Awards

National Film Awards (India)

• 1993 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Roja
• 1997 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu
• 2002 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Lagaan
• 2003 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Kannathil Muthamittal

Filmfare Awards South (India)

• 1993 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Roja
• 1994 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Gentleman
• 1995 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Kadhalan
• 1996 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Bombay
• 1997 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Kadhal Desam
• 1998 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu
• 1999 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Jeans
• 2000 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Mudhalvan
• 2001 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Alaipayuthey
• 2006 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Sillunu Oru Kadhal

Filmfare Awards (India)

• 1995 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rangeela
• 1998 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Dil Se
• 1999 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Taal
• 2001 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Lagaan
• 2002 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Saathiya
• 2002 - Filmfare Best Background Score - The Legend of Bhagat Singh
• 2004 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Swades
• 2006 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rang de Basanti

He also won a “Filmfare R D Burman Music Debutant Award” for Roja’s dubbed Hindi version.
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

• 1993 - Best Music - Roja
• 1994 - Best Music - Gentleman
• 1995 - Best Music - Kadhalan
• 1996 - Best Music - Bombay
• 1997 - Best Music - Minsaara Kanavu
• 2000 - Best Music - Sangamam
Zee Cine Awards (India)

• 2000 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Lagaan
• 2006 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Rang De Basanti

GIFA Awards (Malaysia)

• 2006 - GIFA Award for Best Music - Rang De Basanti
• 2006 - GIFA Award for Best Background Music - Rang De Basanti

IIFA Awards (India)

• 2007 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Rang De Basanti
• 2002 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Lagaan
• 2003 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Saathiya
• 2000 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Taal

Star Screen Awards

• 2002 - Best Background Music
• 2007 - Best Music Direction - Guru

Swaralaya Yesudas Award (India)

• 2006 - Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music field.
• 2000 - Padma Shri (India)

Screen-Videocon Awards

• Kadhal Desam (South - Tamil; 1997)
• Minsara Kanavu (South - Tamil; 1998 )
• Vande Mataram (Non-film; 1998 )
• Taal (Hindi; 2000)

Other Awards was nominated for Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (2003) (The Hilton Award) for “Best New Musical of 2002″ - Bombay Dreams Musical

Sangeet Awards 2005 Best Music Director (Film music - Swades)

The Mahavir-Mahatma Award (Instituted by the Oneness Forum)

National Lata Mangeshkar awards for 2004-05 ( The awards instituted by Madhya Pradesh government )

• Sangeet Awards 2004 Best Music Director (Film music - Yuva)
• Best music arranger (Critics award) for ‘Yeh Rishta’ - Meenakshi 2004
• American India Awards R D Burman Award at the SuMu Music Awards (1993)
• Madras Telugu Academy Puraskar (1992 to 1994)
• Bommai Nagi Reddy Award (1995/96)
• Lux-Kumudam Award for Kadhalan (1995)
• Mauritius National Award (1995; for contribution to music)
• Malaysian Award (1996; for contribution to music)
• Sanskriti Award from Delhi based Sanskriti foundation (1994)
• Kalaimamani Award from Tamil Nadu Government (1995)
• Thangapillai Award
• Rajiv Gandhi Award
• 3rd Channel [V] Awards - Coca Cola Viewer’s Choice Award 1998
• The Channel [V]-IMI Award for Best Producer for Vandemataram 1998
• Fanta Award in 1999 Stardust Cine Honours Taal (2000)
• Filmgoers’s Award Taal (2000)
• First Bollywood Music Awards (Best Music Director and Best Song) Taal (2000)
• V Shantaram Award: Taal (2001),
• Best Music(Guru)2006-2007
• Bollywood US Awards (2003)
• Best Music Director : Saathiya 8th Annual Planet-Bollywood Awards
• (People’s Choice Awards! - Best of 2002) Best Music Direction : Saathiya,
• The Legend of Bhagat Singh Star Screen Award -
• Best Background Score - Rang De Basanti

Dinakaran Cine Awards

• Minsara Kanavu (1998 )
• Jeans (1999) Mudalvan
• Kadhalar Dhinam (2000)

MTV Awards MTV-VMA Award for Dil Se Re song from Dil Se..
1999 MTV Asia Awards 2003 for Favorite Artist India MTV IMMIES 2003 - Best Music Composer - ‘Saathiya’ - Saathiya ( Hindi )

A. R. Rahman has been nominated for the following awards:

• Laurence Olivier Awards (UK)
• 2003 - Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Musical - Bombay Dreams
• Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Canada)
• 2006 - General Theatre Division - Outstanding Musical Direction - The Lord of the Rings musical.