Artist Biography
Dheekshitha Venkadeshan Born 26 June 1998, known professionally as Dhee, is a Sri Lankan Tamil playback singer. She has sung songs in Santhosh Narayanan’s albums and has garnered a nomination at the Filmfare Awards for Best Singer. She is known for her distinctive alto voice.
Dhee was born on 26 June 1998 to a Sri Lankan Tamil classical singer, Meenakshi Iyer, who later remarried Indian music composer Santhosh Narayanan. Dhee has an elder brother, Sudheekshanan and her biological father is Venkadeshan, a Sri Lankan Colombo Tamil. She was raised in Australia.
She began her playback singing career by performing songs in two of Santhosh Narayanan albums, Pizza II: Villa (2013) and Cuckoo (2014), during breaks from her education. Dhee made a breakthrough by singing “Naan Nee” from Pa. Ranjith’s Madras (2014) alongside Shakthisree Gopalan. Her work on the song saw the pair garner nominations for Best Female Singer at the Filmfare Awards and the Vijay Awards.
