Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran, better known as D. Imman ,is an Indian film composer and singer, predominantly working in the Tamil film industry. His first film as music director was Thamizhan in 2001. Since then he has composed music for more than 25 films.Imman was born in Chennai, India. He is the son of J. David Kirubakkara Dass, who was a teacher. Imman started playing music at a very early age. His early years were spent in Chennai and he subsequently attended Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai and later Pachaiyappa's College. He received his Masters' degree from the University of Madras.