Things You May not Know about A.R.Rahman

1. At the age of five, he was a loner and stayed at home most of the time. he would lock himself into a room and play the harmonium for hours.   
                 

2. His father R.K.Shekhar was a composer, arranger and conductor and worked in over a hundred of Malayalam films.     
                                      

3. His paternal grandfather was a bhajan singer in a temple in Mylapore, South chennai.    
                  

4. He met Saira, his wife on his 28th birthday. His mother and sister Fathima saw her at the shrine of Sufi saint Moti Baba in chennai.       
                        

5.Rahman hopes to release an album with all his family members who are into music.                                                            

6. When alone, he likes to go for walks in The Regent's Park, London. In India, he spends his alone time in a 5x7 meditation room at his music studio.  

7. Whenever he dreams of home, he sees his old house at Habibullah road where he spent 20 years. The house had a leaking roof. 

8. Him being called the Mozart of Madras isn't his favorite label and says, " Poor Mozart should be left alone."