Rahman never liked his Hindu name Dilip

Rahman never liked his Hindu name Dilip. Everyone says that Double Oscar winner Rahman changed his religion from Hindu to Muslim. His Hindu name was Dilip.

Now, Rahman shared that he never liked his Hindu name. He said “The truth is I never liked my name. No disrespect to the great actor Dilip Kumar! However, somehow my name didn’t match the image I had of myself," It is known that Rahman along with his family changed their religion after the death of his father.

He shared “Sometime before we started on our journey on the path of Sufism, we went to an astrologer to show him my younger sister’s horoscope because my mother wanted to get her married. This was around the same time when I was keen to change my name. The astrologer looked at me and said, ‘This chap is very interesting,’"

He revealed that the astrologer suggested two names — Abdul Rahman and Abdul Rahim — and asked him to pick one. “I instantly loved the name Rahman. It was a Hindu astrologer who gave me my Muslim name. Then my mother had this intuition that I should add Allahrakha [Protected by God], and that’s how I became AR Rahman,"

Rahman who is set to perform for the first time in Varanasi said “I missed the opportunity before… I think it was meant to be that way. The call has come now," he said. “It’s the energy and the million stories of Varanasi that I’m most looking forward to".