Music maestro AR Rahman’s mother Kareema Begum passed away in Chennai. According to reports, she was suffering from age related ailments and had passed away at her home in the city on Monday.
Rahman personally confirmed the death on Twitter with a picture of his mother. The Oscar and Grammy award winning music composer was extremely close to his mother and in many previous interviews, he has disclosed that it was his mother who had realised his flair in music and had nurtured it.
Describing his mother as a spiritual person, Rahman said that she was way above him in the way her mind worked and how she took decisions. It was his mother who had made him leave school in class 12 and pursue a career in music. “It was conviction that music is the line for me,” he had said in an earlier interview.
