The one and only A.R. Rahman is known for his Indian movie hits, but did you know he worked on the Surabhi Theme too? This rare video from the archives shows Mr. Rahman at work before he becomes famous, composing the theme song for Surabhi.

Early days of A.R. Rahman.

Rahman played on the orchestra of M.S.Vishwanathan, Raj-Koti and Ramesh Naidu and accompanied Zakir Hussain and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan on world tours. He also appeared playing the keyboard on a few popular music shows on television like 'Wonder Balloon' on the Madras Doordarshan channel. He also supposedly composed a few short pieces of music in Ilaiyaraja's films, a notable one being the theme music in K.Balachander's 'Punnagai Mannan'.