拉曼的平淡只是一个表象。在国际音乐界已经荣获“印度音乐大使”之称的拉曼，即将超过100百万的CD销售量。这同世界上其他同行比起来，等于麦当娜，布兰妮加起来之和，与迈克尔-杰克逊齐名。一个艺术家所必须的还有拉曼的沉着与真挚。杰克逊有张近期的相片，是穿着一件印有拉曼图像的T恤，并印有“向你致敬志敬”的字样。\r \r \r 其实看一下他所保留下来的奖杯，你就不得不认为他的整个房子的存在就只是为了陈列它们。1992，在他24岁的时候，影片“Roja”为他赢得的“国际最佳音乐指导奖”，5年后他又因“Minaret Kanavu”再次得此誉荣。在92，93，94年在“Governor of Tamil Nadu”获得“Stele Purashkar奖”，92，93，94，95年获得“洲际奖”，和从1992开始所获得的到现在所获得的“电影票房奖”等各项奖。还有其他一些像“电影院表演奖”，“赖其-瑞迪奖”。“拉吉夫甘地奖”以及“荧屏奖”(和专集)。还有在世纪之交，为了奖励与感谢拉曼为印度音乐所做的贡献，拉曼被印度总统授予“最高平民荣誉-帕迪-歇尔奖”。\r \r Since Roja hit movie screens in South India in 1992, A.R. Rahman has been redefining the country's widely popular film music. Generally regarded as the finest Indian film composer of his time (and certainly the most commercially successful), Rahman produced music for nearly 35 wide-screen releases during his first five years in the industry. He has worked with many of his country's brightest music stars and a growing list of international luminaries like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar, Apache Indian, and David Byrne.