A. R. Rahman made his debut in Indian Music Industry with the 1992 Tamil film Roja. In his three decade long career, he has composed and produced original scores and songs for more than 175 films in various languages, namely Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, English, Persian and Mandarin.
Original scores
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Upcoming
Original soundtracks
Notes:
- The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
- The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
- ⦠Indicates a film remade in another language with a different cast, featuring music reused from Rahman's compositions for the original.
- ! indicates only the songs are composed by Rahman, while the background score is composed by another composer.
- ⦠indicates only one song are composed by Rahman, while other songs are composed by another composer.
- The films Nayak: The Real Hero (2001, Hindi), Saathiya (2002, Hindi), Godfather (2012, Kannada), and Ok Jaanu (2017, Hindi) were remakes of the films Mudhalvan (1999, Tamil), Alai Payuthey (2000, Tamil), Varalaru (2006, Tamil) and O Kadhal Kanmani (2015, Tamil) respectively. The soundtracks were reused with changes and additional songs.
- The films Yuva (2004, Hindi), Raavan (2010, Hindi) and Ye Maaya Chesave (2010, Telugu) were simultaneous makes of the films Aaytha Ezhuthu (2004, Tamil), Raavanan (2010, Tamil) and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (2010, Tamil), respectively. Ekk Deewana Tha was a remake of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (2010, Tamil) and Ye Maaya Chesave (2010, Telugu). The soundtracks were reused with changes and additional vocals.
- He has contributed one song: "Piya Haji Ali" to Fiza (1999, Hindi).
- He reused the songs from May Maadham for Love You Hamesha although the film wasn't a remake.
- He has also contributed a promotional song with Tamil lyrics in the movie Lavender (Malayalam).
As playback singer
Note
- In the language column, "/" is used for dubbed in other languages.
- ", " shows that the original song have contain many languages.
As lyricist
Studio albums
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Writer
References
General
AR Rahman Telugu Radio Specific
External links