Pawan Kalra

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Pawan Kalra
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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".

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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 Builder Neil Morrissey (UK)
Greg Proops (USA)
BobHindiEnglish4/12/1999-
Current
Make Way for Noddy Jimmy Hibbert Mr. Plod HindiEnglish
Pokémon Unknown 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 Tintin Unknown voice actorLaszlo Carreidas (Second Dub)HindiEnglish
French
391991-19922013Episode: "Flight 714"
Love, Death & Robots Fred Tatasciore FlynnHindiEnglish18 (dubbed 1)March 15, 2019 – presentEpisode: "Sucker of Souls"

Live action television series

Program titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageEpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Ron RoggeCaptain William MitchellHindiEnglish2/12/2000-11/18/2000Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive.
Adını Feriha Koydum Eray Özbay
Murat Onuk
Ünal SarrafoğluHindiTurkish1/14/2011-6/28/20129/15/2015-OngoingAirs on Zee Zindagi dubbed in Hindi.
The Witcher Henry Cavill Geralt of Rivia HindiEnglish20/12/2019–
present
Daredevil Peter McRobbie Father Paul LantomHindiEnglish39April 10, 2015 – October 19, 2018

Live action films

Foreign language films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Licence to Kill Timothy Dalton James Bond 007 HindiEnglish1989Unknown
True Lies [3] Arnold Schwarzenegger Harry TaskerHindiEnglish19942004
Hocus Pocus Unknown ActorUnknown RoleHindiEnglish1993
The Nutty Professor Eddie Murphy Professor Sherman KlumpHindiEnglish1996
Dr. Dolittle Eddie Murphy Dr. John DolittleHindiEnglish1998????
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [4] Sean Bean Boromir
(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 Towers Sean Bean Boromir
(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 King Sean Bean Boromir
(First Dub)
HindiEnglish20032004Voiced Boromir for the first Hindi Dub. A second dub was made for UTV Action in 2011.
Blade II Wesley Snipes Eric Brooks / Blade HindiEnglish20022002 Samay Raj Thakkar dubbed this role in the previous movie.
Spy Game Brad Pitt Tom BishopHindiEnglish19992006
Troy Eric Bana Hector HindiEnglish20042004Dubbed for the Theatrical, Home media and Television releases.
Van Helsing Hugh Jackman Gabriel 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 City Bruce Willis Det. John Hartigan HindiEnglish20052006
Guardian of the Galaxy Dave Bautista Drax the Destroyer HindiEnglish20142014Performed 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 HindiEnglish20172017
Avengers: Infinity War Dave Bautista Drax the Destroyer HindiEnglish20182018
Avengers: Endgame Dave Bautista Drax the Destroyer HindiEnglish20192019
The Martian Chiwetel Ejiofor Vincent KapoorHindiEnglish20152015
Doctor Strange Chiwetel Ejiofor Karl Mordo HindiEnglish20162016
Deadpool 2 Josh Brolin Cable HindiEnglish20182018
Blade: Trinity Dominic Purcell Dracula / Drake (Second Dub)HindiEnglish2004Aired by UTV Action.
Priest Paul Bettany Priest
(Second Dub)
HindiEnglish2011Aired by UTV Action.
Enola Holmes Henry Cavill Sherlock Holmes HindiEnglish20202020

Bollywood films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Calcutta Mail Ali A taxi driverHindi2003
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Manav Vij Gautam 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
Pokiri Ashish Vidyarthi Sub-inspector PasupathyHindiTelugu20062010The Hindi dub was titled: Tapori Wanted.
King SrihariGnaneshwar BhaiHindiTelugu20082010The Hindi dub was titled: King No. 1.
Gabbar Singh Vellanki Nagineedu Nagineedu Naidu, Venkatratnam aka Gabbar Singh's stepfatherBhojpuriTelugu20122020The Bhojpuri dub was titled: Daroga Raja.
Kota Srinivasa Rao Bhagyalakshmi's father
I M. Kamaraj'Pattinapakkam' RaviHindiTamil20152015
Bruce Lee: The Fighter Raavu Ramesh Rao Ramachandra RaoHindiTelugu20152016
Sivasankara Prasad 'Chiranjeevi' Konidela Himself
Vedalam Ajith Kumar Ganesh 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.
Katamarayudu Tarun Arora BhanuHindiTelugu20172017
Anjaan Chetan Hansraj ManojHindiTamil20142016The Hindi dub was titled: Khatarnak Khiladi 2.
Yennai Arindhaal Ajith Kumar DCP Satyadev IPSHindiTamil20152016The Hindi dub was titled: Satyadev: The Fearless Cop.
Sarrainodu Pudipeddi Sai Kumar Jaya Prakash a.k.a. J.P.HindiTelugu20162017
Thani Oruvan Arvind Swamy Siddharth AbhimanyuHindiTamil20152017The Hindi dub was titled: Double Attack 2.
Janatha Garage Rahman Shiva (Hari in Hindi version)HindiTelugu20162017The Hindi dub was titled: Janta Garage.
Bairavaa Jagapathi Babu Periya Kannu (Praveen Kumar in Hindi version)HindiTamil20172017The Hindi dub was titled: Bhairava.
Dynamite Raja Ravindra Guna (Jagga in Hindi version)HindiTelugu20152017
Khaidi No. 150 Tarun Arora AggarwalHindiTelugu20172017
Duvvada Jagannadham Prabhakar SuriHindiTelugu20172017The Hindi dub was titled: DJ.
Unknown actorA corrupt officer working for Royalla Naidu (Royal Naidu in Hindi version)
Unknown actorPolice Commissioner (cameo)
Jaya Janaki Nayaka Tarun Arora Arjun PawarHindiTelugu20172018The Hindi dub was titled: Jaya Janaki Nayaka - Khoonkhar.
Doosukeltha Prabhakar Badhram (Bajrang in Hindi version)HindiTelugu20132017The Hindi dub was titled: Dangerous Khiladi 6.
Luckunnodu M. V. V. Satyanarayana JKHindiTelugu20172018The Hindi dub was titled: Sabse Bada Zero.
Hebbuli Ravi Kishan Amruth ShahHindiKannada20172018
Sketch Baburaj 'Royapuram' Kumar ('Rowdy Reddy' Kumar in Hindi version)HindiTamil20182018
Ko Bose Venkat KadhirHindiTamil20112018The Hindi dub was titled: The Real Leader.
Yuddham Sharanam Madhusudhan Rao Venkat RaoHindiTelugu20172018
Guru Zakir Hussain Dev KhatriHindiTelugu20172018
Agnyaathavaasi Sampath Raj SampathHindiTelugu20182018The Hindi dub was titled: Yevadu 3.
Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam Supreeth Reddy GajaHindiTelugu20172018The Hindi dub was titled: Hyper.
Thikka Anand Madan MohanHindiTelugu20162018The Hindi dub was titled: Rocket Raja.
Bharat Ane Nenu Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar DamuHindiTelugu20182018The 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 Chesko Abhimanyu Singh ShankarHindiTelugu20152017The Hindi dub was titled: Businessman 2.
Dear Comrade Raj Arjun Ramesh RaoHindiTelugu20192020
Naa Alludu Charan 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 Desi Nagendra Babu Aravind's fatherHindiTelugu20192021

Animated films

Film titleOriginal voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
The Batman vs. Dracula Peter Stormare Count Dracula HindiEnglish2005
The Angry Birds Movie Danny McBride BombHindiEnglish2016
The Angry Birds Movie 2 2019
The Boss Baby Alec Baldwin Theodore "Ted" Lindsey Templeton / Boss BabyHindiEnglish2017He also voiced this character in the sequel to the film, The Boss Baby: Family Business.

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References

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  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.
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