Nachiket Dighe
Nachiket Dighe नचिकेत दिघे | |
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 Nachiket Dighe at the Indian release of the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Mumbai, July 2007 | |
| Born | November 11, 1987 (age 24) |
| Occupation | Actor & Voice actor |
| Years active | 1998–Present |
Nachiket Dighe (नचिकेत दिघे) (Born: November 11, 1987) is an Indian actor and dubbing voice actor, who dubs majorly in Hindi and also in Marathi & English. He is best known for his Hindi voice-dubbing over Rupert Grint's role as Ron Weasley, in the Harry Potter film series, and also did Ryne Sanborn's role as Jason Cross in the High School Musical films.
He is also confirmed to be the official Hindi voice dub-over artist for Kevin Jonas and Toby Amies. Despite that Jonas and Amies are in different age groups respectively, Dighe is able to match the quality of their voices when it comes to Hindi dubbing.
Personal life
After completing Bachelors in Engineering, Nachiket did his post-graduation with Masters in Management Studies in Marketing from Mumbai University.[1] He is Sangeet Visharad in Tabla from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and has taken training in Hindustani classical music, vocals.
Acting Career
As a child artist Nachiket acted in various advertisements and serials. His first serial Meethi Meethi Batein was a Sitcom starring Sachin Pilgaonkar, Nirmiti Sawant, Niki Aneja Walia, Neha Pendse and Niyati Rajwade and aired 52 episodes for an year on DD National.
He played the character of Bipin Bukalwar in Lagi Sharth[2] and Wrong Mauritius[3], both movies of Children's Film Society, India. He played the son of Vikram Gokhale and Nina Kulkarni in the 2002 multi-starrer Marathi feature film Aadharstambha which included prominent actors from the Marathi film industry like Dilip Prabhavalkar, Lakshmikant Berde, Sandeep Kulkarni and Atul Parchure
Dubbing Career
Nachiket Dighe started his career of Voice-Dubbing foreign media at the age of 12 in 1999, which is one year after he entered the Entertainment industry as an actor, by voicing cartoons, anime, animation and live series in Hindi for various channels. He was the approved Hindi voice for T.J. Detweiler in Recess (TV Series), Jimmy Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Tino in Disney Weekenders and Eddie in Lloyd in Space.
He is the official Hindi voice-dubbing over artist for Rupert Grint's role as Ron Weasley, in the Harry Potter film series, second film onwards, along with his colleagues, Karan Trivedi (second film till the fifth film later replaced by Rajesh Kava) voicing Harry Potter, and Rajshree Nath (Later replaced by Parignya Pandya third film and onwards), voicing for Hermione Granger, for the Hindi dubs of the film series.
He has dubbed several other films such as Elijah Wood's role as Leo Biederman for Deep Impact, Ernie Reyes, Jr.'s role as Keno from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (which those two films were dubbed in Hindi much later after it's original theatrical release), Bobble in the Tinker Bell movies and even Steven R. McQueen's role as Derek in the Disney channel original movie, Minutemen.
Filmography
| Year | Film title | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Lagi Sharth | Bipin Bukalwar | Hindi |
| 2002 | Aadharstambha | Rohan Divekar | Marathi |
| 2004 | Wrong Mauritius | Bipin Bukalwar | Hindi |
Television
| Serial | Number of Episodes | Language | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meethi Meethi Batein | 52 | Hindi | DD National |
| Aahat | 2 | Hindi | Sony Entertainment Television (India) |
| Avinash IPS | 2 | Hindi | Star Plus |
| Shakalaka Boom Boom | 3 | Hindi | Star Plus |
Dubbing Roles
Television Animation
| Program title | Original voice | Character | Language | Number of Episodes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disney Recess | Ross Malinger Andrew Lawrence Myles Jeffrey |
T.J. Detweiler | Hindi | 65 | |
| The Weekenders | Jason Marsden | Tino | Hindi | 39 | |
| Lloyd in Space | Justin Shenkarow | Eddie | Hindi | 40 | |
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Debi Derryberry | Jimmy Neutron | Hindi | 68 | |
| Famous 5: On the Case | Lizzie Waterworth,Skandar Keynes | Dylan Kirrin | Hindi | 43 | |
| The Secret Saturdays | Sam Lerner | Zak Saturday | Hindi | 36 | |
| Phineas and Ferb | Bobby Gaylor,Mitchel Musso | Buford Van Stomm, Jeremy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb) | Hindi & Marathi | 90 | |
| Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | Danny Cooksey | Bradley "Brad" Buttowski | Hindi & Marathi | 46 | |
| Generator Rex | Fred Savage | Noah Nixon | Hindi | 40 | |
| Special Agent Oso (Season 2) | Sean Astin | Special Agent Oso | Hindi | 37 (Ep 26-63) | |
| Storm Hawks | Matt Hill | Finn | Hindi | 52 |
Anime
| Program title | Original Japanese voice | Character | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokémon (anime) | Tomokazu Seki | Tracey Sketchit | Hindi |
| Battle B-Daman | Hiro Yuuki - |
Cain McDonnell Ruth Sigma |
Hindi |
| Heroman | Ryōhei Kimura | Simon "Psy" Kaina | Hindi |
| Digimon Frontier | Masato Amada in Japanese, Steven Blum in English | Junpei "J.P." Shibayama, Beetlemon, MetalKabuterimon | Hindi |
| Magical DoReMi | Nanaho Katsuragi | Igarashi-senpei | Hindi |
Live Action Television
| Program title | Actor | Character | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas L.A. | Kevin Jonas | Kevin Jonas | Hindi |
| Power Rangers RPM | Milo Cawthorne | Ziggy Grover | Hindi |
| Legends of the Hidden Temple | Various Characters | - | Hindi |
| Wizards of Waverly Place | Daniel Samonas | Dean Moriarty | Hindi |
| Sharpe (TV series) | Lyndon Davies | Rifleman Ben Perkins | Hindi |
| Naturally, Sadie | Michael D'Ascenzo | Rainbow "Rain" Papadakis | Hindi |
| Backyard Science | Various Characters | - | Hindi |
| The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Dennis Bendersky | Tapeworm | Hindi |
| Lonely Planet Six Degrees | Toby Amies | Toby Amies | Hindi |
| The Rough Guides | Toby Amies | Toby Amies | Hindi |
| Madan Senki Ryukendo | - Shôgo Yamaguchi |
Chuno Narukami Kenji, Ryukendo |
Hindi Marathi |
| The Elephant Princess | Johan Abu | Hindi | |
| Life with Derek | Kit Weyman | Samuel "Sam" Richards | Hindi |
| Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight | Mike Moh | Danny Cho, Hunt, Kamen Rider Axe | Hindi |
| Aaron Stone | Philip Nozuka | Freddie | Hindi |
Live Action Films
Animated Films
| Film title | Original Voice | Character | Language | Original Year release | Dub Year release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recess: School's Out | Andrew Lawrence | Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiller | Hindi | 2001 | 2001 |
| Recess: All Growed Down | Ross Malinger,Andrew Lawrence | Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiller | Hindi | 2003 | 2003 |
| Robots | Ewan McGregor | Rodney Copperbottom | Hindi | 2005 | 2007 |
| Tinker Bell (film) | Rob Paulsen | Bobble | Hindi | 2008 | 2008 |
| Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | Rob Paulsen | Bobble | Hindi | 2009 | 2009 |
| Pixie Hollow Games | Rob Paulsen | Bobble | Hindi | 2011 | 2012 |
References
- ^ Pandit, Neeraj (06 October 2011). "मी कात टाकली". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Lagi Sharth. "Lagi sharth". Hindi/2001/Colour/55mins. CFSI. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ CFSI. "Wrong Mauritius". Hindi/2004/Colour/76mins. CFSI. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hogwarts-in-hindi/204825/2
- ^ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-07-16/news/29781756_1_harry-potter-three-films-manjul-publishing
See Also