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
Born
Patiala, India
OccupationActress, voice actress, singer

Filmography

Live action films
YearFilm titleRoleLanguage
1993Bedardi[3]MohiniHindi
1994Vaade Iraade[4]Additional RoleHindi
2008A Wednesday!The Common Man's WifeHindi

Animated films
YearFilm titleRoleLanguageNotes
1992Ramayana: The Legend of Prince RamaSitaHindiAn Indian-Japanese animated film.
2007Bal GaneshParvatiHindi
2012Krishna Aur KansDourgaHindi

Commercials
YearPromoLanguage
2004Indian Idol Radio Channel promosHindi

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 titleActressCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
TitanicKate WinsletRose DeWitt Bukater/DawsonHindiEnglish19971998The elderly version of this character was portrayed by Gloria Stuart and dubbed by Geeta Khanna in Hindi.
Raaz[5]Malini SharmaMaliniHindi20022002Due 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 StoryManisha KoiralaSapna OberoiHindi20092009
HulkJennifer ConnellyBetty RossHindiEnglish20032003Performed alongside Saptrishi Ghosh who voiced Eric Bana as Bruce Banner / Hulk in Hindi.

Animated films
Film titleOriginal VoiceCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Aladdin[6]Linda LarkinPrincess Jasmine
(Speaking)		HindiEnglish19921994Dubbed by Modi Entertainment.[7] Princess Jasmine's Hindi singing voice was provided by Dominique Cerejo.
The Little MermaidJodi BensonAriel
(First dub)		HindiEnglish1989????Another Hindi dub was made in 2012 for Television where Prachi Save Sathi voiced this character.[8]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358992/fullcredits#cast
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363170/fullcredits#cast
  5. https://soundcloud.com/namratasawhney/raaz-as-malini-sharma
  6. http://www.123people.co.uk/s/namrata+sawhney%5B%5D
  7. "The art of directing dubs: A chat with Ellie Lewis – Animation Xpress". animationxpress.com. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  8. http://namratasawhney.wordpress.com/


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