Rahman is about to release his first authorized biography, A R Rahman The Spirit of Music, is going to reveal several shocking things about his fiercely guarded private life.
Written by renowned historian, Nasreen Munni Kabir. The book reveals the genius behind the soulful music which the maestro belts out. However, what had shocked the writer while she interviewed Rahman over a period of three years was he struggled to understand his life and how he worked hard to find a reason to live. In a startling revelation, the book quotes Rahman of having “suicidal tendencies” when he was young.
A leading national daily has published a news report about some such startling revelations from the book. Apparently, the book quotes on such incident where Rahman , at one point in time, didn’t want to live and how 1989 was the turning point in his life when his mother sold all the gold jewelers kept aside for the marriage of his younger sisters.
Rahman says, “With that money I bought my first Fostex 16-track mixer/recorder. In those days, film music in Chennai was recorded on single mono track and here I had 16 tracks. All those years of struggle, humiliation, being ordered around by other people, seeing worry on the faces of my family, remembering the feeling of being overwhelmed by an inferiority complex, the lack of self-esteem, and even at times, fighting suicidal thoughts – all that seemed to fade away. Sitting in the music studio that night, and staring at my new recorder, I felt like a king. The new me was born and the future seemed glorious.” Nasreen says she was shocked when Rahman spoke of suicidal tendencies and asked him if he really meant it, and he told her, “It felt so hopeless and I often wondered how I was going to get out of all that.”
There are many more startling revelations about his private life and when the book hits the stands on April 6, it surely is going to be a best-seller in no time!
I am sure that this would have answered many of the unanswered questions which were in your heart for a long time about your future.
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