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  "en": "A. R. Rahman — English Wikipedia"
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  "ar": "مقالة ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية عن أ. ر. رحمان؛ تُستخدم لوقائع الكيان فقط. توثّق نشأته في مدراس، واعتناقه الإسلام مع أسرته سنة 1989 بعد تعرّفه على الطريقة القادرية، ومسيرته من «روجا» إلى جائزتي الأوسكار عن «مليونير العشوائيات».",
  "en": "English Wikipedia article on A. R. Rahman; used for entity facts only. It records his Madras upbringing, his conversion to Islam with his family in 1989 after his introduction to the Qadiri tariqa, and his career from Roja to the two Academy Awards for Slumdog Millionaire."
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  "title": "A. R. Rahman",
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  "URL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman",
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  "reliability_note": "Pointer for entity facts only (Wikipedia broad rule, AGENTS.md): a fact is used only where the article cites a source for it. A long article, read in full on 25 October 2026. Its lead gives his birth as 6 January 1967 in Madras. Its conversion section — headed 'Conversion to Islam and name change' — records that he was introduced to the Qadiri tariqa when his younger sister was seriously ill in 1984, that his mother was a practising Hindu, that Sufism influenced his mother and eventually his family, and that at the age of 23 he converted to Islam with his family in 1989, taking a name suggested through a Hindu astrologer ('Abdul Rahman' / 'Abdul Rahim'), to which his mother added 'Allah Rakha' after a dream; this section is one of the two independent attestations of his Sufi path used in the person record. Covers further: his birth as A. S. Dileep Kumar to the Malayalam film composer R. K. Shekhar (who died when Rahman was nine) and Kareema, born Kashturi; piano from the age of four; work as keyboardist and arranger for Ilaiyaraaja and others, training under Master Dhanraj and a diploma in Western classical music from Trinity College of Music; advertising jingles and the Panchathan Record Inn studio (1992); Roja (1992) and its National Film Award; Bombay, Rangeela, Dil Se.. (whose 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' the article links to Sufi mysticism), Taal and Lagaan; Bombay Dreams (2002) for Andrew Lloyd Webber; Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and its two Academy Awards — best score, and best song for 'Jai Ho', shared with Gulzar — with the Golden Globe, BAFTA and two 2010 Grammy Awards; Couples Retreat (2009), his first Hollywood film, and 127 Hours (2010); the Padma Shri (2000) and Padma Bhushan (2010); seven National Film Awards by the article's count; the KM Music Conservatory (2008) and the Sunshine Orchestra (2009); the Stop TB Partnership ambassadorship (2004); honorary doctorates including Berklee (2014) and Aligarh Muslim University; the street named for him in Markham, Ontario (2013); the directorial debut Le Musk (2017); estimated sales of some 150 million records (the article's estimate, attributed as such); his 1995 marriage to Saira Banu, their three children, and the separation announced in November 2024.",
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