Namrata Sawhney

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Namrata Sawhney
Born
Patiala, India
OccupationActress, voice actress, singer
Years active1985-Present

Namrata Sawhney (Namratā Sāhanī, is an Indian actress, voice actress and singer, who speaks Hindi, English & Punjabi . Namrata is a veteran of the voicing/dubbing industry. She also dubbed for Juhi Chawla in some Kurkure commercials.[1]

Filmography

Live action films

Year Film title Role Language
1993 Bedardi Mohini Hindi
1994 Vaade Iraade Additional Role Hindi
2008 A Wednesday! The Common Man's Wife Hindi

Animated films

Year Film title Role Language Notes
1992 Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama Sita Hindi An Indian-Japanese animated film.
2007 Bal Ganesh Parvati Hindi
2012 Krishna Aur Kans Dourga Hindi

Commercials

Year Promo Language
2004 Indian Idol Radio Channel promos Hindi

Dubbing career

Kissa Tota Maina was her very first program, which was a radio show and soon Sawhney got into voice-acting and also dubbing. From a child voice to the lead voice, it's been around 30 years, since she's been doing this. She has enjoyed her job for being a voice artist. She gave the Hindi dubbing voice to Kate Winslet's role as Rose DeWitt Bukater/Dawson in Titanic for the cinema release, the home media releases and for UTV television airings, Princess Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin when it was dubbed in 1994, and she's considered to be the official Hindi dub-over artist for Sridevi in her Tamil films. She also gave voices to Radio channel promos for Indian Idol, and also dubbed Malini Sharma in Raaz and Manisha Koirala in Dushmani.

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film title Actress Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Notes
Titanic Kate Winslet Rose DeWitt Bukater/Dawson Hindi English 1997 1998 The elderly version of this character was portrayed by Gloria Stuart and dubbed by Geeta Khanna in Hindi.
Raaz[2] Malini Sharma Malini Hindi 2002 2002 Due to the actress's poor Hindi knowledge, The directors for these films, could not allow the actresses to use their real voices, so Namrata has dubbed for them to disguise their voices, despite that the movies were already shot in Hindi.
Dushmani: A Violent Love Story Manisha Koirala Sapna Oberoi Hindi 2009 2009
Hulk Jennifer Connelly Betty Ross Hindi English 2003 2003 Performed alongside Saptrishi Ghosh who voiced Eric Bana as Bruce Banner / Hulk in Hindi.

Animated films

Film title Original Voice Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Notes
Aladdin Linda Larkin Princess Jasmine
(Speaking)
Hindi English 1992 1994 Dubbed by Modi Entertainment.[3] Princess Jasmine's Hindi singing voice was provided by Dominique Cerejo.
The Little Mermaid Jodi Benson Ariel
(First dub)
Hindi English 1989 ???? Another Hindi dub was made in 2012 for Television where Prachi Save Sathi voiced this character.

References

  1. ^ Sreya Basu. "The voice behind". Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ "SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  3. ^ "The art of directing dubs: A chat with Ellie Lewis – Animation Xpress". animationxpress.com. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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