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Dhina (also credited as Dheena) (Tamil: தினா; born on 15 January 1966) is an Indian film and television series composer from Tamil Nadu, India.
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Birth name | Padma Dinakaran |
Born | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | 15 January 1966
Occupation(s) | Film composer, Music director |
Years active | 1996 – present |
Dhina first worked as an assistant musician under popular composer G. K. Venkatesh, later being engaged by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja as a music conductor.[1] He later became a music director for several Tele serials scoring for the title tracks. Some of his popular title scores for the serials include Chitthi, Annamalai, Ninaivugal, Payanam, Nambikkai, Chellamay, Metti Oli among others. It was the Radhika produced hugely popular teleseries Chitthi that gave Dhina a very big break.[2]
Dhina's first big break in Tamil cinema came through a comedy film Middle Class Madhavan released in 2001. Since then, he has scored music for various films in various languages including Telugu and Kannada films.
Dhina is debuting in the upcoming film Soozhnilai as an actor.[3]
On 23rd Aug 2018 he joined T. T. V. Dhinakaran's Amma Makkal Munetra Kazhagam[4] Now, he is with BJP and has been appointed as the state chief of Overseas and other states Tamil development wing.[5]
He has been awarded the Kalaimamani award by the Government of Indian state Tamil Nadu in 2021.[6]