Earlier on Thursday, May 5, Indian music composer AR Rahman’s daughter Khatija Rahman got married to Riyasdeen Shaik Mohmed, with Rahman confirming the news by sharing the pic of the couple with the family. The Academy award winning composer captioned the group photo with – “May the Almighty bless the couple .. thanking you in advance for your good wishes and love”.
The group picture featured the music maestro himself, his wife Saira Banu, their two children Raheema and Ameen with the newlywed couple. The picture also featured a framed portrait of Mr. Rahman’s mother Kareema Rahman.
Meanwhile, the newly wedded bride also took to Instagram and shared her picture with Mohmed with a caption that read – “The most awaited day in my life. Married to my man @riyasdeenriyan.”
Netizens – common and influential – took to the comments section to congratulate Mr. Rahman and bless the newlyweds. This included prolific singer Shreya Ghoshal who commented “Hearty congratulations @khatija.rahman @riyasdeenriyan God bless the beautiful couple.”
It should be noted that Khatija and Riyadeen got engaged back in December 2021 in a private ceremony.
The Facts of the Matter
On Thursday this week, music maestro AR Rahman’s daughter Khatija Rahman got married to Riyasdeen Shaik Mohmed. In Khatija’s own words, Riyasdeen is an “an aspiring entrepreneur and a wizkid audio engineer”. Following the wedding, Mr. Rahman and Khatija both took to social media to share glimpses of the wedding. While Mr. Rahman shared a group picture which included all his family members, Khatija shared a picture with her and her newly wedded husband.
Taking to Instagram, Mr. Rahman shared the aforementioned group picture with a caption that read – “May the Almighty bless the couple .. thanking you in advance for your good wishes and love”. The happy group picture showed Mr. Rahman, his wife Saira Banu, their other two children – Raheema and Ameen”. The picture also featured a frame portrait of Mr. Rahman’ mother, Kareema Rahman.
Meanwhile, Khatija also shared her picture with her newly wedded husband on Instagram with a caption that read – “The most awaited day in my life. Married to my man @riyasdeenriyan”.
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Who is Riyasdeen Shaik Mohamed?
As mentioned earlier, Riyasdeen Shaik Mohamed, as described by Mr. AR Rahman himself. Is a “wizkid audio engineer and an aspiring entrepreneur”. His Instagram bio mentions him being a certified engineer with an association with Waves Audio and Audinate. Further, Riyasdeen has also worked as a sound engineer for AR Rahman himself and other prolific music composer and singer, Amit Trivedi.
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Khatija and Riyasdeen Got Engaged in December
It should be noted that back in December 2021, Khatija got engaged to Riyasdeen. Khatija had herself taken to Instagram for announcing her engagement with Riyasdeen. Interestingly, the engagement happened on December 29, Khatija’s birthday. The ceremony took place, in Khatija’s words, “in the presence of close family and loved ones”.
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The Khatija Rahman Hijab Row
Back in 2019, Khatija was in the eye of a controversial storm over wearing niqab. It so happened that Khatija, in one event was dressed in a saree and had her face covered in niqab. This led to many netizens on the internet label the Rahman family as ‘conservative’.
However, Khatija got back to the trolls on her own with an elaborate post she shared on Facebook. “I would like to say that the attire I wear or the choices I make in my life does not have anything to do with my parents. The veil has been my personal choice with complete acceptance and honour”, her post read.
“Hence, kindly don’t make your own judgements without understanding the exact situation. #freedomofchoice”, she had further added.
Mr. Rahman too made it a point to stand up against the trolls and shared a picture on Twitter which showed three women in her family – all dressed differently.
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