Santhosh Dhayanidhi

Santhosh Dhayanidhi
BornChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Film composer, music director
Instrumentkeyboard/piano

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

Career

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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

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Released soundtracks

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  • The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
  • • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous versions, if featuring in more languages
  • ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions
Year Tamil Other language Dubbed releases Notes
2015 Inimey Ippadithan
2016 Mo
2017 Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal
Kattappava Kanom
Madura Veeran
2018 Raati (7UP Madras Gig song)
2019 Lisaa Lisaa (Telugu)
2019 Thumbaa
2020 Danny
2023 Baba Black Sheep
2023 Partner

Playback singer

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Year Film Songs Notes
2015 Inimey Ippadithan "Thaedi Odunaen"
2017 Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal "Ondroduthan Ondroga"
2021 Kutty Pattas "Kutty Pattas"

References

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  1. ^ "AR Rahman's apprentice makes his solo debut". Deccanchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (23 May 2015). "Going commercial". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Music composer Santhosh Dhayanidhi on Anirudh singing in Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal". 12 September 2016. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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