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.