Nachiket Dighe

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Nachiket Dighe
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Nachiket Dighe in November, 2011
Born (1987-11-11) 11 November 1987 (age 37)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
SpouseRucha Dighe

Nachiket Dighe (born 11 November 1987) is an Indian actor, who dubs in Hindi, Marathi, and English. He dubbed Rupert Grint's role as Ron Weasley in Hindi, in the Harry Potter film series.

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He voiced the characters Buford Van Stomm and Jeremy Johnson in the Hindi dubbed version of the animated show Phineas and Ferb and is the Hindi voice of Kenji (Tracey Sketchit) (Pokémon Chronicles) in the first Hindi dub of the Pokémon anime, and Satoshi (Ash Ketchum) in Disney's second Hindi dub of the same.

Personal life

After completing Bachelors in Engineering, Nachiket did his post-graduation with MBA in Marketing from Mumbai University. [1] He is Sangeet Visharad in Tabla from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and has taken training in Hindustani classical music, vocals.

Acting career

Nachiket Dighe started his acting career in sixth grade. [2] As a child artist Nachiket acted in various advertisements and serials. His first serial Meethi Meethi Batein was a sitcom starring Sachin Pilgaonkar, Nirmiti Sawant, Niki Aneja Walia, Neha Pendse and Niyati Rajwade and aired 52 episodes for a year on DD National.

He played the character of Bipin Bukalwar in Lagi Sharth, [3] and Wrong Mauritius [4] both movies of Children's Film Society, India. He played the son of Vikram Gokhale and Neena Kulkarni in the 2002 multi-starrer Marathi feature film Aadharstambha which included prominent actors from the Marathi film industry like Dilip Prabhavalkar, Lakshmikant Berde, Sandeep Kulkarni and Atul Parchure.

Dubbing career

Nachiket Dighe started his career of voice-dubbing foreign media at the age of 11 in January 1999, by voicing cartoons, animation and live series in Hindi for various channels. [5] He was the approved Hindi voice for T.J. Detweiler in Recess , Jimmy Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius , Tino in Disney Weekenders and Eddie in Lloyd in Space . In anime, he was the Hindi voice of Tracey Sketchit (Kenji) in the Pokémon anime of the first Hindi dub by Sound & Vision India from early 2003 until late 2013. In 2014, a second Hindi dub has been made in-house by UTV Software Communications for Hungama TV where he was hired to voice, Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) in that dub.

Filmography

Films

YearFilm titleRoleLanguage
2001Lagi SharthBipin Bukalwar Hindi
2002AadharstambhaRohan Divekar Marathi
2004Wrong MauritiusBipin Bukalwar Hindi

Television series

SerialCharacter role(s)Number of EpisodesLanguageChannelNotes
Meethi Meethi Batein 52 Hindi DD National
Aahat 2 Hindi Sony Entertainment Television (India)
Shree Ganesh 2 Hindi Sony Entertainment Television (India)
Avinash IPS2 Hindi Star Plus
Shakalaka Boom Boom3 Hindi Star Plus

Animated series

AirdateProgram titleRoleLanguageEpisodesNotes
12/23/2012-06/16/2013 Suraj: The Rising Star SurajHindi26Initially Aired on Colors (TV channel) followed by Nickelodeon India.

Dubbing roles

Animated series

Program titleOriginal voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageNumber of EpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Recess Ross Malinger (Season 1)
Andrew Lawrence (Season 2–6)		T.J. DetweilerHindiEnglish127+4 movies8/31/1997-
11/5/2001		2000-2004Aired on Disney Hour on the Sony Channel from 2000 to 2004. Repeats of the Hindi dub continued to air on Disney Channel until 2011.
The Weekenders Jason Marsden TinoHindiEnglish394/18/1999-
2/29/2004
Lloyd in Space Justin Shenkarow EddieHindiEnglish402/3/2001-
2/27/2004
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Debi Derryberry Jimmy NeutronHindiEnglish119
(dubbed 68)		7/20/2002-
7/6/2007		Nachiket dubbed Jimmy Neutron for 68 episodes.
Famous 5: On the Case Lizzie Waterworth (1-2)
Skandar Keynes (3-5) (English)
Alexandre Nguyen
(French)		Dylan KirrinHindiEnglish
French		434/5/2008-Current11/17/2008-1/2010
(stopped)
The Secret Saturdays Sam Lerner Zak Saturday HindiEnglish3610/3/2008-
1/30/2010
Phineas and Ferb Bobby Gaylor, Mitchel Musso Buford Van Stomm, Jeremy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb) Hindi
Marathi		English204
(dubbed 114)		8/17/2007-CurrentVoiced Bufford and Jeremy in Hindi throughout 90 episodes, and reprised his role to voice the same characters in the Marathi dub.
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Danny Cooksey Bradley "Brad" Buttowski Hindi
Marathi		English462/13/2010-Current5/8/2010-CurrentVoiced Bradley in Hindi, and reprised his role to voice him in the Marathi dub.
Generator Rex Fred Savage Noah NixonHindiEnglish404/23/2008-1/3/20131/16/2011-Current
Special Agent Oso (Season 2) Sean Astin Special Agent Oso HindiEnglish38 [Episode 26–63]4/4/2009-
5/17/2002
Storm Hawks Matt Hill FinnHindiEnglish525/25/2007-
4/6/2009
Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Vincent Tong Kai (Red Ninja)HindiEnglish281/14/2011-
4/12/2012		This show aired on Nickelodeon Sonic and on Cartoon Network India and only 28 episodes of the show aired on those channels in 2011 and 2012 (including the two pilot episodes, "Way of the Ninja" and "King of Shadows" and all of the episodes of Season 1 of Ninjago, "Rise of the Snakes"), but starting from May 25, 2021-January 30, 2022, they started airing all episodes of Ninjago from seasons 2-15 on that same channel and on Cartoon Network India with a unknown Hindi dubbing cast for all the new villains in seasons 2-15 of the show. Dighe also reprised his role to voice Kai in the Urdu dub of this show.
Sally Bollywood Eve Morey (English)
Alexandre Nguyen (French)		DooweeHindiEnglish
French		5210/26/2009-
Current
Spider-Man Unlimited Rino Romano Peter Parker/Spider-Man HindiEnglish132 October 1999 – 31 March 2001Aired by Disney XD.

Anime

Program titleOriginal Japanese voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageEpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Pokémon First Dub
Tomokazu Seki
Masakazu Morita
Tetsuya Kakihara (JP)
Ted Lewis (Seasons 2–8)
Craig Blair (Season 9-)
Lucien Dodge
Tom Wayland (EN)
second dub Rica Matsumoto (JP)
Veronica Taylor (Seasons 1–8)
Sarah Natochenny (Seasons 9-)
Kayzie Rogers (Special)
(EN)		First Dub
Tracey Sketchit (Kenji)
Chili (Pod)
Reggie (Reiji)
second dub
Ash Ketchum (Satoshi)		Hindi1000+4/1/1997-CurrentFirst Dub 5/12/2003-2015
(India)
2004-2013
(Pakistan)
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 by UTV Software Communications featuring a new Hindi voice cast and translation and aired on Hungama TV with Dighe being chosen to voice Ash in the second dub. The first dub that Dighe was also involved in, was produced by Sound and Vision India for Cartoon Network India, Cartoon Network Pakistan and Pogo.
Prasad Barve was the voice of Ash in the first Hindi dub. [6]
Anshul Chandra voiced Tracey in the second Hindi dub.
Battle B-Daman Hiro Yuuki
Tomo Saeki 		Cain McDonnell Ruth
Sigma		Hindi1/5/2004-
12/27/2004
Heroman Ryōhei Kimura Simon "Psy" Kaina Hindi4/1/2010-
9/23/2010
Digimon Frontier Masato AmadaJ.P., Beetlemon, MetalKabuterimonHindi4/7/2002-
3/3/0/2003
Scan2Go Mitsuki Saiga AntaresHindi8/9/2010-
03/29/2011		2013 - Present
Idaten Jump Mokoto Tsumura (JP)
Philece Sampler (EN)		Kakeru SakamakiHindi10/1/2005-
09/09/2006		1/2014 - PresentA revised translation of the English dub.
Ganbare, Kickers! Kazue Ikura Masaru HongōHindi10/15/1986-
3/25/1987		2013-
Present		Aired as Kickers in the Hindi dub.
Ojamajo Doremi Nanaho Katsuragi Igarashi-senpei Hindi2/7/1999-
1/30/2000

Television series

Program titleActor(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Power Rangers Zeo Tom-Tim-Ted Fillipo (DiFillipo Triplets)Trey of Trifortia / Zeo Gold RangerHindiEnglishApril 20, 1996 - November 27, 1996Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
Jonas Kevin Jonas Kevin Jonas HindiEnglish5/2/2009-10/3/201011/30/2009-2011(?)
Power Rangers RPM Milo Cawthorne Ziggy Grover / Ranger Operator Series GreenHindiEnglishMarch 7, 2009 - December 26, 2009Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Engine Sentai Go-onger.
Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai Najee De-TiegeKevin Douglas / Samurai Blue RangerHindiEnglishFebruary 7, 2011 - December 10, 2011 (Samurai)

February 18, 2012- December 15, 2012 (Super Samurai)

Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Power Rangers Megaforce/Super Megaforce Cameron JeboOrion / Super Megaforce Silver RangerHindiEnglishFebruary 2, 2013 - December 7, 2013 (Megaforce)

February 15, 2014 - November 22, 2014 (Super Megaforce)

Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Tensou Sentai Goseiger & Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
Legends of the Hidden Temple Various Characters–HindiEnglish9/11/1993-
9/11/1995		Children's game show that originally aired in North America from 1993 to 1995.
Aired in the early 2000s decade.
Power Rangers Dino Charge/Super Charge Brennan Mejia Tyler Navarro / Dino Charge Red RangerHindiEnglish2/7/2015-12/10/2016Based on Tokusatsu, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
Wizards of Waverly Place Daniel Samonas Dean MoriartyHindiEnglish10/12/2007-1/6/20125/5/2008-2012(?)
Sharpe Lyndon DaviesRifleman Ben PerkinsHindiEnglish5/5/1993-
11/9/2008
Naturally, Sadie Michael D'AscenzoRainbow "Rain" PapadakisHindiEnglish6/24/2005-8/26/2007Aired on Disney Channel India.
Backyard Science Various Characters–HindiEnglish2005-????
The Nightmare Room Shia LaBeouf Dylan PierceHindiEnglish8/31/2001-
3/16/2002		Episode: Scareful What You Wish For
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Dennis BenderskyTapewormHindiEnglish3/18/2005-
9/1/2008
Lonely Planet Six Degrees Toby Amies HimselfHindiEnglish2003-2012Travel series.
The Rough Guides Toby Amies HimselfHindiEnglish2008-Travel series.
The Elephant Princess Jordan ProsserJohan AbuHindiEnglish11/13/2008-
10/6/2011		Appeared in two episodes. Aired on Disney Channel India.
Life with Derek Kit Weyman Samuel "Sam" Richards HindiEnglish9/18/2005-
3/25/2009		Aired on Disney Channel India.
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Mike Moh Danny Cho, Hunt, Kamen Rider AxeHindiEnglish1/13/2009-
12/26/2009		1/8/2010-
10/8/2010		Aired on Cartoon Network. Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Kamen Rider Ryuki.
Aaron Stone Philip Nozuka FreddieHindiEnglish2/13/2009-
7/30/2010		11/14/2009-
2010(?)

Films

Film titleActor(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rupert Grint Ron Weasley HindiEnglish20022003Voiced this character from the second onwards after it was passed from a female voice actress, Rupali Surve Shivtarkar.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rupert Grint Ron Weasley HindiEnglish20042004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rupert Grint Ron Weasley HindiEnglish20052005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [7] Rupert Grint Ron Weasley HindiEnglish20072007
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Rupert Grint Ron Weasley HindiEnglish20092009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Rupert Grint Ron Weasley HindiEnglish20102010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 [8] Rupert Grint Ron Weasley HindiEnglish20112011
Deep Impact Elijah Wood Leo Biederman
(Second Dub)		HindiEnglish19982009Nachiket has dubbed for the second dub released on a newer Home media Release. [9] A first Hindi dub was previously released back in 1998 by Sound & Vision India.
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Ryan Pinkston ArnoldHindiEnglish20032003
The Santa Clause David Krumholtz Bernard the Head ElfHindiEnglish19942005 VCD/DVD Release.
The Santa Clause 2 David Krumholtz Bernard the Arch-elfHindiEnglish20022006 VCD/DVD Release.
Encino Man Sean Astin Dave MorganHindiEnglish19922009
Remember the Titans Ryan Gosling DB Alan BosleyHindiEnglish20002009
Croc Scott HazellTheoHindiEnglish20072009
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj Anthony CozensGethinHindiEnglish20062009
Just Friends Chris Marquette Mike BranderHindiEnglish20052008
Jack Frost Taylor Handley Rory BuckHindiEnglish19982008
Swing Kids Christian Bale Thomas BergerHindiEnglish19932008 VCD/DVD Release.
Sorority Boys Tony Denman JimmyHindiEnglish20022008
Minutemen Steven R. McQueen DerekHindiEnglish20082008
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Robert Oliveri Nick SzalinskiHindiEnglish19922001
Twitches Too Chris GallingerDemitriHindiEnglish20072007
Tadpole Robert Iler CharlieHindiEnglish20022008Dubbed for television broadcasting on UTV.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Ernie Reyes, Jr. KenoHindiEnglish19912006 VCD/DVD release.
License to Drive Michael Manasseri CharlesHindiEnglish19882007
High School Musical Ryne Sanborn Jason Cross HindiEnglish20062007
High School Musical 2 Ryne Sanborn Jason Cross HindiEnglish20072008Both the second and third films premiered dubbed into Hindi in the same year of 2008.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year Ryne Sanborn Jason Cross HindiEnglish20082008
Final Destination 2 James Kirk Tim Carpenter HindiEnglish20032007
Halloweentown Phillip Van Dyke LukeHindiEnglish19982000
Motocrossed Trever O'Brien Andrew CarsonHindiEnglish20012004
Last Action Hero Austin O'Brien Danny MadiganHindiEnglish19932000
Air Bud Brendan Fletcher Larry WillinghamHindiEnglish19972007
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Shia LaBeouf LewisHindiEnglish20032004
Holes Byron CottonTheodore "Armpit"HindiEnglish2003
Martial Arts of Shaolin Hu JianqiangChao WeiHindi Mandarin Chinese
Cantonese Chinese 		19862007
Camp Rock Kevin Jonas Jason GrayHindiEnglish20082009Aired on the summer of 2009.
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Kevin Jonas Jason GrayHindiEnglish20102010Aired in September 2010.
10 Things I Hate About You Joseph Gordon-Levitt Cameron JamesHindiEnglish19992009
The Shaggy Dog Shawn Pyfrom TreyHindiEnglish20062009
Get a Clue Bug Hall Jack DowneyHindiEnglish20022009
Stepsister from Planet Weird Henry FeaginsFanulHindiEnglish20002009
So Close Michael WaiSiu-MaHindi Cantonese Chinese
English		20022010
Until Death Wes RobinsonChad MansenHindiEnglish20072010
Johnny Mnemonic Arthur EngVietHindiEnglish
Japanese		19952010
District 9 Mandla GadukaFundiswa MhlangaHindiEnglish
Nyanja
Afrikaans
Zulu
Xhosa
Sotho		19952010
Mars Attacks! Lukas HaasRichie NorrisHindiEnglish19962010
Prom Night Kelly Blatz MichaelHindiEnglish20082010
Outbreak Cuba Gooding, Jr. Major SaltHindiEnglish19952010
High Risk Chung-Hsien YangDetective Chow KamHindiEnglish19952011
SlamWang WeiLi WeiHindi Mandarin Chinese 20082011
Shank Kedar Williams-Stirling JuniorHindiEnglish20102011
Hyenas Andrew James AllenJasperHindiEnglish20112011
Jeepers Creepers 2 Garikayi MutambirwaDeaundre "Double D" DavisHindiEnglish20032011
Fair Game Scott Michael Campbell AdamHindiEnglish19952011
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Cody Linley Sean RedfordHindiEnglish20072007
Surrogates Cody Christian Boy CanterHindiEnglish20092009
True Grit Domhnall Gleeson Moon (The Kid)HindiEnglish20102011
The Social Network Jesse Eisenberg Mark Zuckerberg HindiEnglish20102010
Twilight Cam Gigandet James Witherdale HindiEnglish20082008
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Alex Wolff Spencer GilpinHindiEnglish20172017
Need for Speed Harrison Gilbertson Pete ColemanHindiEnglish20142018Performed alongside Uplaksh Kochhar who voiced Aaron Paul as Tobey Marshall.
Max Steel Josh Brener Steel
(voice)		HindiEnglish20162018

Animated films

Film titleOriginal Voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Recess: School's Out Andrew Lawrence Theodore Jasper "T.J." DetweillerHindiEnglish20012001
Recess: All Growed Down Ross Malinger, Andrew Lawrence Theodore Jasper "T.J." DetweillerHindiEnglish20032003
Robots Ewan McGregor Rodney CopperbottomHindiEnglish20052007
Tinker Bell Rob Paulsen BobbleHindiEnglish20082008
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Rob Paulsen BobbleHindiEnglish20092009
Pixie Hollow Games Rob Paulsen BobbleHindiEnglish20112012
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension Bobby Gaylor, Mitchel Musso Buford Van Stomm, Jeremy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb) Hindi
Marathi		English20112011
Epic Josh Hutcherson NodHindiEnglish20132013
Kung Fu Panda Jack Black PoMarathiEnglish20082016Marathi dub created for Zee Talkies by VR Films.
Kung Fu Panda 2 Jack Black PoMarathiEnglish20112016Marathi dub created for Zee Talkies by VR Films.

Anime films

Film titleOriginal Japanese voiceCharacterDub LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDubbed Year ReleaseNotes
Pokémon: The First Movie Rica Matsumoto Ash Ketchum (Satoshi)Hindi19982015Aired on Hungama TV with the in-house UTV Software Communications Hindi dub voice cast which was shown over 17 years later, after the original Japanese theatrical release. Unlike the Hindi dub of the animated series that was based on the English dub, this film is actually being done directly based on the original Japanese version, despite still using the English names. The premiere date was 18 April 2015 for the channel and it was aired as: "Pokémon The Movie - Mewtwo Ka Badla" (पोकीमॉन द मूवी - म्यूटो का बदला).
Pokemon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One Rica Matsumoto Ash Ketchum (Satoshi)Hindi19992015It got set to air on Hungama TV with the in-house UTV Software Communications Hindi dub voice cast which will be shown over 16 years later, after the original Japanese theatrical release. Unlike the Hindi dub of the animated series that was based on the English dub, this film is actually being done directly based on the original Japanese version, despite still using the English names. The premiere date was for the Summer of 2015 for the channel and it aired as: "Pokémon: Movie EK Ki TAAQAT" (पोकीमॉन मूवी - एक की ताक़त).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pandit, Neeraj (6 October 2011). "मी कात टाकली". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Hogwarts In Hindi". Indian Express. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Lagi Sharth. "Lagi sharth". Hindi/2001/Colour/55mins. CFSI. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. ↑ CFSI. "Wrong Mauritius". Hindi/2004/Colour/76mins. CFSI. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nachiket Dighe - India". Linkedin.com. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Prasad Barve - Hindi Dubbing Stars Facebook". Facebook.com. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Hogwarts In Hindi". Indian Express. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Breaking the language barrier: Regional versions of Harry Potter films and translated book titles a rage in small towns". The Times Of India. 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Buy online Indian and International CDS, LPS, Blu-rays, DVDS and VCDS | Rhythm House". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
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