Saumya Daan

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Saumya Daan
Born (1982-03-02) 2 March 1982 (age 42)
Mumbai, India
Other namesSoumya Daan
Occupation(s)Voice actor
customer service assistant
Years active1994–Current
Websitewww.sdaan7.wix.com/voicelife

Saumya Daan (born 2 March 1982 in Mumbai) is an Indian voice actor who speaks English, Hindi, Marathi and Bengali and worked as a customer service assistant with Jet Airways [1] until 2010, leaving to become a full-time voice actor.

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Filmography

Commercials

YearPromoLanguage
2009 Star Plus – Get PlusHindi
2009 Loop Mobile In the LoopHindi
2009 Indian Idol Radio Spot PromotionHindi

Dubbing roles

Animated series

Program titleOriginal voiceCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageNumber of EpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series [1] Neil Patrick Harris Peter Parker / Spider-Man HindiEnglish1311 July – 12 September 20032003Aired on Cartoon Network India.
The Spectacular Spider-Man Josh Keaton Peter Parker / Spider-Man HindiEnglish268 March 2008 – 18 November 2009
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Drake Bell Peter Parker / Spider-Man HindiEnglish5222 September 2010 – 5 May 2013Aired by Disney XD.
Ultimate Spider-Man Drake Bell Peter Parker / Spider-Man HindiEnglish1041 April 2012 – 7 January 2017Aired by Disney XD and it also aired on Marvel HQ.
Avengers Assemble Drake Bell
Robbie Daymond
Peter Parker / Spider-Man HindiEnglish12626 May 2013 – 24 February 2019Aired by Disney XD and it also aired on Marvel HQ.
Monsuno Keith Silverstein DaxHindiEnglish6523 February 2012 – 1 July 2014
The Archie Show [1] Unknown voice actorUnknown characterHindiEnglish179/14/1968-
30 August 1969
UnknownDubbed and aired on television, much later after the original airing.
Dave the Barbarian Danny Cooksey DaveHindiEnglish211/23/2004-
22 January 2005
Unknown
We Bare Bears Bobby Moynihan
Demetri Martin
Panda
Ice bear
HindiEnglish27/7/2015- Ongoing29/11/2015- OngoingThis TV series is being dubbed by Sound & Vision India and it's currently airing on Cartoon Network India.
Pokémon First Dub
Mamoru Miyano (JP)
Jason Griffith(EN)
Second dub Inuyama (JP)
Nathan Price (Episodes 2–33)
Maddie Blaustein (Seasons 1–8)
James Carter Cathcart (Seasons 9-present)(EN)
First Dub
Cilan (Dent)
Second dub Meowth (Nyarth)
HindiJapanese1000+4/1/1997-CurrentFirst dub 5/12/2003-2015
(India)
2004–Current
(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. Saumya Daan was involved in both Hindi dub productions. He voiced Clian in the first Hindi dub and Meowth in the second Hindi dub. Damandeep Singh Baggan originally voiced Meowth in the first Hindi dub from Season 1-2 and Sandeep Karnik from Season 3-14, which was produced by Sound & Vision India.
Digimon Adventure Masami Kikuchi Joe-KidoHindiJapanese541 August 1999 – 20002003-2004He voiced Joe in Digimon Adventure 01 and 02 which was made by Sound and Vision India and aired on Cartoon Network India.
Young Justice Nolan North
Crispin Freeman
Clark Kent / Superman
Roy Harper/ Red Arrow / Arsenal
HindiEnglish52November 26, 2010 – March 16, 20132017-2018Season 1 and 2 aired on Cartoon Network India

Live action television series

Program titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageEpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Small Wonder Jerry Supiran Jamie LawsonHindiEnglish969/7/1985-5/20/19891994–1998Debut role for Saumya. Aired on Star Plus from 1994–1998.
Diff'rent Strokes Todd Bridges Willis JacksonHindiEnglish189 (Dubbed ???)11/3/1978-
3/6/1986
1995–1999The Hindi dubbed version of this sitcom, premiered in the late 90s, from 1995 till 1999 on Sony Entertainment Television and on Doordarshan.
Alif Laila Unknown actorUnknown characterHindiUrdu
Hindi
Bengali
260
(Dubbed ???)
1993–1996
Even Stevens Shia LaBeouf Louis Anthony StevensHindiEnglish656/17/2000-
13 June 2003
UnknownAired on UTV, dubbed in Hindi.
Power Rangers SPD Chris VioletteSky TateHindiEnglish382/5/2005-
14 November 2005
UnknownBased on Japanese Tokusatsu, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.
Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan Rajat Tokas Prithviraj Chauhan (Prithvi Raj III) Hindi3825/12/2006–
15 March 2009
Saumya was called in to dub the dialogues during post-production due to the dissatisfaction of the director with the lines spoken by the actors. The original performers were unable to convey their lines properly due to health problems, despite that these shows were already shot in Hindi.
Dharam Veer Vikrant Massey DharamHindi1951/21/2008–
30 October 2008
Jonas L.A. Joe Jonas Joe Jonas HindiEnglish345/2/2009-
10/3/2010
11/30/2009-
2011(?)
The Kennedys UnknownUnknownHindiEnglish84/3/2011-
4/10/2011
6/??/2012Aired on History TV18 in June 2012.
Adını Feriha Koydum Yusuf Akgün Koray OnatHindiTurkish801/14/2011-
6/28/2012
9/15/2015-3/2016Airs on Zee Zindagi dubbed in Hindi. Voiced him for all 80 episodes.

Live action films

Hollywood films

Film titleActor(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone James and Oliver Phelps Fred and George Weasley HindiEnglish20012002Released in the US, India, and Pakistan as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets James and Oliver Phelps Fred and George Weasley HindiEnglish20022003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban James and Oliver Phelps Fred and George Weasley HindiEnglish20042004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire James and Oliver Phelps Fred and George Weasley HindiEnglish20052005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix James and Oliver Phelps Fred and George Weasley HindiEnglish20072007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince James and Oliver Phelps Fred and George Weasley HindiEnglish20092009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 James and Oliver Phelps Fred and George Weasley HindiEnglish20102010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 James and Oliver Phelps Fred and George Weasley HindiEnglish20112011
Bad Boys Will Smith Det. Mike LowreyHindiEnglish19952010Was dubbed into Hindi much later, when it was released on VCD/DVD.
Holes Shia LaBeouf Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IVHindiEnglish2003Unknown
Bobby Shia LaBeouf CooperHindiEnglish20062006
Disturbia Shia LaBeouf Kale BrechtHindiEnglish
Spanish
Japanese
20072007
Transformers Shia LaBeouf Sam Witwicky HindiEnglish20072007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Shia LaBeouf Sam Witwicky HindiEnglish20092009
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Shia LaBeouf Sam Witwicky HindiEnglish20112011
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Shia LaBeouf Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III HindiEnglish20082008
National Treasure Justin Bartha Riley PooleHindiEnglish20042004
National Treasure: Book of Secrets Justin Bartha Riley PooleHindiEnglish20072007
The Departed Leonardo DiCaprio William "Billy" Costigan, Jr.HindiEnglish20062008 VCD/DVD version releases.
Live Free or Die Hard Justin Long Matthew "Matt" FarrellHindiEnglish20072007Internationally released as: Die Hard 4.0.
Camp Rock Joe Jonas Shane GrayHindiEnglish20082009Aired Summer 2009.
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Joe Jonas Shane GrayHindiEnglish20102010Aired September 2010.
Predators Topher Grace EdwinHindiEnglish20102010
The Smurfs Anton Yelchin Clumsy Smurf (voice)HindiEnglish20112011American Live Action film mixed with CGI animation.
The Smurfs 2 Anton Yelchin Clumsy Smurf (voice)HindiEnglish20132013American Live Action film mixed with CGI animation.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Tom Felton Dodge LandonHindiEnglish20112011
Final Destination 5 Arlen Escarpeta Nathan SearsHindiEnglish20112011
The Darkest Hour Max Minghella BenHindiEnglish
Russian
20112012
Battleship Taylor Kitsch Lt. Alex HopperHindiEnglish20122012
V for Vendetta Hugo Weaving V
(Second Dub)
HindiEnglish20052012Voiced for the UTV Software Communications in-house production Hindi dub that aired on UTV Action.

Indian films

Film titleActor(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Love U...Mr. Kalakaar! Prashant RanyalAmanHindi20112011Saumya was called in to dub the dialogues during post-production because of the dissatisfaction of the director with the lines spoken by the actual actor. Prashant were unable to convey his lines properly due to temporary health problems, despite that this movie was already shot in Hindi.
Pokiri Mahesh Babu Krishna Manohar aka "Pandu" (Sanju in Hindi version)HindiTelugu20062010The Hindi dub was titled: Tapori Wanted.

Animated films

Film titleOriginal voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
The Incredibles Michael Bird Tony Rydinger HindiEnglish20042004The Hindi dub released as
Hum Hain Lajawab.
A Christmas Carol Jim Carrey Ghost of Christmas Past HindiEnglish20092011Dubbed for TV
Moana Oscar Kightley
Troy Polamalu
Fisherman
Villager #1
HindiEnglish20162016

Indian TV series

Little Singham, he voiced Ballu, Chikki, and Professor Avishkar in this show.

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