Dinesh Kanagaratnam Wiki, Height, Biography, Weight, Age, Affair, Family & More

Dinesh Kanagaratnam is a Sri Lankan rapper, singer, and music producer, who mainly works in Tamil music industry.He is a well-known celebrity in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, London, Canada, and Sri Lanka after his blockbuster hit song ‘Athichudi’, ‘Kuruvi’, ‘Suraangani’, “Magudi” and ‘Nagaraveytai’.In 2022 Dinesh Kanagaratnam participated as a contestant on the television reality show Bigg Boss 6 Tamil.

Wiki/Biography

Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam was born on Sunday, 30 August 1981 (age 41 years; as of 2022) in Badulla, Sri Lanka. His zodiac sign is Virgo.He moved to Trichy, Tamil Nadu for his higher education. He pursued information technology (IT) in college in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. He worked as a web application developer in many IT companies.

Wiki

Real Name	Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam
Stage name	ADK
Nickname	Dinesh
Profession(s)	Rapper
Nationality	India
Date of birth	30 August 1981
Age (as in 2022)	41 years old
Birth Place	Badulla, Sri Lanka.
zodiac sign	Virgo
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Home Town	Badulla, Sri Lanka.
School	Not Known
College	Not Known
Educational Qualification	Studied Information Technology (IT) in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Hobbies	Traveling, Cycling

Height, Weight,Body Stats & More

Height (approx.)	179 cm
Height (meters)	1.79 m
Height (feet)	5’ 9”
Weight (approx.)	62 kg
Weight (Pounds)	136 lbs
Hair Color	Black
Eye’s Color	Black

Family & Girlfriends

Dinesh Kanagaratnam father’s name is Kanagaratnam Sinnasamy, and his mother’s name is Buwaneshwary Kanagaratnam.He belongs to a Tamil Muslim family in Badulla, Sri Lanka.He has a sister named Dharshi Shatrugan Ram.

Family

Girlfriends/Marriage/Children & More

Dinesh Kanagaratnam got married to Jasmin in 2009. The couple has a son named Abyaan. Later, the couple got divorced.

Marital Status	Divorced
Wife	Jasmin
Children	Son : Abyaan
Affairs/Girlfriends (rumoured )	Debha

Career

Dinesh started his career as a musician with independent albums like Cross Culture, Nagara Vaytai, Dhoom Dhaala, Uyir Poo, etc. A single – Naan Sonnal with Bathiya and Santhush marked his singing debut in the year 2005. In 2008, Dinesh work in Tamil and Telugu languages and is best known for his works like TN 07 AL 4777, Vettaikaaran, Odipolama, Lingaa, Race Gurram, Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo, S3, etc.Two years later he released his first album – Cross Culture with Gajan Maheson. The song – “Cross Culture” went viral over net and Dinesh became an established singer through his debut album.

Career

Awards

In 2013 he won 3 awards for Best Sri Lankan Tamil Video at Derana Music Video Awards

In 2014 dinesh won award for Best Dance Song for ‘Hollaback Muniamma’ at VIMA Awards

Nominated for Best Hip Hop Song for ‘Mattakuliya Killa’ at VIMA Awards 2014

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dinesh Kanagaratnam

• Dinesh Kanagaratnam was born and Bought up in Badulla, Sri Lanka.

• He is the first Tamil rap artist to be featured in a Telugu movie done for the Tollywood market by music composer Bobo Shashi.

• Rascol and Aaryan worked on the AR Rahman song Showkali and earned much critical fame for the song. ADK also works with Music Director Santhosh Narayanan.

• Aaryan Dinesh has collaborated with and featured famous music directors such as Vijay Antony for the song in 2008, for D.Imman for the song (Odi Polama) in 2009, and for Paul Jacobs for the song in 2009.

• He released album titled ‘Aaryan;’ in 2012, the album consisted of 14 tracks and included collaborations with multiple artists such as Benny Dayal, Jacki B, Rabbit Mac, Archana Sellathurai,more.

• Dinesh launched his own record label, Rap Machines, with rapper Sri Rascol. Few of the songs that are released under his record label are ‘Roar’ (2021), ‘Patchai’ (2021), ‘Rider Fighter’ (2022), ‘Thuppuran’ (2022), ‘Lityananda’ (2022), and more.

• In 2022 he appeared as a contestant on the reality TV show Bigg Boss 6 Tamil aired on Vijay TV.