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| Author | Kamini Mathai |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | A. R. Rahman |
| Genre | Biography |
| Published | 18 June 2009 |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 265 |
| ISBN | 978-06-70083-71-8 |
| OCLC | 762648108 |
A. R. Rahman: The Musical Storm is a biography of the Indian music composer A. R. Rahman by the journalist Kamini Mathai. The book was released on 18 June 2009 by Penguin Books' subsidiary Viking Press and became a commercial success. Consisting of thirteen chapters, it describes Rahman's birth in Madras (present-day Chennai) in 1967, his 27-year-long musical career, and his marriage in 1995 to Saira Banu, with whom he has three children.
Mathai was appointed by Penguin Books in early 2003 to write a biography on Rahman. In March the same year, she started contacting him through e-mails. He responded nearly one year later, and their first meeting happened the following six and seven months. In her writing process, she also met nearly other 100 people, including his family members and his colleagues. Critical reception of the book was mostly positive, with Mathai's writing and its contents getting the most attention.