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List of awards won by A. R. Rahman

President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Best Music Direction Award for the year 2002 to A. R. Rahman for the Tamil Film Kannathil Muthamittal
Awards & Nominations
Awards	Won	Nominated
Academy Award	2	5
Asian Film Awards	0	4
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	1	2
National Film Award	7	7
Critics' Choice Awards	2	3
Filmfare Awards	15	29
Filmfare Awards South	18	33
IIFA Awards	16	22
IIFA Utsavam	3	6
Golden Globes	1	2
Grammy Awards	2	2
Satellite Awards	1	4
MTV Video Music Award	1	3
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards	6	6
Vijay Awards	5	5
World Soundtrack Awards	3	6
South Indian International Movie Awards	3	14
Mirchi Music Awards	19	34
Zee Cine Awards	7	10
Screen Awards	9	9
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	175	252
Footnotes

A. R. Rahman is an Indian composer, singer and songwriter. Described by Time as one of the most popular composers, he has provided musical scores predominantly for Tamil and Hindi films apart from a few films in other regional film industries of India and international productions. Rahman started his career by composing musical scores for documentaries, advertisements and Television channels. He made his debut as a film composer through Roja after being approached by its director Mani Ratnam. The soundtrack became popular upon release, which led to him winning the National Film Award for Best Music Direction at the 40th National Film Awards, the first time for a debutant. As of 2024, Rahman has garnered 7 National Film Awards, 15 Filmfare Awards and 18 Filmfare Awards South, a record for an Indian composer.

Honorary

Government

Honorary Doctorate

Other Honorary Awards

• 1994 – Sanskriti Award
  • Contributions to music awarded by the Sanskriti Foundation
• 1995 – Bommai Nagi Reddy Award
• 1995 – Mauritius National Award
  • Contributions to music awarded by Mauritius
• 1995 – Malaysian Award
  • Contributions to music awarded by Malaysia
• 1995 – Rajiv Gandhi Award
• 1996 – 'Gana Kaladhar'
• 2001 – Al-Ameen Education Society Community Award
• 2002 – Amir Khusro Sangeet Nawaz Award
• 2005 – Mahavir-Mahatma Award
• 2006 – Honorary Award from Stanford University
• 2006 – Sanatan Sangeet Puraskar
  • Contributions to music awarded by the Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti
• 2006 – Swaralaya Yesudas Award
  • Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in the music field
• 2007 – Limca Book of Records Indian of the Year for Contribution to Popular Music
• 2008 – CNN-IBN Global Indian of the Year
• 2008 – NDTV Indian of the Year
• 2008 – Rotary Club of Madras
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2009 – CNN-IBN Entertainer of the Year
• 2009 – CNN-IBN Indian of the Year
• 2009 – NDTV Global Indian Entertainer Award
• 2009 – UK Asian Music Award for Outstanding Achievement
• 2009 – Placed by Time magazine in List of World's Most Influential People.
• 2010 – 10th Annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival
  • Special Achievement Award for Significant Contribution to the Globalization of Indian Music
• 2010 – British Asian Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Music
• 2010 – Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
• 2010 – FICCI Global Icon
• 2010 – "Crystal Award"
  • Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by World Economic Forum
• 2010 – Outstanding Achievement in Music at The Asian Awards
• 2011 – GQ Legend of the Year Award
• 2011 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival
• 2012 – Vuclip Icons of the Year 2012 – Most Admired Bollywood Music Composer
• 2016 – Fukuoka Prize (Japan)
• 2018 – Lifetime Achievement Award From KISS Foundation
• 2019 – "Global Icon of Inspiration" (Behindwoods Gold Mic Music Awards)

Film awards and nominations

Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Grammy Awards

World Soundtrack Awards

Satellite Awards

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Asian Film Awards

Other International Awards

National Film Awards

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Filmfare Awards

Soundtrack

Background Score

Playback Singer

Special Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Tamil

Telugu

Malayalam

IIFA Awards

Soundtrack

Background Score

Special Awards

SIIMA Awards

Mirchi Music Awards

Other awards

Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards

• 2011 – Best Music Director – Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
• 2016 – Best Music Director – O Kadhal Kanmani
• 2017 – Best Music Director – Mersal and Kaatru Veliyidai
• 2022 – Best Music Director – Ponniyin Selvan: I, Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu & Cobra
• 2022 – Best Male Playback Singer – For the song "Marakkuma Nenjam" from Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu

BIG Star Entertainment Awards

• 2011 – BIG Star Most Entertaining Song – "Saadda Haq" (Rockstar)

Bollywood Music Awards

• 2000 – Best Music Direction – Taal
• 2000 – Song of the Year – "Taal Se Taal Mila" (Taal)
• 2002 – Best Music Director – Lagaan
• 2003 – Best Music Director – Saathiya

CineGoers' Award

• 1993 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Roja
• 1994 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Gentleman
• 1995 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhalan
• 1996 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Bombay

Cinema Express Awards

• 1993 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Roja
• 1994 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Gentleman
• 1995 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhalan
• 1997 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhal Desam
• 1999 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Jeans
• 2013 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Maryan

CineMAA Awards

• 2011 – Best Music Director – Ye Maaya Chesave

CNN-IBN Song of the Year Award

• 2006 – "Roobaroo" (Rang De Basanti)
• 2007 – "Tere Bina" (Guru)
• 2008 – "Kabhi Kabhi Aditi" (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)

Film Fans' Awards

• 1993 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Roja
• 1994 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Gentleman
• 1995 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhalan
• 1996 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Bombay

Global Film & Music Festival Award

• 2023 – Best Music Composer for Feature Film in Foreign Language – Iravin Nizhal

Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA)

• 2007 – Best Music Director – Rang De Basanti
• 2007 – Best Background Music – Rang De Basanti

Global Indian Music Academy Awards (GIMA)

• 2012 – Best Music Director – Rockstar
• 2012 – Best Background Score – Rockstar
• 2012 – Best Album – Rockstar
• 2015 – Best Album – Highway

IIFA Utsavam

• 2017 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada
• 2024 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Ponniyin Selvan 2
• 2024 – Best Music Director - Background Score (Tamil) – Ponniyin Selvan 2

ITunes Music Awards

• Rang De Basanti (2006) – ITunes Music Award for Best Indian Album
• Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) – iTunes Music Award for Best Tamil Album
• Ye Maaya Chesave (2010) – iTunes Music Award for Best Telugu Album
• Maryan (2013) – ITunes Music Award for Best Tamil Album
• Rockstar (2011) – iTunes Music Award for Best Indian Album
• O Kadhal Kanmani (2015) – ITunes Music Award for Best Indian Album
• O Kadhal Kanmani (2015) – ITunes Music Award for Best Artist

Jaipur International Film Festival Award

• 2023 – Best Music – Iravin Nizhal

Just Plain Folks Music Awards

• 2009 – Just Plain Folks Music Award For Best Music Album – Varalaru

Kalasaagar Awards

• 1993 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Roja
• 1994 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Gentleman
• 1995 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhalan
• 1996 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Bombay

MTV Awards

• MTV Video Music Awards
  • 1999 – International Viewer's Choice Awards (MTV India) – "Dil Se Re" – Dil Se..
• MTV Asia Awards
  • 2003 – MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist India
• MTV Immies
  • 2003 – Best Music Composer (Film Category) – "Saathiya" – Saathiya

Planet-Bollywood People's Choice Awards

• 2006: People's Choice Best Music Award – Rang De Basanti
• 2006: People's Choice Best Background Music Award – Rang De Basanti

Sangeet Awards

• 2004 – Best Music Direction (Critics Award) – Yuva
• 2004 – Best Music Arrangement (Critics Award) – "Yeh Rishta" – Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities
• 2005 – Best Music Direction (Critics Award) – Swades

Screen Videocon Awards / Star Screen Awards

• 1998 – Best Non-Film Album – Vande Mataram (Non-Film category)
• 2000 – Best Music Director – Taal
• 2007 – Best Background Music – Rang De Basanti
• 2008 – Best Music Director – Guru
• 2008 – Best Background Music – Guru
• 2009 – Best Music Director – Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na
• 2009 – Best Background Music – Jodhaa Akbar
• 2010 – Best Music Director – Delhi-6
• 2012 – Best Music Directoe – Rockstar

Screen Videocon Awards South

• 1997 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhal Desam
• 1998 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Minsara Kanavu

SuMu Music Awards

• 1993: R. D. Burman Award for Best New Composer

Sunfeast Tamil Music Awards

• 2008: Best Music Composer of the Year – Sivaji: The Boss

V. Shantaram Award

• 2001 – Best Music Director – Taal
• 2007 – Best Music Director – Guru
• 2008 – Best Music Director – Jodhaa Akbar

Vijay Awards

• 2007 – Best Music Director – Sivaji
• 2008 – Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema
• 2010 – Best Music Director – Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
• 2013 – Best Music Director – Kadal
• 2017 – Best Music Director – Kaatru Veliyidai

Zee Cine Awards

• 2000 – Best Music Director – Taal
• 2002 – Best Music Director – Lagaan
• 2003 – Best Music Director – Saathiya
• 2007 – Best Music Director – Rang De Basanti
• 2008 – Best Music Director – Guru
• 2008 – Best Background Music – Guru
• 2012 – Best Music Director – Rockstar

Zee Cine Awards Tamil

• Zee Cine Award Tamil for Pride of Indian Cinema (2020)

Nominations

BIG Star Entertainment Awards

• 2011 – BIG Star Most Entertaining Music – Rockstar

MTV Awards

• MTV India
  • 2006 – MTV Youth Icon of the Year

Screen Weekly Awards

• 2002 – Best Music Director – Lagaan
• 2002 – Best Background Score – Lagaan

CineMAA Awards

• 2004 – Best Music Director – Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu

Zee Cine Awards

• 2005 – Best Music Director – Swades
• 2005 – Best Background Score – Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities
• 2011 – Best Background Score – Raavan

See also

• List of accolades received by Slumdog Millionaire

Footnotes

1. Rahman was tied with Ilaiyaraaja before Balu Mahendra, the chairman of the jury decided to vote in favour of Rahman.

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External links

• A. R. Rahman Official Website
• "Awards for A. R. Rahman". IMDb. Retrieved 24 February 2009.

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