Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman’s mother Kareema Begum died in Chennai on December 28. On the afternoon of December 28, the music maestro shared a photograph of his mother on his Twitter profile without a caption. Reacting to his tweet, his friends from the film and music industry offered their condolences to the singer. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and DMK President M K Stalin also paid tributes to Kareema Begum on Twitter. Director Mohan Raja, producer Dr Dhananjayan, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur tweeted their condolences. Singers Shreya Ghoshal, Harshdeep Kaur and many others expressed grief on social media. Director Vignesh penned a note about the late Kareema Begum. Music composer Thaman wrote: \"God could not be everywhere so he created mothers”.