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Sidharth Malhotra, Tara Sutaria and AR Rahman (Source: Instagram @arrahman) 2019 and 2020 so far have been peppered with remixes and recreated versions of songs that we once used to love. With the added tempo and beats to the songs, one can’t help but groove to it eventually.

Music composer AR Rahman’s mother Kareema Begum has passed away in Chennai. She had been unwell since quite some time. AR Rahman took to Twitter and shared a picture of his mother to confirm the news. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and DMK President M K Stalin condoled the death.'Sad to know that Kareema Begum, mother of music great died of illness,' Palaniswami said in a tweet. Also Read - Indian Idol 12: From an emotional rollercoaster ride to mesmerizing tributes, 6 hints why A.R. Rahman’s episode will be an unmissable treat

— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) December 28, 2020

Rahman was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu on 6 January 1967. failed verification His father, R. Shekhar from an Mudaliar family, was a film-score composer and conductor for Tamil and Malayalam films.Rahman began studying piano at age four. He assisted his father in the studio, playing the keyboard. After his father's death when Rahman was nine years old, the rental of his father's. AR Rahman has been making audiences crazy for a long time. The number of fans of AR Rahman is in crores. His songs are very popular among the people. AR Rahman has turned 54 today. Rahman was born on 6 January 1967 in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. Rahman was a Hindu first, though later he converted to Islam for some reason. AR Rahman has been making audiences crazy for a long time. The number of fans of AR Rahman is in crores. His songs are very popular among the people. AR Rahman has turned 54 today. Rahman was born on 6 January 1967 in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. Rahman was a Hindu first, though later he converted to Islam for some reason. The latest tweets from @arrahman.

Earlier during an interaction with Chennai Times, spoke about his mother and said, 'My mother (Kasturi Shekhar) realized (his musical instincts), not me. My father was an arranger for composers and a Man Friday for many of them. Those days composers were Carnatic musicians, who would write the tunes and my father would arrange the music and so, he would be working with eight composers at the same time, working night and day. He died when I was just nine years old. Till five years after my father died, my mother would rent out his musical instruments to run the house after which she was advised to sell the equipment and live with the interest, but she refused to say. No, I have my son. He will take care.' Also Read - Indian Idol 12: A.R. Rahman leaves contestant Ashish Kulkarni in tears – watch video

He added, 'She has music instincts. Spiritually she is much higher than me in the way she thinks and takes decisions. For instance, her decision of making me take up music. She made me leave school in Class XI and take up music and it was her conviction that music is the line for me.' Also Read - A R Rahman opens up on how composing, writing, producing 99 Songs made him question his own compositions

Kareema Begum was born Kasthuri and changed the name after Rahman changed his from Dilip Kumar. Begum was married to Rajagopala Kulashekharan, who was also a music composer. He died when AR Rahman was 9.

May her soul rest in peace.

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