After this successful music, he did other movie music compositions for Bombay, Kadhalan, Thiruda thiruda, and Gentleman.
He is nicknamed "Isai Puyal" (the musical storm) and "Mozart of Madras". Among Rahman's awards are six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards, and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. In 2010, the Indian government awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award in 2009, Rahman was included on the Time list of the world's 100 most influential people.