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