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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Dheena Chandra Dhas<br />
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| birth_name = Samuel Dhinakar Chandra Dhas<br />
| alias = Dheena, Deena Chandra Das<br />
| father = S. W. Chandra Dhas<br />
| mother = Padmavathi Chandra Dhas<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1956|08|01}}<br />
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| origin = [[chennai|Madras]], India<br />
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| genre = Rock, Pop,<br />
| occupation = Actor: [[Mumbai Xpress]] (2005), Singer, [[Sound Engineer]], [[Voice Over Artist]], [[Dubbing Artist]]<br />
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| associated_acts = Magic, [[The LBG]]<br />
| website = https://soundcloud.com/dheenavoice/<br />
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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.<br />
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==Music==<br />
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 (film)|Daud]]'', composed by [[A. R. Rahman|A R Rahman]], alongside [[Asha Bhonsle]]. He was also a childhood friend of Rahman, and played along with Rahman, [[Sivamani]], Jojo etc.<br />
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==Stage Acting==<br />
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,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/mp/2004/08/10/stories/2004081000470300.htm | title=Simply heavenly | date=10 August 2004 | first=Shonali | last=Muthalaly | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=10 February 2019 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/timothy-sheaders-jesus-christ-superstar-opened-at-the-barbican-london/article28649381.ece | title=Timothy Sheader's Jesus Christ Superstar opens in London | date=22 July 2019 | newspaper=The Hindu | first=Nikhil | last=Raghavan | accessdate=3 August 2019 }}</ref> ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats (the musical)]]'', ''[[The Who's Tommy|Tommy]]'',<ref>http://nandu_bhende.tripod.com/theatre/tommy/tommy.html</ref> [[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]], [[Starlight Express]], and [[Witness (play)|Witness]].<br />
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==Acting==<br />
His film acting career began when he was offered the role of "Raju"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439714/|title = Mumbai Express (2005) - IMDb}}</ref> in both the Hindi and Tamil versions of [[Kamal Haasan]]'s ''[[Mumbai Xpress]]'' and as the Lungiman<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341743/|title = Lungiman Takes a Ride (Short 2008) - IMDb}}</ref> in [[Peter Yesley]]'s short film, ''[[Lungiman Takes a Ride]]''. He has also acted in some Tamil soap operas, [[Kolangal (TV series)|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 (1988 film)|1921]] by [[I. V. Sasi]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://soundcloud.com/dheenavoice/sets Dheena Chandra Dhas Voice Over Samples]<br />
* {{IMDb name|0151515}}<br />
* {{YouTube|wKkh6c7yjLo|Zahreela Zahreela Pyaar video, with Dheena, duet with Asha Bhonsle}}<br />
* {{YouTube|1vOAj1HaG1Y|Dheena Acting (in song intro) and Rap vocals in the song "Hey Papa" along with S.P.Balasubramaniam and Jojo}}<br />
* [http://leapingman.com/FORWEB2/lungiman/lungiman.html Lungiman Takes a Ride]<br />
* [http://nandu_bhende.tripod.com/theatre/tommy/tommy.html Credited as Narrator for Tommy]<br />
* {{YouTube|6F1xZDNgcpc|Kolangal Episode 523 as Aarthi's Boss}}<br />
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[[Category:1956 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian male voice actors]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male film singers]]<br />
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