AR Rahman's Mother Passes Away, Composer Shares Moving Post on Social Media

AR Rahman’s mother Kareema Begum has passed away in Chennai. The cause of her death cannot be ascertained at the moment. The Oscar winning music composer shared a picture of her on social media to mark the sad moment.

Kareema Begum was the wife of famous music composer RK Sekhar who passed away in 1976 and is survived by her daughters AR Reihana, Ishrath Qadri, Fathima Shekhar apart from Rahman. Her children have credited her for bringing them up as a single mother and instrumental in helping them to achieve in the field of music, reported indiaglitz.com.

In 2019, Rahman had shared a throwback picture of his mother with his two daughters Khateeja and Raheema.

A post shared by ARR (@arrahman)

According to sources, Kareema Begum’s cremation will take place later on Monday.

Rahman was very close to his mother and often spoke about her. Earlier this year, while remembering the patriotic song ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’ from the 1997 album Vande Mataram, Rahman spoke about his relationship with his mother, Kareema Begum, and how she has been pivotal in defining his success — especially the perticular song.

“In all lives, the common factor is, not many people have seen the divine, but we are created through our parents. If we have a sound and love in that life where we get the nurturing of a mother and a father, I think we are stable in mind,” he told IANS.

“I had this in my mind on how to crack it because I was very objective about it, thinking whether patriotism will work or not. So, I was like, forget about the country, let’s do it as a personal song — like singing a song for one’s mother. That’s how it was created,” Rahman added.

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