A.R. Rahman on 'Time' influential list

A.R. Rahman has made it into the annual Time 100 list, which identifies the globe's most influential people.

The Indian composer, who gained international fame with crossover film Slumdog Millionaire, has been creating successful scores for Bollywood hits for over a decade.

Rahman came 59th in the list after his double Oscar win, which was bolstered with a Golden Globe and a Bafta for his musical contribution to Danny Boyle's hit about the slums of Mumbai.

Actress Padma Lakshmi wrote in the magazine: "In India, a country of a billion inhabitants, where film and pop music are one, A.R. Rahman, 43, dominates the music industry so totally that he has supplied the sound track for a whole generation."

She added the Rahman is a "veritable Pied Piper" who is a driving force behind the direction of India's music scene, calling him the "Mozart of Madras".