Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran (born 24 January 1983), better known as D. Imman, is an Indian film music composer and singer, predominantly working in

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. His first film as music director was ''

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'' in 2002. Since then he has composed music for more than 100 films. He is the fifth

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music composer to win the

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. He has also won the

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and he has received 4

nominations. He has also won 1 Tamil Nadu State Film Award, 2

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, 1

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, 1 Ananda Vikadan Cinema Award and 1

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Award. D. Imman is appointed as the Ambassador for Tamil Chair in University Of Toronto, Canada (2019).

Career

Imman began work on music for films aged 15, apprenticing under music composers

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and

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by playing the keyboard. During this period, his work was noticed by television serial producer

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, who gave him the opportunity to work on the theme song and background music for the drama '' Krishnadasi'', which began running in 2000. He subsequently began to get further work in the television circuit, garnering opportunities to score music for ''Kolangal'', ''Police Diary'' and ''Mandhira Vaasal''. Kutty Padmini then gave him the chance to score music and compose songs for his first feature film, ''Kaadhale Swasam'', a romantic film featuring Karthik and

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. Producer Venkateswaran, was impressed with Imman's work in the album, and gave him the opportunity to compose the music for ''

'' (2002). The album won positive reviews, with the composer also featuring the voices of the lead actors Vijay and

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for a particular song. The success of individual songs such as "Azhagiya Asura" from ''

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'' (2003) made him popular. His next album was for

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's masala film starring Arjun, '' Giri'' (2004), with the song ''Dai Kaiyaa Vechukittu'' being well received with the town and rural audiences. The positive reviews that his work in

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's ''

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'' (2010) received, coupled with the film's box office success prompted bigger offers for Imman. He has subsequently collaborated with Prabhu Solomon for the rest of his trilogy of romantic films, earning acclaim for his work in '' Kumki'' (2012) and '' Kayal'' (2014). Similarly he has struck a similar successful combination with director

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, winning positive reviews for his work on '' Pandianadu'' (2013) and '' Jeeva'' (2014). He teamed up with Actor Vijay again for Jilla(2014). Imman is the composer of Ajithkumar, Nayanthara starrer blockbuster Viswasam (2019). He also worked as a music composer for several films with Actor Sivakarthikeyan (Manam Kothi Paravai, Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam, Rajinimurugan, Seemaraja, and Namma Veettu Pillai). Also he worked as a music composer for

Annaatthe ''Annaatthe'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Siva and produced by Kalanithi Maran under the banner Sun Pictures. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, alongside Khushbu, Meena, Nayanthara, and Kee ...

collaborating with

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for the first time.

Discography

Filmography

Awards

D.Imman has received several awards and recognitions for his work in the South Indian film musical world. He has been awarded the

Kalaimamani The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government ...

award by the Government of Indian state Tamil Nadu in 2021.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Imman, D Loyola College, Chennai alumni Indian male singers Living people Tamil film score composers Tamil musicians Don Bosco schools alumni 1983 births Indian male film score composers Best Music Direction National Film Award winners