Dhina first worked as an assistant musician under popular composer
G. K. Venkatesh, later being engaged by Maestro
Ilaiyaraaja as a music conductor. 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. 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 debuted in the 2012 film
Soozhnilai as an actor. ==Political career==