NEW DELHI

Popular music director A.R. Rahman's daughter Khatija Rahman's animated music video-'Farishton'-has won the award for the Best Animation Music Video at the International Sound Future Awards.
With A.R. Rahman being the music director and the producer of the video, the award technically went to A.R. Rahman but the proud father considers the video to be her daughter's work. 

The news of the musical video having won at the awards was shared by Rahman on his official Twitter handle saying, 'Farishton' wins one more award. @Rahmankhatija EPI."

Khatija's 'Farishton' had won the Award of Merit at the Global Shorts.net just a couple of days ago in an international short film competition. This makes it two awards in a row for the music video. 

The video has also received a special mention award at the Los Angeles Film Awards.
'Farishton' is significant as Khatija Rahman considers it to be the beginning of her musical journey.

In a post describing her video on YouTube, Khatija says, "I was born in Chennai in a multicultural family with different genres of music and with friends from diverse backgrounds. I've always been fascinated with the wonders of life. As Mawlana Rumi says - 'There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again'. The video's main character Amal was created with such experiences of mine and the longing to explore the unknown. I hope all of you find your own journey of the unknown."