Awards Won by Music Composer, AR Rahman

Rahman was the 1995 recipient of the Mauritius National Award and the Malaysian Award for contributions to music.[90] He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his first West-End production. A four-time National Film Award winner and recipient of six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South for his music and scores.[1] He has been conferred Kalaimamani from the Government of Tamil Nadu for excellence in the field of music, special music achievement awards from the Government of Uttar Pradesh and Government of Madhya Pradesh and thePadma Shri from the Government of India.[91] In 2006, he received an honorary award from Stanford University for contributions to global music.[92] In 2007, Rahman was entered into the Limca Book of Records as "Indian of the Year for Contribution to Popular Music".[93] He is the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Rotary Club of Madras.[94] In 2009, for his score of Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score,[95] the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and two Academy Awards for Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards. Rahman has received honorary doctorates from Middlesex University and Aligarh Muslim University.[96][97] Later the year Rahman was conferred the honorary doctorate from Anna University in Chennai.[98] He has also won two Grammy Awards, for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Song Written for a Visual Media.[99] Rahman was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor, in 2010.[100] Rahman's work for the film 127 Hours garnered him Golden Globe, BAFTA, and two Academy Award nominations for Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song in 2011.[101][102][103] He is an Honorary Fellow of the Trinity College of Music, presented to him by Trinity College London.[104]
On 7 May 2012, he was conferred Honorary Doctorate