| Dheena Chandra Dhas | |||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Samuel Dhinakar Chandra Dhas | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1956 8, df=y | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Madras, India | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Indian | ||||||||||||||
| Other Names: | Dheena, Deena Chandra Das | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor, Singer, Voice Over Artist, Dubbing Artist | ||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1970s to present | ||||||||||||||
| Relatives: | Devasahayam Manohar Chandra Dhas (brother), Madhukar C. Dhas (brother), John Sudhakar Chandradhas (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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Dheena Chandra Dhas (born in Madras (now Chennai), India, on 1 August 1956) is an actor, singer, voice over artist and sound engineer. He is the youngest of 4 brothers and the younger brother of the well-known 70s musician Madhukar C. Dhas. He lives in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, and does Voice Overs in his home-studio.
His musical career is varied, with over three decades of experience in radio, studio sound mixing, live concert mixing, and performing on stage. He has been a part of a number of notable Indian bands from the 70s to the 90s, notable also for having popular musicians such as A R Rahman, Sivamani, Jojo, Sudhin Prabhakar, and others among their ranks.
Over the years he has been the lead vocalist in multiple rock bands in India and Abroad.
He was also a childhood friend of Rahman, and played along with Rahman, Sivamani, Jojo etc.
He has performed playback singing for multiple films over the years, a few among them are Daud, Trinetrudu, Idu Saadhya.He sang "Zahreela Zahreela Pyar" for the film Daud, composed by A R Rahman, alongside Asha Bhonsle.
He has also performed for a number of musicals in Madras and elsewhere in India, singing and acting on stage in productions such as Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas,[1] [2] Cats (the musical), Tommy,[3] Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Starlight Express, and Witness.
His film acting career began when he was offered the role of "Raju"[4] in both the Hindi and Tamil versions of Kamal Haasan's Mumbai Xpress. He also plays the Lungiman[5] in Peter Yesley's short film, Lungiman Takes a Ride.
On television, he has acted in some Tamil soap operas, Kolangal being one of them.
Dheena's signature, a deep voice, has been used many times in the media. In addition to being the narrator in various plays over the years, he has also dubbed for a number of Indian movies, including dubbing for various British characters in the film 1921 by I. V. Sasi, and various ad jingles. He currently provides voice over services from his studio in Kodaikanal.