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Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman splits from wife of 29 years as they confess 'pain and agony'

Rahman, 57, posted an individual statement of his own, requesting privacy and writing: 'Even the throne of God might tremble at the weight of broken hearts.'

News of the divorce broke in India late Tuesday night when Banu's lawyer Vandana Shah posted a joint statement by the couple to Instagram. Rahman won Academy Awards for both the instrumental score of Slumdog Millionaire and for Jai Ho, and went on to earn a further two Oscar nominations for Boyle's 2010 survival drama 127 Hours starring James Franco. Amid news of Rahman's marital separation this week, Indian media seized on recent remarks that Banu's lawyer made about Bollywood marriages in general.

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