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	\| origin = [[Mylapore]], [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India		\| origin = [[Mylapore]], [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
	\| occupation = Music teacher, musician, instrumentalist		\| occupation = Music teacher, musician, instrumentalist
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	'''Master Dhanraj''' (also credited as '''Dhanraj Master''') is a musician, multi-instrumentalist from [[Tamil Nadu]]~~, India~~.		'''Master Dhanraj''' (also credited as '''Dhanraj Master''') is an India musician, multi-instrumentalist from [[Tamil Nadu]].

	==Biography and career==		==Biography and career==
	Master Dhanraj is a famous and renowned music teacher in Madras (now Chennai). He have made musical research on the epic [[Silappatikaram]]. Orchestration for the grand Tamil movie ''[[Chandralekha (1948 film)\|Chandralekha]]'' was done by Dhanraj.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/maestro-remembers-dhanraj-master/article26164549.ece\|title=Maestro remembers Dhanraj Master\|date=2019-02-02\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2020-03-31\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		Master Dhanraj is a famous and renowned music teacher in Madras (now Chennai). He have made musical research on the epic [[Silappatikaram]]. Orchestration for the grand Tamil movie ''[[Chandralekha (1948 film)\|Chandralekha]]'' was done by Dhanraj.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/maestro-remembers-dhanraj-master/article26164549.ece\|title=Maestro remembers Dhanraj Master\|date=2019-02-02\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2020-03-31\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	He is well known as the guru of greats such as Maestro [[Ilaiyaraaja]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/trinity-of-western-classical-music/article7595499.ece\|title=Trinity of western classical music\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2015-08-30\|newspaper=The Hindu\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X\|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> and Mozart of Madras [[A. R. Rahman]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book\|~~url~~=~~https://books~~.~~google~~.~~com/books?id=gfCTmjEAChIC&q=dhanraj+master&pg=PA20~~\|title=A.R. Rahman: The Musical Storm\|last=Mathai\|first=Kamini\|date=2009-01-01\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=9780670083718\|language=en}}</ref> The Melody King [[Vidyasagar (music director)\|Vidyasagar]],<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/Events/22528.html</ref> and Malayalam music director [[Shyam (composer)\|Shyam]] are also students of Master. Veteran Chennai-based music teacher Mr.A.Abdul Sattar (who was the guru of music directors Harris Jayaraj, D.Imman, S.Thaman, S.J.Suriya) and has won the Best Teacher Award from Trinity College London for the past 25 consecutive years is also a student of Dhanraj.		He is well known as the guru of greats such as Maestro [[Ilaiyaraaja]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/trinity-of-western-classical-music/article7595499.ece\|title=Trinity of western classical music\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2015-08-30\|newspaper=The Hindu\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X\|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> and Mozart of Madras [[A. R. Rahman]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book\|title-link=A. R. Rahman: The Musical Storm\|title=A. R. Rahman: The Musical Storm\|last=Mathai\|first=Kamini\|date=2009-01-01\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=9780670083718\|language=en}}</ref> The Melody King [[Vidyasagar (music director)\|Vidyasagar]],<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/Events/22528.html</ref> and Malayalam music director [[Shyam (composer)\|Shyam]] are also students of Master. Veteran Chennai-based music teacher Mr.A.Abdul Sattar (who was the guru of music directors Harris Jayaraj, D.Imman, S.Thaman, S.J.Suriya) and has won the Best Teacher Award from Trinity College London for the past 25 consecutive years is also a student of Dhanraj.

	Ilaiyaraaja (Previously called as Raasayya) joined Dhanraj Master as a student to learn musical instruments<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQw5Ci7sbasC&q=dhanraj+master&pg=PA124\|title=Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music\|last=Slobin\|first=Mark\|date=2008-09-29\|publisher=Wesleyan University Press\|isbn=9780819568823\|language=en}}</ref> and the master renamed and called him as just "Raaja".<ref name=":1" />		Ilaiyaraaja (Previously called as Raasayya) joined Dhanraj Master as a student to learn musical instruments<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQw5Ci7sbasC&q=dhanraj+master&pg=PA124\|title=Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music\|last=Slobin\|first=Mark\|date=2008-09-29\|publisher=Wesleyan University Press\|isbn=9780819568823\|language=en}}</ref> and the master renamed and called him as just "Raaja".<ref name=":1" />
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Master Dhanraj
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| origin = [[Mylapore]], [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = Music teacher, musician, instrumentalist
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
}}

'''Master Dhanraj''' (also credited as '''Dhanraj Master''') is a musician, multi-instrumentalist from [[Tamil Nadu]], India.

==Biography and career==
Master Dhanraj is a famous and renowned music teacher in Madras (now Chennai). He have made musical research on the epic [[Silappatikaram]]. Orchestration for the grand Tamil movie ''[[Chandralekha (1948 film)|Chandralekha]]'' was done by Dhanraj.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/maestro-remembers-dhanraj-master/article26164549.ece|title=Maestro remembers Dhanraj Master|date=2019-02-02|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

He is well known as the guru of greats such as Maestro [[Ilaiyaraaja]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/trinity-of-western-classical-music/article7595499.ece|title=Trinity of western classical music|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2015-08-30|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> and Mozart of Madras [[A. R. Rahman]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfCTmjEAChIC&q=dhanraj+master&pg=PA20|title=A.R. Rahman: The Musical Storm|last=Mathai|first=Kamini|date=2009-01-01|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=9780670083718|language=en}}</ref> The Melody King [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]],<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/Events/22528.html</ref> and Malayalam music director [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] are also students of Master. Veteran Chennai-based music teacher Mr.A.Abdul Sattar (who was the guru of music directors Harris Jayaraj, D.Imman, S.Thaman, S.J.Suriya) and has won the Best Teacher Award from Trinity College London for the past 25 consecutive years is also a student of Dhanraj.

Ilaiyaraaja (Previously called as Raasayya) joined Dhanraj Master as a student to learn musical instruments<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQw5Ci7sbasC&q=dhanraj+master&pg=PA124|title=Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music|last=Slobin|first=Mark|date=2008-09-29|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|isbn=9780819568823|language=en}}</ref> and the master renamed and called him as just "Raaja".<ref name=":1" />

He is famous for teaching Western classical music.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080815111230/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/08/08/stories/2008080850910200.htm ]</ref>

== Books ==
Bramma Mela Pramanam

Isai Vithi

180 Degree

== Acclaim ==
Dhanraj master was considered to be the bedrock of western music in Chennai. He was one of the trios who laid the foundation for Chennai becoming a hub of Western classical music.<ref name=":0" />

Renowned students of Dhanraj includes,
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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! Name
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|rowspan="1"| ''[[Ilaiyaraaja]]''
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| rowspan="1"| ''[[A. R. Rahman]]''
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| rowspan="1"| ''[[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]''
|-
| rowspan="1"| ''[[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]''
|-
| rowspan="1"| ''[[Deva (music director)|Deva]]''
|-
|Abdul Sattar
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Tamil film score composers]]
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