Dhayanidhi Alagiri, son of MK Alagiri, the eldest son of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, entered cinema as a young producer with director CS Amuthan's Tamizhpadam. He has produced some of the finer films of Tamil cinema including Ajith’s Mankatha, directed by Venkat Prabhu.
Dhayanidhi has been known to be an avid cricket fan. He and his sister Kayalvizhi were seen at the oath-taking ceremony of MK Stalin as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a few weeks ago. His cousin, Udhayanidhi Stalin had then embraced and welcomed Dhayanidhi. This picture received a lot of attention on social media.
Dhayanidhi is married to Anusha. They have a son named Rudra Dev. Dayanidhi announced on Twitter that he has had another son. He also shared a picture of his wife with the child and announced the child’s name to be Vedanth A Dhayanidhi.