Had suicidal thoughts till 25, hated my name Dileep Kumar: Rahman
Singer-composer AR Rahman has revealed he used to think about suicide till the age of 25. "Because I lost my father, there was this void...There were so many things happening," he said. The 51-year-old further revealed that he hated his original name Dileep Kumar and added that he changed it as he wanted to get rid of the "past [baggage]".