Pawan Kalra
Born
OccupationVoice actor

Pawan Kalra is an Indian voice artist that has performed voices for documentaries and has also dubbed many foreign media in Hindi, who currently works for Sugar Mediaz. He is confirmed to be the official Hindi voice-dubbing artist for Arnold Schwarzenegger in India.[1] He has also dubbed Bruce Lee, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and Owen Wilson's roles in Hindi. He is also the Hindi voice behind Kollywood actor Ajith Kumar. Currently, he voices Geralt of Rivia in the Netflix series, "The Witcher".

He speaks English and Hindi as his mother-tongue languages, but he majorly uses the Hindi language to perform voice dub-over roles in India.

Dubbing career

His elder brother Pankaj Kalra, was already a Hindi voice dubbing artist at the time, before he introduced Pawan into the Voice-dubbing business. He first started performing Hindi dubbing roles with Discovery, Cartoon Network, Pogo, Nickelodeon and Disney Channel programs. Some of the programs that he dubbed in Hindi airs on Pogo. He is the official Hindi dub-over voice artist for Austro-American actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.[2]

Dubbing roles

Animated series

Program titleOriginal voiceCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageNumber of EpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Bob the BuilderNeil Morrissey (UK)
Greg Proops (USA)
BobHindiEnglish4/12/1999-
Current
Make Way for NoddyJimmy HibbertMr. PlodHindiEnglish
PokémonUnknown voice actorUnknown character
(First Dub)
HindiJapanese1000+4/1/1997-CurrentFirst Dub
5/12/2003-2015
Second Dub
5/19/2014-Current
The First 8 seasons dubbed, were based on the 4Kids Entertainment English dub. The later seasons were also dubbed in Hindi and are also revised translations based on the English dub. A Second Hindi dub has been produced featuring a new Hindi voice cast and translation by UTV Software Communications and aired on Hungama TV. The first dub that Kalra was involved in, was produced by Sound and Vision India for Cartoon Network India, Cartoon Network Pakistan and Pogo.
The Adventures of TintinUnknown voice actorLaszlo Carreidas (Second Dub)HindiEnglish
French
391991-19922013Episode: "Flight 714"
Love, Death & RobotsFred TatascioreFlynnHindiEnglish18 (dubbed 1)March 15, 2019 – presentEpisode: "Sucker of Souls"

Live action television series

Program titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageEpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Power Rangers Lightspeed RescueRon RoggeCaptain William MitchellHindiEnglish2/12/2000-11/18/2000Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive.
Adını Feriha KoydumEray Özbay
Murat Onuk
Ünal SarrafoğluHindiTurkish1/14/2011-6/28/20129/15/2015-OngoingAirs on Zee Zindagi dubbed in Hindi.
The WitcherHenry CavillGeralt of RiviaHindiEnglish20/12/2019–
present
DaredevilPeter McRobbieFather Paul LantomHindiEnglish39April 10, 2015 – October 19, 2018

Live action films

Foreign language films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Licence to KillTimothy DaltonJames Bond 007HindiEnglish1989Unknown
True Lies[3]Arnold SchwarzeneggerHarry TaskerHindiEnglish19942004
Hocus PocusUnknown ActorUnknown RoleHindiEnglish1993
The Nutty ProfessorEddie MurphyProfessor Sherman KlumpHindiEnglish1996
Dr. DolittleEddie MurphyDr. John DolittleHindiEnglish1998????
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring[4]Sean BeanBoromir
(First Dub)
HindiEnglish20012002Voiced Boromir for the first Hindi Dub. A second dub was made for UTV Action in 2011.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersSean BeanBoromir
(First Dub)
HindiEnglish20022003Voiced Boromir for the first Hindi Dub. A second dub was made for UTV Action in 2011.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingSean BeanBoromir
(First Dub)
HindiEnglish20032004Voiced Boromir for the first Hindi Dub. A second dub was made for UTV Action in 2011.
Blade IIWesley SnipesEric Brooks / BladeHindiEnglish20022002Samay Raj Thakkar dubbed this role in the previous movie.
Spy GameBrad PittTom BishopHindiEnglish19992006
TroyEric BanaHectorHindiEnglish20042004Dubbed for the Theatrical, Home media and Television releases.
Van HelsingHugh JackmanGabriel Van Helsing
(Second Dub)
HindiEnglish20042006
(TV version)
Pawan Kalra has voiced him for the TV version. Rajesh Khattar dubbed him for the Theatrical and Home media releases.
Sin CityBruce WillisDet. John HartiganHindiEnglish20052006
Guardian of the GalaxyDave BautistaDrax the DestroyerHindiEnglish20142014Performed alongside Viraj Adhav who voiced Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Ashiesh Roy who voiced Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Mona Ghosh Shetty who voiced Zoe Saldana as Gamora in Hindi.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Dave BautistaDrax the DestroyerHindiEnglish20172017
Avengers: Infinity WarDave BautistaDrax the DestroyerHindiEnglish20182018
Avengers: EndgameDave BautistaDrax the DestroyerHindiEnglish20192019
The MartianChiwetel EjioforVincent KapoorHindiEnglish20152015
Doctor StrangeChiwetel EjioforKarl MordoHindiEnglish20162016
Deadpool 2Josh BrolinCableHindiEnglish20182018
Blade: TrinityDominic PurcellDracula / Drake (Second Dub)HindiEnglish2004Aired by UTV Action.
PriestPaul BettanyPriest
(Second Dub)
HindiEnglish2011Aired by UTV Action.
Enola HolmesHenry CavillSherlock HolmesHindiEnglish20202020

Bollywood films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Calcutta MailAliA taxi driverHindi2003
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil GirlManav VijGautam SinhaEnglishHindi20202020An Indian Hindi-language original film for Netflix dubbed into English.

South Indian films

All were released without their Hindi dubbed soundtrack albums except I.

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
PokiriAshish VidyarthiSub-inspector PasupathyHindiTelugu20062010The Hindi dub was titled: Tapori Wanted.
KingSrihariGnaneshwar BhaiHindiTelugu20082010The Hindi dub was titled: King No. 1.
Gabbar SinghVellanki NagineeduNagineedu Naidu, Venkatratnam aka Gabbar Singh's stepfatherBhojpuriTelugu20122020The Bhojpuri dub was titled: Daroga Raja.
Kota Srinivasa RaoBhagyalakshmi's father
IM. Kamaraj'Pattinapakkam' RaviHindiTamil20152015
Bruce Lee: The FighterRaavu Ramesh RaoRamachandra RaoHindiTelugu20152016
Sivasankara Prasad 'Chiranjeevi' KonidelaHimself
VedalamAjith KumarGanesh a.k.a. 'Vedalam' GaneshHindiTamil20152016Performed alongside Urvi Ashar who voiced Shruti Haasan as Swetha and Aranya Kaur who voiced Lakshmi Menon as Tamizh (Trisha in Hindi version) in Hindi.
KatamarayuduTarun AroraBhanuHindiTelugu20172017
AnjaanChetan HansrajManojHindiTamil20142016The Hindi dub was titled: Khatarnak Khiladi 2.
Yennai ArindhaalAjith KumarDCP Satyadev IPSHindiTamil20152016The Hindi dub was titled: Satyadev: The Fearless Cop.
SarrainoduPudipeddi Sai KumarJaya Prakash a.k.a. J.P.HindiTelugu20162017
Thani OruvanArvind SwamySiddharth AbhimanyuHindiTamil20152017The Hindi dub was titled: Double Attack 2.
Janatha GarageRahmanShiva (Hari in Hindi version)HindiTelugu20162017The Hindi dub was titled: Janta Garage.
BairavaaJagapathi BabuPeriya Kannu (Praveen Kumar in Hindi version)HindiTamil20172017The Hindi dub was titled: Bhairava.
DynamiteRaja RavindraGuna (Jagga in Hindi version)HindiTelugu20152017
Khaidi No. 150Tarun AroraAggarwalHindiTelugu20172017
Duvvada JagannadhamPrabhakarSuriHindiTelugu20172017The Hindi dub was titled: DJ.
Unknown actorA corrupt officer working for Royalla Naidu (Royal Naidu in Hindi version)
Unknown actorPolice Commissioner (cameo)
Jaya Janaki NayakaTarun AroraArjun PawarHindiTelugu20172018The Hindi dub was titled: Jaya Janaki Nayaka - Khoonkhar.
DoosukelthaPrabhakarBadhram (Bajrang in Hindi version)HindiTelugu20132017The Hindi dub was titled: Dangerous Khiladi 6.
LuckunnoduM. V. V. SatyanarayanaJKHindiTelugu20172018The Hindi dub was titled: Sabse Bada Zero.
HebbuliRavi KishanAmruth ShahHindiKannada20172018
SketchBaburaj'Royapuram' Kumar ('Rowdy Reddy' Kumar in Hindi version)HindiTamil20182018
KoBose VenkatKadhirHindiTamil20112018The Hindi dub was titled: The Real Leader.
Yuddham SharanamMadhusudhan RaoVenkat RaoHindiTelugu20172018
GuruZakir HussainDev KhatriHindiTelugu20172018
AgnyaathavaasiSampath RajSampathHindiTelugu20182018The Hindi dub was titled: Yevadu 3.
Eedo Rakam Aado RakamSupreeth ReddyGajaHindiTelugu20172018The Hindi dub was titled: Hyper.
ThikkaAnandMadan MohanHindiTelugu20162018The Hindi dub was titled: Rocket Raja.
Bharat Ane NenuPudipeddi Ravi ShankarDamuHindiTelugu20182018The Hindi dub was titled: Dashing CM Bharath.
This refers to the Hindi dub released on YouTube but has now been deleted. Someone else dubbed P. Ravi Shankar in the theatrical version.
Pandaga CheskoAbhimanyu SinghShankarHindiTelugu20152017The Hindi dub was titled: Businessman 2.
Dear ComradeRaj ArjunRamesh RaoHindiTelugu20192020
Naa AlluduCharan Raj
(voice in original version dubbed by Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar)
Jayaraj
(Second Dub)
HindiTelugu20052021The Hindi dub was titled: Main Hoon Gambler.
ABCD: American Born Confused DesiNagendra BabuAravind's fatherHindiTelugu20192021

Animated films

Film titleOriginal voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
The Batman vs. DraculaPeter StormareCount DraculaHindiEnglish2005
The Angry Birds MovieDanny McBrideBombHindiEnglish2016
The Angry Birds Movie 22019
The Boss BabyAlec BaldwinTheodore "Ted" Lindsey Templeton / Boss BabyHindiEnglish2017He also voiced this character in the sequel to the film, The Boss Baby: Family Business.

See also

References

  1. "5 Foreign Voice Actors Who Overdub America's Stars". Complex. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. "Sugar Mediaz PVT. LTD". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. "'To dub you have to be as good an actor. Or better'". The Guardian. 3 November 2006.
  4. "GREAT LORD OF THE RING (2001-2003) ALL MOVIE PARTS HINDI DUBBING ARTISTS| WATCH HERE.... YouTube". YouTube.com. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.


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