Santhosh Dhayanidhi

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Santhosh Dhayanidhi
Born Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s) Film composer, music director
Instrument(s)keyboard/piano

Santhosh Dhayanidhi is an Indian film composer and singer. He made his debut as a music composer through Inimey Ippadithan (2015).

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Career

Dhayanidhi began his career in film music by working as a keyboard programmer for A. R. Rahman and worked with him for two years from the production of the albums to Kadal (2013) and Lingaa (2014). He simultaneously worked as a composer for TV commercials, notably for an ad promoting the Indian reality show Bigg Boss 8 . [1] Dhayanidhi made his debut as a composer with the film Inimey Ippadithan (2016) after being recommended to the producer by the lead actor Santhanam. Santhanam had heard about Dhayanidhi after looking for a debutant and being briefed about Santhosh by Kaushik, an employee at Sony Music India. [2] [3]

Discography

Released soundtracks

YearTamilOther languageDubbed releasesNotes
2015 Inimey Ippadithan
2016 Mo
2017 Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal
Kattappava Kanom
Madura Veeran
2018 Raati
2019 Lisaa Lisaa (Telugu)
2019 Thumbaa
2020 Danny
2023 Baba Black Sheep
2023 Partner

Playback singer

YearFilmSongsNotes
2015 Inimey Ippadithan "Thaedi Odunaen"
2017 Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal "Ondroduthan Ondroga"
2021 Kutty Pattas "Kutty Pattas"

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