Rahman
Rahman
Born	Rashin Rahman (1967-05-23) May 23, 1967 (age 45) Abu Dhabi, Trucial States
Years active	1983 - present
Height	6 Feet 0 Inche
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Mehrunisa
Children	Rushda, Alisha
Website
http://www.actorrahman.com

Rahman (born Rashin Rahman on 23 May 1967 in Abu Dhabi, Trucial States) is an Indian film actor who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He made his debut in Koodevide (1983), and has appeared in more than 150 films, including Parannu Parannu Parannu (1984), Chilambu (1986), Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (1986), Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (1989), and Nee Pathi Naan Pathi (1991).

Early life[link]

Rahman's native place is in Nilambur, Malappuram district, Kerala. Rahman attended Baldwin Boys High School in Bangalore, St Joseph's Abudhabi in Abu Dhabi, Rex Higher Secondary School in Ooty, and M.E.S. Mampad College, Nilambur.

Personal life[link]

He is married to Mehrunnisa; they have two children, Rushda and Alisha. A. R. Rahman married actor rahman's wife's elder sister, Saira Banu.

Film career[link]

Malayalam films[link]

Rahman's first Malayalam film was Koodevide, which was released in 1983. It became a big hit. He was one of the superstars of Malayalam cinema in the 1980s, alongside Mammootty and Mohanlal. He acted in the films of almost all the major Malayam directors at that time. Rahman acted in several popular films including Koodevide, Kanamarayathu, Uyarangalil, Vaartha, Poomukhapadiyil Ninneyum Kathu, Ee Thanalil Ethiri Neram, Ee Lokam Evide Kure Manushyar, Kandu Kandarinju, and Aparatha. He was absent from the Malayalam film industry in the late 1990s as he concentrated on Tamil and Telugu fims. After a long absence, he acted in Mazhavil Koodaram, King Solomon and Hitlist. After another interval, he came back with the movie Dreams, playing the role of a police officer. Another of his comeback movie was Black, alongside Mammootty. In 2008, he completed his silver jubilee as an actor. After Black, he acted in films such as Rajamanikyam, Mahasamudram, and Bhargavacharitham Moonnam Khandam. He was the hero in films like Abraham and Lincoln and Nanma along with Kalabhavan Mani. He also acted in director Kamal's film Goal and Ranjith's Mohanlal film Rock & Roll. One of his latest films was Moss & Cat, directed by Fazil with Dileep as his co-star. He was also the hero of the Rajasenan film Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu. Rajasenan himself was another hero of that film. Rahman appeared in the film Kerala Cafe, in the segment titled "Island Express", under the debutant director Shankar Rama Krishnan (assistant director of Ranjith). The film was released on 29 October 2009. Musafir, produced by Pramod Pappan, is one of Rahman's biggest productions and most expensive ventures to date. The film has yet to reach theaters. He is now acting in the movie titled Lavender directed by Altas T Ali.

Tamil and Telugu films[link]

Rahman's first Tamil film was Nileve Malare, which was released in 1986; the director of the film was S. A. Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor Vijay's father). He subsequently appeared in Kanne Kannemuthe, Vasantharagam and Anpulla Appa (with Sivaji Ganeshan). In 1989, after appearing in Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal, Puriyatha Puthir and Nee Pathi Naan Pathi, he shifted completely to Tamil and Telugu. Bharath Band is one of his big hits in Telugu. Rasaleela was the first Telugu movie Rahman acted in; it was released in 1986. In January 1987, Rahman moved from Kozhikode to Bangalore. In 1990, he moved from Bangalore to Chennai.

In 1999 he acted in the Tamil film Sangamam, directed by Suresh Krishna, which depicted the story of a feud between classical and folk dance. The music of the film was composed by A. R. Rahman. Rahman then performed in the Tamil films Raam and Thoothukudi, which were released in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The Tamil film Ethiri (2004) was the first film Rahman dubbed in his own voice. He was the villain in the Tamil film Billa, released in December 2007. In 2005, after a long gap in Telugu, Rahman acted in the Telugu film Dhariyam. The Telugu version of the Malayalam film Abraham Lincoln was released in Andhra Pradesh and was well received. Rahman's next Telugu film was Aalayam, directed by Muthyala Subbayya.

His Tamil film Vaamanan, directed by Ahmed (who has worked as assistant to director Kathir), did well throughout South India. He also acted in the Telugu remake of Billa, which released on 27 March 2009. Rahman's latest Tamil film is Balam, directed by Muralikrishna. Suhasini, his first heroine from the film Koodevide, appeared alongside him in this film after a gap of 25 years.

Rahman's next Telugu film, Simha, released worldwide on April 30, 2010. Simha went on to become the highest grosser of 2010, and the 5th highest grossing movie in the Telugu Film Industry. He appeared in Oosaravelli and Vanthaan Vendraan. He is set to star with Balakrishna.

Awards[link]

Rahman received the State Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in his very first film, Koodevide. He also received the Film Critics Award and Chamber Award for this film. In 1984 he received the Kerala Film Chamber Award for Best Actor for the film Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove. Rahman received the Award for Trendsetter in the history of Malayalam cinema's 78 years at the Etisalat Everest Film awards held in Dubai in 2007. The public voted Rahman for this award from the nominations including Kamal Hassan, Sreedevi, Manju Warrier and Nadhiya.

Rahman's Malayalam film Manjadikkuru, directed by Anjali Menon, received two awards at the 2008 International Film Festival in Kerala.

Latest films[link]

Several of Rahman's Malayalam films are awaiting release. The first one, Manjadikuru ("Lucky Red Seeds"), was produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India and directed by Anjali Menon. The film premiered in 2009 at the International Film Festival of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram.

Rahman's big-budget Malayalam movie Musafir, directed by Pramod Pappan, is scheduled for release in December 2011. Mamta Mohandas is the heroine in this film.

His upcoming ventures in Malayalam are Lavender and Bachelor Party. Lavender is a love story directed by Atlas T. Ali. Bachelor party, directed by Amal Neerad is progressing shooting in Kochi

Ennennum Kathorkkan by Shopy is scheduled to start shooting in April, 2012.

Filmography[link]

Malayalam films[link]

Unreleased films[link]

• Parannuyaran, directed by Kabeer Raavuthar (1985)
• Mizhiyorangalil, directed by Sasi Mohan (1985)
• Chodyam (Question), directed by G. S. Vijayan with Mohanlal (1989)
• Padhavi, directed by I. V. Sasi with Vikram (1992)

Malayalam dubbed films[link]

• Priyamvadhakkoru Pranya Geetham (1986) Hero dubbed Tamil movie Nilave Malarea
• Aryatha Bhandham (1986) Hero dubbed Tamil movie Kannae Kaniyumedae

Guest role[link]

• Aayiram Kannughal (1986) with Mammootty
• Veruthe Oru Bhariya (2008) with Jayaram

Tamil films[link]

Telugu films[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Rahman at the Internet Movie Database
• Manorama interview

Rahman may refer to:

People[link]

• A. R. Rahman, Indian Composer
• Rahman (name), Arabic male name
• Abdur Rahman, Arabic male theophoric name meaning Servant of (the most Gracious) Allah
• Dr. Mohammad Rehman, Founder of Rehman Medical Institute
• Rahman_(actor),Indian Actor

In Islam[link]

• Ar-Rahman, the 55th sura of the Qur'an
• Rahman (Islamic term), Islamic term

Places[link]

• Rahman, a village in Casimcea Commune, Tulcea County, Romania
• Rahman, alternate name of Rahmanabad-e Zagheh-ye Lalvand

See also[link]

• Rehman (disambiguation)
• Raman (disambiguation)
• Ramen, a Japanese noodle

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Ar Rahman may refer to:

• Ar-Rahman, sura of the Qur'an
• A. R. Rahman, Indian musician and composer

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Fazlur Rahman Babu (Bengali:ফজলুর রহমান বাবু) (born July 14, 1960) is a Bangladeshi actor and singer. Also known simply as Babu, he has acted in more than one hundred telenovelas, in addition to appearing in films and several television advertisements.

Early life[link]

He was born in the Faridpur District of Bangladesh and spent most of his childhood there. His family had moved there following his father's job transfer.

Career[link]

Acting and banking[link]

He started his acting career in 1978 when he joined the theatre group Baishakhi Natya Ghosthi in Faridpur. That same year, Babu acted for first time in a national drama festival. Meanwhile, he joined the Agrani Bank and, in 1983, transferred his banking job to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, where he also joined Mamunur Rashid's Aranyak Natyadal theatre group. Some of his performances in this theatre group include Nankar Pala, Pathar and Moyur Shinghashan.

He started his television acting career in Kazi Nazrul Islam’s^{[clarification needed]} soap opera Mrittu Khuda (1991), produced^{[clarification needed]} by Abu Zafar Siddiqui, on Bangladesh Television (BTV). However, it was his role of Poran Majhi in Rashid's^{[clarification needed]} television drama Itikatha (1991) that secured him further roles in dramas such as Shundari and Danab. Babu also acted with Bengali film Daruchini Dip directed by Toukir Ahmed while Humayun Ahmed was Story, Dialogue and Scriptwriter.

Babu has become popular for his humorous characters but his early career in stage dramas like Danab and Jay Jayanti was in serious roles.

Babu continued to work for television and theatre simultaneously until 2000 when he stopped theatre work as television took nearly twenty-five days per month. Babu made his theatrical film début with Abdullah Al Mamun’s^{[clarification needed]} Bihanga between 2000 and 2001^{[clarification needed]}.

Singer[link]

Babu emerged as a singer when he performed two songs in the film Monpura.^[1] Babu published his first solo music album Indubala (2009). He also sang four songs on the mixed album Monchor (2008)^[2]

References[link]

Fazl ur Rahman or Fazl-ur-Rehman (Urdu: فضل الرحمان) may refer to:

• Fazlur Rahman Malik (1919 - 1988) -- Islamic scholar and political philosopher, Pakistan
• Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician) -- a leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam political party, Pakistan
• Fazal-ur-Rehman (cricketer) -- former Pakistani cricketer, Pakistan
• Fazlur Khan -- Bangladeshi-American structural engineer
• Lala Fazal-ur-Rehman Sindh Sec

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