Dheena Chandra Dhas

Dheena Chandra Dhas
Dheena Chandra Dhas
Birth name	Samuel Dhinakar Chandra Dhas
Also known as	Dheena, Deena Chandra Das
Born	1 August 1956 (age 67)
Origin	Madras, India
Genres	Rock, Pop,
Occupation(s)	Actor: Mumbai Xpress (2005), Singer, Sound Engineer, Voice Over Artist, Dubbing Artist
Associated acts	Magic, The LBG
Website	https://soundcloud.com/dheenavoice/

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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.

Music[edit]

His musical career is varied, with over three decades of experience in radio, studio sound mixing, live concert mixing, and performing on stage for Indian rock bands such as Magic. He sang "Zahreela Zahreela Pyar" for the film Daud, composed by A R Rahman, alongside Asha Bhonsle. He was also a childhood friend of Rahman, and played along with Rahman, Sivamani, Jojo etc.

Stage Acting[edit]

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.

Acting[edit]

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 and as the Lungiman^[5] in Peter Yesley's short film, Lungiman Takes a Ride. He has also acted in some Tamil soap operas, Kolangal being one of them. He has also dubbed for a number of Indian movies, including dubbing for various British characters in the film 1921 by I. V. Sasi.

References[edit]

↑ Muthalaly, Shonali (10 August 2004). "Simply heavenly". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2019.^{[dead link]}
↑ Raghavan, Nikhil (22 July 2019). "Timothy Sheader's Jesus Christ Superstar opens in London". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
↑ http://nandu_bhende.tripod.com/theatre/tommy/tommy.html
↑ "Mumbai Express (2005) - IMDb".
↑ "Lungiman Takes a Ride (Short 2008) - IMDb".

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[1] Muthalaly, Shonali (10 August 2004). "Simply heavenly". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2019.^{[dead link]}

[2] Raghavan, Nikhil (22 July 2019). "Timothy Sheader's Jesus Christ Superstar opens in London". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

[3] ttp://nandu_bhende.tripod.com/theatre/tommy/tommy.html

[4] "Mumbai Express (2005) - IMDb".

[5] "Lungiman Takes a Ride (Short 2008) - IMDb".

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