Q. What was the earlier name of music director A.R. Rehman?
Answer: Dileep Shekhar
Notes: A. R. Rahman was born as Dileep Shekhar to R. K. Shekhar, a film-score composer and conductor for Tamil and Malayalam films. After his untimely father’s death, his spiritual-minded mother gained immense succourfrom a Sufi saintpeer Karimullah Shah Qadri under whose influence, the mother-son duo converted to Islam.