Real path · from public sources

A. R. Rahman

Session player at 11, two Oscars later · from Chennai, Tamil Nadu · now: Composer · two Academy Awards

Every turn on one road

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A.'s road

Skills1971 – age 9

Work1978

School1980s

College1980s

Work1987 – now

Piano at fourMadras

Father diesFamily lives on renting out his instr…

Orchestra keyboard player at 11M. K. Arjunan's orchestra, then Ilaiy…

Leaves school for musicMadras Christian College Hr. Sec. Sch…

Stay in schoolNot taken

Trinity College of Music scholarshipDiploma in Western classical music

Ad jinglesAllwyn and Titan watches

First film score, RojaFor Mani Ratnam

Two OscarsSlumdog Millionaire

ComposerTamil, Hindi and international film

Nobody's road is a straight line, A.'s included. Fork it and Bingy moves the dates to your year and picks colleges for you.