddy (9 March 2009). "At Which Time Dilip Became Rahman". Outlook. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ↑ "18th Annual Colors Screen Awards Winners". Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ "Vikatan Awards 2010". Ayngaran. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ↑ "Lux Cinemaa awards 2011 – Telugu cinema". Idlebrain.com. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ↑ Jaisinghani, Bella (29 March 2009). "Jodhaa Akbar rocking music awards". Times of India. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Airtel Mirchi Music Awards Winners". Filmicafe. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
- ↑ "MIRCHI MUSIC AWARDS 2012 – WINNERS LIST". Lyricsmint.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑ "Isayaruvi Sunfeast Tamil Music Awards 2008". mirchigossips.com. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ↑ "Cadallic, Slumdog & Bees are Triple Threats at Black Reel Awards". Daily Express. London: Northern & Shell. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ↑ "A.R. Rahman Picks Up BMI Film Award in London". Broadcast Music Inc. 2 November 2010.
- ↑ "Don Black named Icon at BMI London Awards". Pastedeadline.com. 5 October 2010.
- 1 2 Kilday, Gregg (9 December 2008). "'Button,' Milk' top Critics Choice list". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, AZ: Gannett Company. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ Susan King (14 January 2011). "'The Social Network' wins Critics' Choice Movie Award for best film". The Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Denver Film Critics Society 2011 Award Winners". Denver Film Critics Society. 28 January 2011.
- ↑ "34th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ↑ Tremblay, Bob (13 December 2008). "Get Reel: Every 'Slumdog' has its day". Wellsville Daily Reporter. Wellsville, NY: GateHouse Media, Inc. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "2008 PFCS Award Winners Announced". Phoenix Film Critics Society. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ↑ "2008 Awards". San Diego Film Critics Society. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- 1 2 "Nominees and Winners; 2008 13th Annual Satellite Awards". The International Press Academy. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ↑ Just Plain Folks Music Award Winners
- ↑ "2009 UK AMA Award Winners - on desihits.com". desihits.com. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- 1 2 3 "History". World Soundtrack Academy. Flanders International Film Festival-Ghent. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ↑ "Alexander Desplat third time in a row Film Composer of the Year". World Soundtrack Academy. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ↑ "The 55th Filmfare South Awards in Chennai on July 12". Televisionpoint. Bhash Media Private Limited. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ↑ "58th Idea Filmfare Awards South nominees". Oneindia.in. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ↑ "Complete list of Academy Award winners and nominees". CNN. Time Warner. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- 1 2 "Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ↑ "Asian Film Awards: 2009". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ↑ "Rahman gets BAFTA nomination for 127 Hours". Indo-Asian News Service. Hindustan Times. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ↑ "Dora Mavor Moore Awards". Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Retrieved 5 January 2011
- ↑ Caro, Mark (19 December 2008). "Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle enjoyed making the movie in India so much that 'they did have to drag me away at the end'". The Providence Journal. A. H. Belo Corporation. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ "The 68th Annual Golden Globe Award". Golden Globe Award. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- 1 2 "Houston Film Critics Society Names Films for 2008". The Celebrity Cafe. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- 1 2 "The Houston Area Film Critics Nominations". AwardsDaily. 12 December 2010.
- ↑ "2009 MTV Movie Awards". MTV Networks. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- 1 2 15th Annual Satellite Awards Nomination List. International Press Academy. Retrieved 1 December 2010
- ↑ "2010 WAFCA Winners". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ↑ "Rahman's 'If I Rise' nominated for WSA". The Times of India. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- 1 2 Hazarika, Sneha (22 December 2006). "'I'm dedicating it to Ustad'". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
- ↑ "Rang De Basanti making waves at Oscars". Bollywood News. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ "A.R.Rahman's three songs among Oscar Nominees". Radiosargam.com. Retrieved 10 December 2006.
- ↑ "Will Rahman's Na Na do the trick?". 18 December 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ↑ "79 ORIGINAL SONGS VIE FOR 2014 OSCAR". 13 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ The Worlds Top Ten – BBC World Service
- ↑ "The World's Top Ten". BBC World Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Corliss, Richard (12 February 2005). "Best Soundtracks – ALL TIME 100 MOVIES – TIME". TIME. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ↑ ""All-TIME" 100 Movies". Time. 12 February 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- 1 2 "100 Best Albums Ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ "The 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time". Amazon.com. 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ "Lagaan is listed among top 100 Albums". Times of India. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ Richard Corliss (3 May 2004). "Culture: The Mozart of Madras". Time. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ "Indian film composer for Rings". BBC. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
- ↑ Das Gupta, Surajeet; Sen, Soumik. "Composing a winning score". Rediff. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
- ↑ Corliss, Richard. (1 January 2005). That Old Feeling: Isn't It Rahmantic? Time Magazine. Retrieved on 25 May 2008.
- ↑ The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" (PDF). The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ Bharat. "Airtel New Signature Tune Available for Download". Indiamag.in. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ↑ "Rediff". Top Selling artists. Retrieved 26 October 2006.
- ↑ "First Week Report Exclusive". 11 April 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
- ↑ Indiaglitz (2010). "'Endhiran' tops Apple list". Indiaglitz. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ↑ Shiva, Prasad (5 November 2013). "Street named after A R Rahman in Canada". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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