Rahman's biography to hit stands soon

Mumbai, June 5 (PTI) A biography on Oscar winning music
composer A R Rahman will soon hit the stands.

Titled 'A R Rahman: The Musical Storm', the book is
claimed to be the first "authorised" biography of Rahman.

The biography written by Chennai-based Kamini Mathai will
be published by Penguin India.

The book says about the death of Rahman's father RK
Sekhar when he (Rahman) was nine; his efforts as a teenager to
keep the family afloat by playing sessions, missing schools;
his reasons for embracing Islam and turning to Sufism; his
discovery by Mani Ratnam and his subsequent ascent to fame,
Penguin India said in a release here Friday.

Earlier this year, Rahman had created history by becoming
the first Indian musician to win an Oscar.

The book will be priced at Rs 499, the release added. PTI
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