Pawan Kalra

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Animated series[edit]

Program title Original voice Character Dub Language Original Language Number of Episodes Original airdate Dubbed airdate Notes
Bob the Builder Neil Morrissey (UK)
Greg Proops (USA)
Bob Hindi English 4/12/1999-
Current
Make Way for Noddy Jimmy Hibbert Mr. Plod Hindi English
Pokémon Unknown voice actor Unknown character
(First Dub)
Hindi Japanese 1000+ 4/1/1997-Current First 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 Tintin Unknown voice actor Laszlo Carreidas (Second Dub) Hindi English
French
39 1991-1992 2013 Episode: "Flight 714"
Love, Death & Robots Fred Tatasciore Flynn Hindi English 18 (dubbed 1) March 15, 2019 – present Episode: "Sucker of Souls"

Live action television series[edit]

Program title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Episodes Original airdate Dubbed airdate Notes
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Ron Rogge Captain William Mitchell Hindi English 2/12/2000-11/18/2000 Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive.
Adını Feriha Koydum Eray Özbay
Murat Onuk
Ünal Sarrafoğlu Hindi Turkish 1/14/2011-6/28/2012 9/15/2015-Ongoing Airs on Zee Zindagi dubbed in Hindi.
The Witcher Henry Cavill Geralt of Rivia Hindi English 20/12/2019–
present
Daredevil Peter McRobbie Father Paul Lantom Hindi English 39 April 10, 2015 – October 19, 2018

Live action films[edit]

Hollywood films[edit]

Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes
True Lies[3] Arnold Schwarzenegger Harry Tasker Hindi English 1994 2004
Hocus Pocus Unknown Actor Unknown Role Hindi English 1993
The Nutty Professor Eddie Murphy Professor Sherman Klump Hindi English 1996
Dr. Dolittle Eddie Murphy Dr. John Dolittle Hindi English 1998 ????
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring[4] Sean Bean Boromir
(First Dub)
Hindi English 2001 2002 Voiced Boromir for the first Hindi Dub. A second dub was made for UTV Action in 2011.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Sean Bean Boromir
(First Dub)
Hindi English 2002 2003 Voiced 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 King Sean Bean Boromir
(First Dub)
Hindi English 2003 2004 Voiced Boromir for the first Hindi Dub. A second dub was made for UTV Action in 2011.
Blade II Wesley Snipes Eric Brooks / Blade Hindi English 2002 2002 Samay Raj Thakkar dubbed this role in the previous movie.
Spy Game Brad Pitt Tom Bishop Hindi English 1999 2006
Troy Eric Bana Hector Hindi English 2004 2004 Dubbed for the Theatrical, Home media and Television releases.
Van Helsing Hugh Jackman Gabriel Van Helsing
(Second Dub)
Hindi English 2004 2006
(TV version)
Pawan Kalra has voiced him for the TV version. Rajesh Khattar dubbed him for the Theatrical and Home media releases.
Sin City Bruce Willis Det. John Hartigan Hindi English 2005 2006
Guardian of the Galaxy Dave Bautista Drax the Destroyer Hindi English 2014 2014 Performed 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. 2 Dave Bautista Drax the Destroyer Hindi English 2017 2017
Avengers: Infinity War Dave Bautista Drax the Destroyer Hindi English 2018 2018
Avengers: Endgame Dave Bautista Drax the Destroyer Hindi English 2019 2019
The Martian Chiwetel Ejiofor Vincent Kapoor Hindi English 2015 2015
Doctor Strange Chiwetel Ejiofor Karl Mordo Hindi English 2016 2016
Deadpool 2 Josh Brolin Cable Hindi English 2018 2018
Blade: Trinity Dominic Purcell Dracula / Drake (Second Dub) Hindi English 2004 Aired by UTV Action.
Priest Paul Bettany Priest
(Second Dub)
Hindi English 2011 Aired by UTV Action.
Enola Holmes Henry Cavill Sherlock Holmes Hindi English 2020 2020

Bollywood films[edit]

Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Manav Vij Gautam Sinha English Hindi 2020 2020 An Indian Hindi-language original film for Netflix dubbed into English.

South Indian films[edit]

All released without their Hindi dubbed soundtrack albums except I.

Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes
King Srihari Gnaneshwar Bhai Hindi Telugu 2008 2013 The Hindi dub was titled "King No. 1".
I M. Kamaraj 'Pattinapakkam' Ravi Hindi Tamil 2015 2015
Vedalam Ajith Kumar Ganesh a.k.a. 'Vedalam' Ganesh Hindi Tamil 2015 2016 Performed alongside Urvi Ashar who voiced Shruti Haasan as Swetha and Muskaan Jafri who voiced Lakshmi Menon as Tamizh (Trisha in Hindi version) in Hindi.
Katamarayudu Tarun Arora Bhanu Hindi Telugu 2017 2017
Anjaan Chetan Hansraj Manoj Hindi Tamil 2014 2016 The Hindi dub was titled "Khatarnak Khiladi 2".
Yennai Arindhaal Ajith Kumar DCP Satyadev IPS Hindi Tamil 2015 2016 The Hindi dub was titled "Satyadev: The Fearless Cop".
Sarrainodu P. Sai Kumar Jaya Prakash a.k.a. J.P. Hindi Telugu 2016 2017
Thani Oruvan Arvind Swamy Siddharth Abhimanyu Hindi Tamil 2015 2017 The Hindi dub was titled "Double Attack 2".
Janatha Garage Rahman Shiva (Hari in Hindi version) Hindi Telugu 2016 2017 The Hindi dub was titled "Janta Garage".
Bairavaa Jagapathi Babu Periya Kannu (Praveen Kumar in Hindi version) Hindi Tamil 2017 2017 The Hindi dub was titled "Bhairava".
Dynamite Raja Ravindra Guna (Jagga in Hindi version) Hindi Telugu 2015 2017
Khaidi No. 150 Tarun Arora Aggarwal Hindi Telugu 2017 2017
Duvvada Jagannadham Prabhakar Suri Hindi Telugu 2017 2017 The Hindi dub was titled "DJ".
Jaya Janaki Nayaka Tarun Arora Arjun Pawar Hindi Telugu 2017 2018 The Hindi dub was re-titled: "Jaya Janaki Nayaka - Khoonkhar".
Doosukeltha Prabhakar Badhram (Bajrang in Hindi version) Hindi Telugu 2013 2017 The Hindi dub was titled "Dangerous Khiladi 6".
Luckunnodu M. V. V. Satyanarayana JK Hindi Telugu 2017 2018 The Hindi dub was titled "Sabse Bada Zero".
Hebbuli Ravi Kishan Amruth Shah Hindi Kannada 2017 2018
Sketch Baburaj 'Royapuram' Kumar ('Rowdy Reddy' Kumar in Hindi version) Hindi Tamil 2018 2018
Ko Bose Venkat Kadhir Hindi Tamil 2011 2018 The Hindi dub was titled "The Real Leader".
Yuddham Sharanam Madhusudhan Rao Venkat Rao Hindi Telugu 2017 2018
Guru Zakir Hussain Dev Khatri Hindi Telugu 2017 2018
Agnyaathavaasi Sampath Raj Sampath Hindi Telugu 2018 2018 The Hindi dub was titled "Yevadu 3".
Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam Supreeth Reddy Gaja Hindi Telugu 2017 2018 The Hindi dub was titled "Hyper".
Thikka Anand Madan Mohan Hindi Telugu 2016 2018 The Hindi dub was titled "Rocket Raja".
Bharat Ane Nenu P. Ravi Shankar Damu Hindi Telugu 2018 2018 The Hindi dub was titled "Dashing CM Bharath".
This refers to the Hindi dub released on YouTube but now deleted. Someone else dubbed for P. Ravi Shankar in the theatrical version.
Pandaga Chesko Abhimanyu Singh Shankar Hindi Telugu 2015 2017 The Hindi dub was titled "Businessman 2".
Dear Comrade Raj Arjun Ramesh Rao Hindi Telugu 2019 2020
Naa Alludu Charan Raj
(voice in original version dubbed by P. Ravi Shankar)
Jayaraj
(Second Dub)
Hindi Telugu 2005 2021 The Hindi dub was titled "Main Hoon Gambler".
Miss India Jagapathi Babu Kailash Siva Kumar a.k.a KSK Hindi Telugu 2020 2021 Performed alongside Muskaan Jafri who voiced Keerthy Suresh as Manasa Samyuktha in Hindi.
ABCD: American Born Confused Desi Nagendra Babu Aravind's father Hindi Telugu 2019 2021

Animated films[edit]

Film title Original voice(s) Character(s) Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Notes
The Batman vs. Dracula Peter Stormare Count Dracula Hindi English 2005
The Angry Birds Movie Danny McBride Bomb Hindi English 2016 2016
The Angry Birds Movie 2 Danny McBride Bomb Hindi English 2019 2019
The Boss Baby Alec Baldwin Theodore "Ted" Lindsey Templeton / Boss Baby Hindi English 2017 2017 He also voiced this character in the sequel to film, The Boss Baby: Family Business.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "5 Foreign Voice Actors Who Overdub America's Stars". Complex. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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