The Chennai-born 42-year-old is earning yet more plaudits as the man behind the soundtrack for Danny Boyle's hit movie Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman took just three weeks to complete the Slumdog score.
Q&A with BBC
How has it been to be part of Slumdog Millionaire's remarkable awards success?
It's been a great two months. Right after all the tragedies in Mumbai (Bombay), I lost my sound engineer who was very close to me - it all happened in the same week. Then the Golden Globe nominations were announced and all those good things happened, to cheer me up I guess. It's a dream come true.
Not everyone has been so delighted with Slumdog's success. Haven't there been objections in India to the title?
There are a couple of cases, saying it shows the country in a poor light. But being an ambassador for fighting poverty for the UN, I believe this film will make a greater statement than any politician or lobbyist.
I hope this will be a positive step towards eradicating poverty. In Mumbai, you have the richest man in the world and the poorest person in the world co-existing side by side, which is a shame. You can't accept that.
We understand you're not keen on "Bollywood" either...
I hate the word. I think it's derivative and it doesn't represent the entire film community in India. There's the eastern film industry, four industries in the south - they all make extraordinary films. It's like saying the whole of the West is Hollywood.
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