Santhosh Dhayanidhi | |
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Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Occupation(s) | Film composer, music director |
Instruments | keyboard/piano |
Santhosh Dhayanidhi is an Indian film composer and singer. He made his debut as a music composer through Santhanam's comedy film, Inimey Ippadithan (2015), winning critical acclaim for his song compositions and background score.
Santhosh Dhayanidhi began his career in film music by working as a keyboard programmer for A. R. Rahman, and worked with the director for two years from the production of the albums to Kadal (2013) and Lingaa (2014). He simultaneously worked as a composer for television commercials, notably for an advertising promoting the Indian reality show Bigg Boss 8.
Santhosh made his debut as a composer with the comedy film Inimey Ippadithan (2016) after being recommended to the producer by the lead actor Santhanam. Santhanam had heard about Santhosh after looking for a debutant and being briefed about Santhosh by Kaushik, an employee at Sony Music India.