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Dhibu Ninan Thomas
Dhibu Ninan Thomas at SIIMA Awards 2025
Dhibu Ninan Thomas at SIIMA Awards 2025
Background information
Birth nameDhibu Ninan Thomas
GenresFilm Score, Film Music
Occupation(s)
InstrumentsPiano, Vocals, Percussions
Years active2017–present
Labels

Dhibu Ninan Thomas is an Indian music composer who predominantly works in Tamil and Malayalam cinema.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Thomas was born in a Malayali family from Kottayam, Kerala. He did his bachelor of engineering in electronics from JJ Engineering College in Trichy.[1]

Thomas was a music enthusiast from childhood. He was actively involved in music and participated in opportunities for it.[2] Actor Sivakarthikeyan and actor-director Arunraja Kamaraj were his college mates.

Career[edit | edit source]

Thomas made his music director debut in 2017 with Maragadha Naanayam.[3] [4] He then composed music for the 2018 film Kanaa,[5] which was produced by Sivakarthikeyan and directed by Arunraja Kamaraj in their maiden films as producer and director, respectively.[6][7] Following Kanaa, he composed the music for its Telugu remake, Kousalya Krishnamurthy (2019).

Discography[edit | edit source]

As a composer[edit | edit source]

Year Title Language Notes Ref.
2017 Maragadha Naanayam Tamil Marakathamani (Telugu)
Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu Malayalam
2018 Kanaa Tamil
2019 Kousalya Krishnamurthy Telugu Telugu remake of Kanaa
2021 Bachelor Tamil composed only one song "Adiye"
2022 Kombu Vatcha Singamda
Nenjuku Needhi Tamil remake of Article 15
Nadhi
2023 Chithha Composed "Kangal Edho", "Theera Swasame" and "Show me the way"
2024 Ajayante Randam Moshanam Malayalam
2025 Diesel Tamil
2026 Mr. X
Upcoming Irandu Vaanam

As singer[edit | edit source]

Year Song Co singer(s) Film Music Director/Composer
2018 "Savaal" Rabbit Mac, Arunraja Kamaraj Kanaa Dhibu Ninan Thomas
2024 "Kooriruttilu Kaalkulambadi" Charu Hariharan Ajayante Randam Moshanam Dhibu Ninan Thomas

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Vasudevan, Kv (22 June 2017). "Dhibu's desi flavour". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. "It's distasteful to drown out lyrics with music: Dhibu Ninan Thomas". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. "Sivakarthikeyan launches Maragatha Naanayam audio". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. "Sivakarthikeyan gets nostalgic at Maragadha Naanayam audio launch". Hindustantimes.com/. 16 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. Manikandan, Rajeshwari (12 September 2018). "'My Score Is Not Influenced by the Protagonist's Gender': Dhibu Ninan Thomas On Composing For 'Kanaa'". Silverscreen.in. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  6. "Watch: Kanaa trailer out, Aishwarya Rajesh looks promising in this sports film". News Minute. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  7. "Sivakarthikeyan croons number with daughter Aaradhya for Kanaa". News Minute. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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