He has also received honorary doctorate from Aligarh Muslim University.

In 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music. In 2013, he introduced 7.1 surround sound technology to South Indian films. In 2009, he was included on the Time list of the world's 100 most influential people. In 2008, he received Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rotary Club of Madras. In 2006, he was honoured by Stanford University for his contributions to global music. Rahman has also become a humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising money for a number of causes and charities. He is nicknamed 'Isai Puyal' (musical storm) and 'Mozart of Madras'. He was also awarded Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2010 Grammy Awards. His music for Slumdog Millionaire (2008) earned him Best Original Score and Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards. Rahman's score for his first Hollywood film, the comedy Couples Retreat (2009), won the BMI Award for Best Score. Following that, he went on to score several songs for Tamil language films, including Ratnam's politically charged Bombay, the urban Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda, and S.

With his in-house studio Panchathan Record Inn, Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. Rahman initially composed scores for different documentaries and jingles for advertisements and Indian television channels. In 2010, the Indian government conferred him with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award. He is a winner of six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. Dileep Kumar 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema. Allah Rakha Rahman ( pronunciation ( help

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