Sumit Kaul
Sumit Kaul | |
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| Born | 10 March 1978 |
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| Years active | 2000-present |
| Notable work | Tanaav Haider Laila Majnu Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat |
Sumit Kaul (born 10 March 1978) is an Indian actor and model known for playing Rajkumar Justin Maurya in Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat.
Kaul was born on March 10, 1978, in Bombay, Maharashtra into a Kashmiri Pandit family that left Kashmir Valley in the 1990s.[1][2] He started his acting career in the year 2000 with Ek Jute, a theatre group headed by Nadira Babbar where he spent the next four years doing several Hindi and Urdu plays.[3] He has also worked in the films like Haider, Laila Majnu, Mulk and Hamid and has been part of TV shows like Laagi Tujhse Lagan and web shows like Tanaav. His most recent role is of Nishant Sharma in Nazar on StarPlus.[4][5]
Filmography
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Films
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai | Chhota Rajan | Hindi | |
| 2013 | Bumboo | Dr. D'Souza | Hindi | |
| 2014 | Haider[1] | Salmaan | Hindi | |
| 2018 | Mulk | Mehfooz Alam | Hindi | |
| 2018 | Laila Majnu[1] | Ibban | Hindi | |
| 2019 | Hamid[1] | Rehmat ALI | Hindi | |
| 2021 | Bell Bottom | Agent Dollar | Hindi | |
| 2023 | Afwaah | Hindi |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2012 | Laagi Tujhse Lagan[6] | Sudarshan | Hindi | |
| 2010 | Rishta.com | Neil | Hindi | Episode 14 |
| 2013 | Arjun | Criminal | Hindi | Episode 111 |
| 2014 | Do Dil Ek Jaan | Govind | Hindi | |
| 2015 | Agent Raghav – Crime Branch | Shubhodh Arora | Hindi | |
| 2015 | Siya Ke Ram | Akampana | Hindi | |
| 2015-2016 | Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat | Rajkumar Justin Maurya[7] | Hindi | |
| 2016 | 24[6] | Gyan | Hindi | Season 2 |
| 2016-2017 | Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant | Amartya | Hindi | |
| 2017 | Peshwa Bajirao[8] | Mughal Muhammed Kam Baksh | Hindi | |
| 2017-2018 | Baahubali: The Lost Legends | Prince Varaah | Hindi English |
voice role |
| 2018–2020 | Nazar[8] | Nishant Sharma | Hindi | |
| 2022 | Tanaav[9] | Umar Riaz ‘Panther’ | Hindi |
Dubbing roles
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Animated series
| Program title | Original voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Number of Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Lance Reddick | Sam Wilson / Falcon |
Hindi | English | 52 | 9/20/2010-5/5/2013 | ||
| Avengers Assemble | Bumper Robinson | Sam Wilson / Falcon |
Hindi | English | 50 | 8/26/2013- Current | ||
| Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Mitchell Whitfield | Fixit | Hindi | English | 71 | 14 March 2015 – 4 November 2017 | Sumit has voiced 10 characters in the Hindi dub. | |
| Mitchell Whitfield | Toolbox | |||||||
| Khary Payton | Bisk | |||||||
| Fred Tatasciore | Saberhorn | |||||||
| Fred Tatasciore | Night Watchmen | |||||||
| Victor Brandt | Scorponok | |||||||
| Robbie Rist | Swelter | |||||||
| Eric Bauza | Forth | |||||||
| Eric Bauza | Major Mayhem | |||||||
| Mikey Kelley | Opposing Captain | |||||||
| The Adventures of Tintin | Colin O'Meara | Tintin
(Second Dub) |
Hindi | English | 39 | 2 October 1991 – 28 September 1992 | ||
| Thierry Wermuth | French |
Live action television series
| Program title | Actor(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Number of Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stranger Things | Chris Sullivan | Benny Hammond | Hindi | English | 17 | 15 July 2016 – present | ||
| Seven and Me | Flavio Parenti | Marco White | Hindi | English | 26 | 28 October 2016 – present | ||
| The Crown | Daniel Ings | Mike Parker | Hindi | English | 20 | 4 November 2016 – present | ||
| Happy! | Collin Smith | Barman | Hindi | English | 8 | 6 December 2017 – present | ||
| Jon Berry | Brent Baker |
Live action films
Hollywood films
| Film title | Actor | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil | Unknown actor | Unknown character (Second Dub) |
Hindi | English | 2002 | 2010 | |
| Inception | Dileep Rao | Yusuf (First Dub) |
Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | In early 2013, UTV Software Communications produced a second Hindi dub for UTV Action due to a policy implemented, even though Main Frame Software Communications is owned by the same company that made the original Hindi dub that Sumit participated in. |
| The Smurfs | John Oliver | Vanity Smurf (voice) | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | American live action film mixed with CGI animation. |
| The Smurfs 2 | John Oliver | Vanity Smurf (voice) | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | American live action film mixed with CGI animation. |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Sam Rockwell | Doc | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
| Battleship | Unknown actor | Unknown character | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |
| Premium Rush | Unknown actor | Unknown character | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |
| Olympus Has Fallen | Unknown actor | Unknown character | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | |
| The Wolverine | Unknown actor | Unknown character | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | Performed alongside Shakti Singh who voiced Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine in Hindi. |
| The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Marton Csokas | Ashley Kafka | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | Sumit has voiced 2 characters in the Hindi dub. |
| J. D. Walsh | Dr. Jallings | ||||||
| RoboCop | Jordan Johnson-Hinds | Jerry White | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | Performed alongside Aaditya Raj Sharma who voiced Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy / Robocop, Samay Raj Thakkar who voiced Michael Keaton as Raymond Sellers, Vinod Kulkarni who voiced Patrick Garrow as Antoine Vallon, Mayur Vyas who voiced Michael K. Williams as Jack Lewis, Manoj Pandey who voiced Jackie Earle Haley as Rick Mattox and Amar Babaria who voiced K.C. Collins as Andre Daniels in Hindi. |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Domhnall Gleeson | General Hux | Hindi | English | 2015 | 2015 | |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Domhnall Gleeson | General Hux | Hindi | English | 2017 | 2017 | |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Domhnall Gleeson | General Hux | Hindi | English | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Captain America: Civil War | Chadwick Boseman | T'Challa / Black Panther | Hindi | English | 2016 | 2016 | Performed alongside Manish Wadhwa who voiced Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier and Anuj Gurwara who voiced Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon in Hindi. Viraj Adhav dubbed this role in next movies. |
| The Finest Hours | Casey Affleck | Ray Sybert | Hindi | English | 2016 | 2016 | Performed alongside Manish Wadhwa who voiced Chris Pine as Bernard "Bernie" Webber in Hindi. |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Martin Starr | Mr. Harrington | Hindi | English | 2017 | 2017 | |
| Logan | Stephen Merchant | Caliban | Hindi | English | 2017 | 2017 | Performed alongside Shakti Singh who voiced Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine in Hindi. |
| War Machine | Anthony Hayes | Lieutenant Commander Pete Duckman | Hindi | English | 2017 | 2017 | |
| XXX: Return of Xander Cage | Nicky Jam | Lazarus | Hindi | English | 2017 | 2017 | Performed alongside Sharad Kelkar who voiced Vin Diesel as Xander Cage in Hindi. |
| The Fate of the Furious | Scott Eastwood | Eric Reisner / Little Nobody |
Hindi | English | 2017 | 2017 | Performed alongside Shailendra Pandey who voiced Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto in Hindi. |
| Pacific Rim: Uprising | Scott Eastwood | Nate Lambert | Hindi | English | 2018 | 2018 | Performed alongside Manoj Pandey who voiced John Boyega as Jake Pentecost in Hindi. |
| Deadpool 2 | Ryan Reynolds | Wade Wilson / Deadpool | Hindi | English | 2018 | 2018 | An extended cut (super duper cut) of the film was released in August, in which Sumit dubbed this character. |
| The Predator | Boyd Holbrook | Quinn McKenna | Hindi | English | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Venom | Riz Ahmed | Carlton Drake / Riot |
Hindi | English | 2018 | 2018 | Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, Samay Raj Thakkar who voiced Venom and Neshma Chemburkar who voiced Michelle Williams as Anne Weying in Hindi. |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Callum Turner | Theseus Scamander | Hindi | English | 2018 | 2018 | Performed alongside Rajesh Shukla who voiced Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and Aaditya Raaj who voiced Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski in Hindi. |
| The Night Comes for Us | Revaldo | Yohan | Hindi | Indonesian English Mandarin Cantonese |
2018 | 2018 | |
| Triple Frontier | Oscar Isaac | Santiago "Pope" Garcia | Hindi | English | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Aladdin | Billy Magnussen | Prince Anders | Hindi | English | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Always Be My Maybe | Randall Park | Marcus Kim | Hindi | English | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Christopher Robin | Ewan McGregor | Christopher Robin | Hindi | English | 2018 | 2019 |
Indian films
| Film title | Actor | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Lee: The Fighter | Ram Charan | Karthik alias Bruce Lee alias IB Officer Vikram Kumar | Hindi | Telugu | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Baadshah | Brahmaji | Pilli Ramakrishna Simha | Hindustani | Telugu | 2013 | 2022 | |
| Power | Brahmaji | Sub-inspector Venkat | Hindi | Telugu | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Jagame Thandhiram | Kalaiyarasan | Deepan | Hindi | Tamil | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo | Brahmaji | Sudharshanam (Sudhir Sharma in Hindi version) | Hindi | Telugu | 2020 | 2022 |
Animated films
| Film title | Original Voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year release | Dub Year release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Danny McBride | Wolf Boss | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | Performed alongside Prasad Barve who voiced Jack Black as Po and Kishore Bhatt who voiced Gary Oldman as Lord Shen in Hindi. |
| Epic | Pitbull | Bufo | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | |
| Turbo | Unknown voice actor | Unknown character | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Kit Harington | Eret | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | Sumit's name was mentioned in the Hindi dubbing credits of the DVD release. |
| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Kit Harington | Eret | Hindi | English | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled | Bumper Robinson | Sam Wilson / Falcon |
Hindi | English | 2015 | 2015 | |
| Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape | Sendhil Ramamurthy | Simon Masrani | Hindi | English | 2016 | 2016 | |
| The Boss Baby | Jimmy Kimmel | Ted Templeton | Hindi | English | 2017 | 2017 | Performed alongside Pawan Kalra who voiced Alec Baldwin as Theodrey Lindsey Templeton / Boss Baby in Hindi. |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Prasad, Amrita (1 November 2019). "Kashmir is one of the most beautiful scenic locations to shoot: Sumit Kaul". Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
I am originally a Kashmiri Pandit (my family was unceremoniously kicked out of Kashmir)
- ^ Mulchandani, Amrita (13 June 2011). "Positive approach: Sumit Kaul". Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
Sumit shares how his family was thrown out of Kashmir during the wars, because they were Kashmiri pandits.
- ^ Bhatia, Saloni (12 October 2014). "Sumit Kaul: I love the chaat you get in Delhi". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Voice veteran of 100 Hollywood films, Sumit Kaul, to dub for Predator". Hindustan Times. 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Nazar's Sumit Kaul considers it challenging to play a father to a 20-year-old girl - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 August 2018.
- ^ a b "My green eyes got me '24' role: Sumit Kaul". Zee News. 28 July 2016.
- ^ "It's been a wonderful journey: Sumit Kaul on 'Ashoka Samrat'". 15 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Sumit Kaul takes up supernatural show". Telangana Today.
- ^ "'Tanaav,' Indian adaptation of 'Fauda' to stream on Sony LIV from November 11". The Hindu. 18 October 2022 – via www.thehindu.com.
External links
- Sumit Kaul at IMDb