oscar award music composer ar rahman is celebrating his birthday on january 6 as the musician turns 56 wishes pour in for him from fans and colleagues in the industrytaking to social media ar rahman on january 5 tweeted that he will be out of chennai on his birthday and added that he will be hosting a live session at 6 pm with his fans celebrating the special day the music director will be meeting his fans virtuallylook at the wishes the music director received as fans call him eternalar rahman recently visited the nagore dargah on january 3 in nagapattinam to attend the kanthuri festival and earlier in december he visited the ameen peer dargah in kadapa with rajinikanthread alsorajinikanth mourns the loss of his friend vm sudhakarrajnikanth took to social media to express his grief over the loss of his friend and former executive of his fan club vm sudhakar on january 6 the actors tweet loosely translated from tamil reads i am deeply saddened by the passing away of my dear friend vm sudhakar my deepest condolences toon the work front ar rahmans last album was ponniyin selvan and is now gearing up for the audio launch of pathu thala in march