Music composer AR Rahman recently attended an awards show in Chennai, along with his wife Saira Banu, who was invited to speak on stage. In a video shared on Twitter by a fan, she held an award and stood next to her husband.
As Saira stood beside him, Rahman spoke in Tamil, "I don’t like to watch my interviews again. She keeps playing again and again and watching because she loves my voice." Saira Banu smiled as he said this. The anchor then asked Saira to speak. Before she could address the audience, Rahman told her, "Don’t talk in Hindi, speak in Tamil." Saira closed her eyes and said, "Oh my God." The audience laughed and clapped.
She then continued, "Good evening everyone. Sorry, I can't speak fluently in Tamil. So, please excuse me. I am super, super happy and excited because his voice is my favourite. I fell in love with his voice. That's all I can say." Rahman tied the knot with Saira Banu in 1995. They are parents to three children – Khatija, Raheema and Ameen.
Rahman has often spoken about his family. Recently, he talked about his daughter Khatija's song ‘Sagavasi’ after it got millions of views on YouTube. "As a father I am always proud of her, she is a unique daughter, she has her own personality....lot of tough things on social media, she has single-handedly fought all those wars and yet she is kind. She is an amazing human being and god bless her," he had said.