Namrata Sawhney
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 has a theatre background but did not take any professional training for dubbing and voicing. She is considered to be the most apt Hindi voice-over artist for Indian actress, Sridevi, in her Tamil films and Manisha Koirala for many of her Hindi feature films like Dushmani, Calcutta Mail, Agnisakshi, Taliban, Jai Hind, Anokha Andaz and Anmol. Namrata is the voice of Jasmine (Hindi ) in Disney's Alladin. She has also dubbed for Kate Winslet for the Hindi dubbed versions of Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, The mountain between us etc.[1] She also dubbed for Juhi Chawla in some Kurkure commercials.[2]
Namrata Sawhney | |
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Born | Patiala, India |
Occupation | Actress, voice actress, singer |
Filmography
Live action films
Year | Film title | Role | Language |
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1993 | Bedardi[3] | Mohini | Hindi |
1994 | Vaade Iraade[4] | Additional Role | Hindi |
2008 | A Wednesday! | The Common Man's Wife | Hindi |
Animated films
Year | Film title | Role | Language | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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[5] | 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 |
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Aladdin[6] | Linda Larkin | Princess Jasmine (Speaking) | Hindi | English | 1992 | 1994 | Dubbed by Modi Entertainment.[7] 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.[8] |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358992/fullcredits#cast
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363170/fullcredits#cast
- https://soundcloud.com/namratasawhney/raaz-as-malini-sharma
- http://www.123people.co.uk/s/namrata+sawhney%5B%5D
- "The art of directing dubs: A chat with Ellie Lewis – Animation Xpress". animationxpress.com. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- http://namratasawhney.wordpress.com/