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

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

  • 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 Notes
2015 Inimey Ippadithan
2016 Mo
2017 Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal
Kattappava Kanom
Madura Veeran
2018 Raati 7UP Madras Gig song[4]
2019 Lisaa
2019 Thumbaa
2020 Danny
2023 Baba Black Sheep [5]
Partner
2025 Paranthu Po Songs only[6]

Playback singer

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

References

  1. ^ Subhakeerthana, s. (26 May 2015). "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.
  4. ^ "Santhosh's 'Raati' is here". The Hindu. 27 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Baba Black Sheep review: A film with two different halves". The South First. 13 July 2023. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ^ Kumar, Akshay (23 May 2025). "Aju Varghese makes his Tamil debut with Ram's Paranthu Po". Cinema Express. Retrieved 26 May 2025.