AR Rahman Birthday special: Major controversies of his life

At 49, singer-composer AR Rahman has two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Grammy Awards, four National Film Awards, a Golden Globe, 15 Filmfare Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards South to his credit. He is the go-to musician across languages and film industries, including though not limited to Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam, Kannada and English movies. But the 'Mozart of Madras', who celebrated his 49th birthday on Wednesday, did not have it easy. Just last year proved to be a rather rough one. There were fatwas against him over his involvement in Majid Majidi's film on Prophet Muhammad , he joined the raging intolerance debate and courted several controversies.