Her father, AR Rahman , is a renowned global musician and a two-time Oscar-winner. Her aunt, AR Reihana, is a music director and so is her cousin, the well-known GV Prakash. Her brother AR Ameen is a singer.
Hailing from an illustrious family of musicians, Khatija Rahman has made her Tamil debut as music director for Minmini. In this chat with Hindustan Times, the 28-year-old music composer says she wants to be known for her music and talks about how much her father has influenced them musically. (Also read: Khatija Rahman reveals father AR Rahman's advice to her as she debuts as composer with Minmini ) You signed your first film as music director, Lioness, in 2023 as music director but the recent release, Minmini by director Halitha Shameem, is your debut in Tamil.
When director Halitha Shameem approached me for Minmini, I was busy working on my music album so I couldn’t take the offer. Post my album, I got the offer for the British co-production, Lioness, from director Kajri Babbar around July in 2023 and I signed that on and around the same time, I got an international offer for a short film which I didn’t take up. Then I got busy with my wedding and there were many things happening at the time.
When I got an offer from Dubai, I wanted to inform Halitha to update her about it and she said she’d like me to still come on board if I could as they hadn’t finalised the music director yet. She heard my unreleased Indie English track and she liked it. And that’s how I s.