Miran Trivedi
Scar award winner and legendary musician-singer A. R. Rahman and Saira Bano have separated after 29 years of marriage. Saira Bano (not wife of veteran actor Dilip Kumar, but wife of Dilip aka AR Rahman) has roots in Kutch family of Gujarat. South Indian musician and singer A. R. Rahman announced the news of his divorce on social media just four days ago, and the film world was in a frenzy. A. R. Rahman was born into a Hindu family in Tamil Nadu. His childhood name was Dilip Kumar. A. R. Rahman's father R. K. Shekhar was a singer in Malayalam films. A. S. Dilip Kumar (original name of Young Age's Hindu Rahman) also wanted to pursue a career in music like his father. Later in 1980 A. S. Dilip Kumar converted to Islam. In the year 2000, the talk show anchor Karan Thapar told the talk show of a well-known channel to change his name. In the show, Rahman said that his father was battling cancer. At that time, a Sufi saint was treating father. After seven or eight years as a result of this tragic incident, Rahman and his family met that Sufi saint. He then decided to embrace Islam. A. R. It is written in Rahman's biography 'The Spirit of Music' that growing up he saw his mother as a Hindu but her house was always decorated with pictures of other religions. Talking about this, Rahman says, 'My mother chose my name Allah Rakkha (A.R.) Rahman because that name came to her in her dreams. Other family members also liked this name. In this way a. S. From Dilip Kumar his name is A. R. Rahman fell. In a book by renowned London-based writer Nasreen Munni Kabir, it is written about musician Rehman that he did not like his name 'Dileep'. His name did not match his image. In 'The Spirit of Music', Rahman says that he got the name Rahman from a Hindu astrologer. Before converting, his family went to an astrologer with Rahman's younger sister's horoscope. He wanted to get her married. At that time when Rahman asked the astrologer about changing his name, the astrologer suggested two names Abdul Rahman and Abdul Rahim. And A. S. Dilip Kumar immediately liked the name Rahman. Thus Rahman says that the distinctive name 'Rahman' was given to him by a Hindu astrologer. At the age of 29, Rahman asked his mother, Karima Begum, to find a bride for him. At that time Rahman's mother used to visit 'Moti Dargah' regularly. There he saw for the first time the slender figure Saira Bano. Lived in his eyes. In 1995, son Rahman got married to Saira Bano. A. R. Rahman and Saira Bano's 29-year-old married life has gone through many ups and downs. He has endured various types of emotional stress in his long-term married life. Believing that it is better to leave the door of married life in its hands than to drag it further, this celebrity couple has also put an end to the dignified married life, but both husband and wife have kept silent about the reason behind the decision of divorce. Both have taken this decision very seriously. Rahman himself is very relieved by this decision. }
What does Mohini Day have to do with Rahman-Saira Bano's divorce? A. R. Rahman and ex-wife Saira Bano officially announced their divorce on 19 November. Surprisingly, just a few hours after that, guitarist Mohini Dey, a member of Rahman's band, created a stir on social media by announcing her separation from her husband. After the divorce of guitarist Mohini Dey, netizens started speculating whether A. R. Rahman-Saira Bano's Divorce Caused by Mohini Day? Bass guitarist Mohini Dey has called it quits with her musician husband Mark Hartsch. Hence users started linking their divorce on social media. Some users even said that 'Mohini' came between the husband and wife so their marriage broke up, but the fact is that there is no 'Mohini' or Nadi anywhere in the divorce. Rahman, who has a net worth of more than 1700 crore rupees, is divorced but has not discussed any maintenance yet. A. R. Rahman and Saira Bano's three children—daughters Khatija and Rahima and son Amin Rahman—have also accepted their parents' decision to divorce with ease and respect.
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