Allah Rakha Rahman (; born 6 January 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar (திலீப் குமார்) is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. He has won two Academy Awards, thirteen Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe. He has also been nominated for two Grammy Awards. Working in India's various film industries, international cinema and theatre, by 2003, Rahman, in a career spanning over a decade, has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide, and sold over 200 million cassettes, making him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists. Time magazine has referred to him as the "Mozart of Madras" and several Tamil commentators have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal (Tamil: இசைப் புயல்; English: Music Storm). In 2009, the magazine placed Rahman in the Time 100 list of 'World's Most Influential People'.

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