'Wait, What?': Fans React As AR Rahman Enjoys Hare Krishna Kirtan At His Dubai Residence

Ace music composer AR Rahman who has been nominated for Oscars five times and has won the award twice was recently seen enjoying Hare Krishna Kirtan at his Dubai home along with ISKON devotees. The viral video has surprisingly left fans puzzled. Here's why!

AR Rahman enjoys Hare Krishna kirtan at his Dubai home

If reports are to be believed, Rahman organised Hare Krishna Kirtan at his residence in Dubai. Many devotees were seen singing Hare Krishna Hare Rama bhajan while he was recording the same on his phone. He seemed to be enjoying it. He also wore the red religious thread, which is said to bring good luck and protection.

Fans were in shock seeing this.

The vibes ????

Ghar wapasi of A.S Dileep Kumar? pic.twitter.com/PHnM0v9lph

¡ª desi mojito ?? (@desimojito) December 6, 2023

"Will he be back to AS Dileep Kumar soon!!! Saw the thread in his hand too," said another user.

"Yeh Bhagwa Rang", said a user. "His mother kicked out a musician who came to his residence in Chennai with vibhuti on his head", said another user.

"Sometimes I feel your upbringing decides your future, AR Rahman bhai must encourage more and more youth/kids to be away from toxic environments or violent teaching and live a civilized life, we respect gentlemen like him, Abdul Kalam ji, Mohammad Siraj etc. They are the pride of Idia," wrote another user.

twitter

"Ye sab rehman bas hinduo ko bewakoof banane ke liye karta hai, asliyat me ye rehman hinduo se nafrat kata hai," another X (formerly known as Twitter) user wrote.

"Kalawa kaise hai" pointed out another user.

twitter

For the unversed, AR Rahman converted to Islam in 1989 when he was 23 years old. He was born Dileep Kumar but he along with his family embraced Islam. He made this decision after the music composer and his father RK Shekhar's death. He said that during these critical days, he met a Sufi saint. "There was a Sufi who was treating him towards the end days before he died. We later met him after 7-8 years and that¡¯s when we led another spiritual path which gave us peace," he told BBC in an interview.

In Nasreen Munni Kabir's book AR. Rahman: The Spirit of Music, the music composer revealed that it was his mother Kareema Begum who insisted on changing his name and a Hindu saint who gave him this name. "He suggested the names: Abdul Rahman and Abdul Rahim and said that either name would be good for me. I instantly loved the name, Rahman. It was a Hindu astrologer who gave me my Muslim name," he was quoted as saying.

For more news and updates from the world of celebrities from Bollywood and Hollywood, keep reading Indiatimes Entertainment.