Mohan Kapur

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Mohan Kapur
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Kapur in 2011
Born
Occupations
Years active1992–present

Mohan Kapur is an Indian actor and television host who works predominantly in Hindi films and television.

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Career

Kapur is known for being the first television personality in India as the host of the first Indian original program produced by a satellite network (Zee TV), [1] Saanp Seedi (Snakes & Ladders). Saanp Seedi was the first and only television series launched on satellite in the Asia-Pacific's from 1992 - 1994 which included Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Saanp Seedi is best described as a combination game and talk show starring Kapur with frequent celebrity guests. [2] His TV success led to a crossover in the Indian Film Industry with his first role being the lead antagonist in Beqabu (1996) which eventually led to a career appearing in over 60 films and TV series. He often plays the good guy turned bad, the "surprise antagonist", such as in his roles in the Disney+ Hotstar film Sadak 2 (2020) and his award nominated performance in the Hindi remake of the Israeli series for Disney+ Hotstar Hostages (2019–2020).

Kapur appeared in the films Jolly LLB , Happy New Year , and Mission Mangal . [3]

Kapur is also known for his work as a voice artist and has dubbed for numerous Hollywood actors including Dwayne Johnson, Tom Hardy, Nicolas Cage and Jackie Chan.

Kapur has also voiced Stephen Strange in the Hindi dubs of his various appearances throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe. [4] In 2021, he was cast as Yusuf Khan in the MCU titles Ms. Marvel (2022), The Marvels (2023), and Daredevil: Born Again (2025). [5] [3]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Beqabu Zanjarh Singh
1997 Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul
Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi
1998 Angaaray Lala Roshanlal's Brother (Mitthu)
2002 Deewangee Vikrant Kapoor
2011 Haunted – 3D Priest
Game
Bodyguard
Soundtrack
2012 Bittoo Boss
Hate Story Cabinet Minister K.Malhotra
Life's Good
Raaz 3: The Third Dimension Doctor
2013 Jolly LLB Yograj Dewan
Inkaar
Sooper Se Ooper Lal
2014 Creature 3D Doctor Moga
Happy New Year Mr.Kapoor Charan's Assistant
Zid Newspaper Editor Karan
2015 I Sushil Tamil film; uncredited
Kamasutra 3D Kamasutra Guru's Apprentice
2017 Manjha Veena's Husband Marathi film
2018 Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Marfatia
Mitron Richa's father
Heartbeats
2019 Mission Mangal Reporter Durgesh Swami
377 Ab Normal
2020 Sadak 2 Commissioner Rajesh Puri
London Confidential RK Goyal JT's Secretary
2021 Squad Abhay Bhatnagar
Urf Ghanta Stranger
2022 Life's Good
2023 The Vaccine War Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar [6]
The Marvels Yusuf Khan English film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesReference(s)
1992–1994Saanp SeedhiHost
1995–1997Surf Wheel of Fortune
1995Philips Top 10
1996O Daddy
1996–1999 Hip Hip Hurray Criminal
1999 Saturday Suspense
2002–2004 Kittie Party Reva's Brother in law2003-2004
2008 Zindagi Badal Sakta Hai Hadsaa Manoviraj Singh
2010 CID JeevanEpisodic role in episode 612
Ishaan
100% De Dana Dan Ring Announcer
Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2 Rudra Pratap Singhania
2012 Hum Ne Li Hai Shapath Mr. Yashvardhan
2012–2013 Amrit Manthan Mr. Oberoi
2014 Everest Major Sameer Khanna
2017–2018 Savitri Devi College & Hospital Dr. Anand Malhotra
2018Table No. 5 ZEE5 original series
2019 Hostages Subramanian
Only for Singles
2020 Black Widows LalitWeb series [7]
2021Crime Next Door
2022 Ms. Marvel Yusuf KhanMain role; Disney+ miniseries [8]
2024 Karmma Calling Nikhil SetiaDisney+ web series
2025–present Daredevil: Born Again Yusuf KhanDisney+ series [9]

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film titleActorCharacterDub languageOriginal languageOriginal release yearDub release yearNotes
Live Free or Die Hard [10] Bruce Willis John McClane HindiEnglish20072007
Race to Witch Mountain Dwayne Johnson Jack Bruno20092009The Hindi dub was re-titled as: "Res Tisari Duniya Tak", which translates to: "Race to Third World". After the original ending credits for the DVD release of the Hindi dub, Mohan Kapoor's name was mentioned on the Hindi dubbing credits, and it's also written in the Hindi language. [11] [12]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Dennis Quaid General Hawk 20092009
X-Men: First Class [13] Kevin Bacon Sebastian Shaw 20112011
Captain America: The First Avenger Hugo Weaving Johann Schmidt / Red Skull 20112011This character was portrayed by Ross Marquand in Avengers: Infinity War and was voiced by Kishore Bhatt in Hindi.
The Dark Knight Rises [14] Tom Hardy Bane 20122012
Fast & Furious 6 Dwayne Johnson Luke Hobbs 20132013 Rajesh Jolly dubbed this character in
Fast Five.
Furious 7 20152015
The Fate of the Furious 20172017
Green Lantern Mark Strong Sinestro 20112011
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Nicolas Cage Balthazar Blake20102010
The Karate Kid Jackie Chan Mr. Han20102010On 25 June 2011, A Second Hindi dub was made for UTV Action produced in-house by UTV Software Communications. Samay Raj Thakkar voiced this character in that dub.
Rush Hour 2 Don Cheadle Kenny (uncredited cameo)20012011
The Green Hornet Christoph Waltz Bloodnofsky20112011
Tron: Legacy Jeff Bridges Kevin Flynn / Clu20102010Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn and Shakti Singh who voiced Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley / Tron in Hindi.
Exodus: Gods and Kings John Turturro Seti I 20142014
Jurassic World Vincent D'Onofrio Vic Hoskins20152015
Priest Karl Urban Black Hat20112011
The Wolverine Haruhiko Yamanouchi Ichirō Yashida20132013
Assassin's Creed Jeremy Irons Alan Rikkin 20162016
Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch Dr. Stephen Strange 20162016
Thor: Ragnarok Dr. Stephen Strange
(cameo)
20172017
Avengers: Infinity War Dr. Stephen Strange20182018
Avengers: Endgame 20192019
Spider-Man: No Way Home 20212021
Alita: Battle Angel Christoph WaltzDr. Dyson Ido20192019
I HimselfSushilTamil20152015
Why Him? Bryan Cranston Ned FlemmingEnglish20162016
Leo Gautham Vasudev Menon Joshy AndrewsTamil20232023
The Marvels HimselfYusuf KhanEnglish20232023

Animated films

Film titleOriginal Voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Rio George Lopez RafaelHindiEnglish20112011
Rio 2 20142014
The Angry Birds Movie Peter Dinklage Mighty Eagle20162016
The Angry Birds Movie 2 20192019

TV series

Series titleOriginal ActorCharacter(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Jack Ryan Wendell Pierce James GreerHindiEnglish2018–20232018–2023 Amazon Original Series
Ms. Marvel HimselfYusuf Khan20222022 Disney+ miniseries

See also

References

  1. Patel, Ano (23 April 2015). "Mohan Kapur: Everything happened to me by chance". Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. "All about dogs". The Telegraph (Kolkata) . 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Ms Marvel's Mohan Kapur on Farhan Akhtar and Fawad Khan's cameos: 'Small to think why focus is on them, they're stars'". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. "Mohan Kapoor turns commentator". The Times of India . 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.
  5. Dowling, Ahsan (21 October 2021). "Ms. Marvel Actor Hints At A Later Release Date For The Series". Game Rant. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. "The Vaccine War: Review and Story". Kissu. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  7. "Interview: एक्टर मोहन कपूर से जानिए- कैसे हो रही है 'ब्लैक विडो' के हिंदी रीमेक पर काम". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  8. Singh, Suhani (10 July 2022). "How Mohan Kapur bagged a role in Disney+ series Ms Marvel". India Today. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  9. Taylor, Drew; Lincoln, Ross A. (10 August 2024). "New 'Daredevil: Born Again' Footage Teases 'Heat'-Like Showdown with Kingpin". TheWrap . Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  10. "Mohan-Suchitra dub for 'Die Hard 4'". 20 June 2007.
  11. "Race to Witch Mountain 2009 part 10 hindi.flv". YouTube.com. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  12. "Image - Tinypic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting". Tinypic.com. 8 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  13. "tv actors turn x-men! - daily.bhaskar.com". 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  14. Bhattacharya, Roshmila. "'I never had the audacity to dream of going to Hollywood'". Rediff. Retrieved 14 October 2022.