India's most beloved singer and composer, A.R. Rahman, will bring his Jai Ho World Tour to the PNE Coliseum in Vancouver on September 14.

Rahman, a resident of Chennai, cancelled a scheduled June appearance Vancouver after some stage infrastructure collapsed in Detroit.

He's best known in North America for composing the Oscar-winning music in Slumdog Millionaire.

He has also created the soundtracks for countless Bollywood movies.

In March, a Reader's Digest poll reported that Rahman is the fifth-most trusted person in India, coming ahead of the prime minister, Manmohan Singh.

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