Nachiket Dighe
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| Nachiket Dighe नचिकेत दिघे |
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Nachiket Dighe in November, 2011
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| Born | November 11, 1987 Mumbai, India |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Actor and voice actor |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Rucha Dighe (m. ) |
Nachiket Dighe (Marathi: नचिकेत दिघे Nacikēta Dighē) born November 11, 1987) is an Indian actor and dubbing voice actor, who dubs in Hindi, Marathi, and English. He is best known for his Hindi voice-dubbing of Rupert Grint's role as Ron Weasley, in the Harry Potter film series. He is the official Hindi voice dub-over artist for Kevin Jonas and Toby Amies. Despite that Jonas and Amies are in different age groups, Dighe is able to perfectly match the quality of their voices when it comes to dubbing their roles in Hindi. He is also married to Rucha Dighe.
He's even known for voicing the characters Buford van Stomm and Jeremy Johnson in the Hindi dubbed version of a famous animated show Phineas and Ferb and for being the Hindi voice of Kenji (Tracey Sketchit) in the first Hindi dub of the Pokémon anime, and Satoshi (Ash Ketchum) in the second Hindi dub.
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Personal life
After completing Bachelors in Engineering, Nachiket did his post-graduation with MBA 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
Nachiket Dighe started his acting career in sixth grade.[2] 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 a year on DD National.
He played the character of Bipin Bukalwar in Lagi Sharth,[3] and Wrong Mauritius[4] both movies of Children's Film Society, India. He played the son of Vikram Gokhale and Neena 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 11 in January 1999, by voicing cartoons, anime, animation and live series in Hindi for various channels.[5] He was the approved Hindi voice for T.J. Detweiler in Recess, Jimmy Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Tino in Disney Weekenders and Eddie in Lloyd in Space. In anime, he was the Hindi voice of Tracey Sketchit (Kenji) in the Pokémon anime of the first (and more memorable and widely viewed) Hindi dub by Sound & Vision India from early 2003 until late 2013. In 2014, a second Hindi dub has been made in-house by UTV Software Communications for Hungama TV where he was hired to play the role of the main protagonist, Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) in that dub.
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 after it was passed from a Indian voice actress by the name of Rupali Surve Shivar who voiced him in the first movie. He performed 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.
Filmography
| Year | Film title | Role | Language |
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| 2001 | Lagi Sharth | Bipin Bukalwar | Hindi |
| 2002 | Aadharstambha | Rohan Divekar | Marathi |
| 2004 | Wrong Mauritius | Bipin Bukalwar | Hindi |
Television
| Serial | Character role(s) | Number of Episodes | Language | Channel | Notes |
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| Meethi Meethi Batein | 52 | Hindi | DD National | ||
| Aahat | 2 | Hindi | Sony Entertainment Television (India) | ||
| Shree Ganesh | 2 | Hindi | Sony Entertainment Television (India) | ||
| Avinash IPS | 2 | Hindi | Star Plus | ||
| Shakalaka Boom Boom | 3 | Hindi | Star Plus |
Television animation
| Airdate | Program title | Role | Language | Episodes | Notes |
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| 12/23/2012-06/16/2013 | Suraj - The Rising Star | Suraj | Hindi | 26 | Initially Aired on Colors (TV channel) followed by Nickelodeon India. |
Dubbing roles
Television animation
| Program title | Original voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Number of Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
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| Disney Recess | Ross Malinger Andrew Lawrence Myles Jeffrey |
T.J. Detweiler | Hindi | English | 65 | 8/31/1997- 11/5/2001 |
2000-2004 | Aired on Disney Hour on the Sony Channel from 2000-2004. Repeats of the Hindi dub continued to air on Disney Channel until 2011. |
| The Weekenders | Jason Marsden | Tino | Hindi | English | 39 | 4/18/1999- 2/29/2004 |
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| Lloyd in Space | Justin Shenkarow | Eddie | Hindi | English | 40 | 2/3/2001- 2/27/2004 |
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| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Debi Derryberry | Jimmy Neutron | Hindi | English | 119 (dubbed 68) |
7/20/2002- 7/6/2007 |
Nachiket dubbed Jimmy Neutron for 68 episodes. | |
| Famous 5: On the Case | Lizzie Waterworth (1-2) Skandar Keynes (3-5) (English) Alexandre Nguyen (French) |
Dylan Kirrin | Hindi | English French |
43 | 4/5/2008-Current | 11/17/2008-1/2010 (stopped) |
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| The Secret Saturdays | Sam Lerner | Zak Saturday | Hindi | English | 36 | 10/3/2008- 1/30/2010 |
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| Phineas and Ferb | Bobby Gaylor, Mitchel Musso | Buford Van Stomm, Jeremy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb) | Hindi Marathi |
English | 204 (dubbed 114) |
8/17/2007-Current | Voiced Bufford and Jeremy in Hindi throughout 90 episodes, and reprised his role to voice the same characters in the Marathi dub. | |
| Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | Danny Cooksey | Bradley "Brad" Buttowski | Hindi Marathi |
English | 46 | 2/13/2010-Current | 5/8/2010-Current | Voiced Bradley in Hindi, and reprised his role to voice him in the Marathi dub. |
| Generator Rex | Fred Savage | Noah Nixon | Hindi | English | 40 | 4/23/2008-1/3/2013 | 1/16/2011-Current | |
| Special Agent Oso (Season 2) | Sean Astin | Special Agent Oso | Hindi | English | 38 [Episode 26–63] | 4/4/2009- 5/17/2002 |
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| Storm Hawks | Matt Hill | Finn | Hindi | English | 52 | 5/25/2007- 4/6/2009 |
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| Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu | Vincent Tong | Kai (Red Ninja) | Hindi | English | 28 | 1/14/2011- Present |
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| Sally Bollywood | Eve Morey (English) Alexandre Nguyen (French) |
Doowee | Hindi | English French |
52 | 10/26/2009- Current |
Anime
| Program title | Original Japanese voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
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| Pokémon | First Dub Tomokazu Seki Masakazu Morita Tetsuya Kakihara (JP) Ted Lewis (Seasons 2-8) Craig Blair (Season 9-) Lucien Dodge Tom Wayland (EN) Second Dub Rica Matsumoto (JP) Veronica Taylor(Seasons 1-8) Sarah Natochenny (Seasons 9-) Kayzie Rogers (Special) (EN) |
First Dub Tracey Sketchit (Kenji) Chili (Pod) Reggie (Reiji) Second Dub Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) |
Hindi | 800+ | 4/1/1997-Current | First dub 5/12/2003-10/2013 (India) 2004-2013 (Pakistan) Second dub 5/19/2014-Current |
The First 8 seasons dubbed, were based on the 4Kids Entertainment English dub. The later seasons were also dubbed in Hindi and are also revised translations based on the English dub. A Second Hindi dub has been produced by UTV Software Communications featuring a new Hindi voice cast and translation and aired on Hungama TV with Dighe being chosen to voice Ash in the second dub. The first dub that Dighe was also involved in, was produced by Sound and Vision India for Cartoon Network India, Cartoon Network Pakistan and Pogo. Prasad Barve was the voice of Ash in the first Hindi dub. [6] Anshul Chandra voiced Tracey in the second Hindi dub. |
| Battle B-Daman | Hiro Yuuki Tomo Saeki |
Cain McDonnell Ruth Sigma |
Hindi | 1/5/2004- 12/27/2004 |
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| Heroman | Ryōhei Kimura | Simon "Psy" Kaina | Hindi | 4/1/2010- 9/23/2010 |
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| Digimon Frontier | Masato Amada | J.P., Beetlemon, MetalKabuterimon | Hindi | 4/7/2002- 3/3/0/2003 |
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| Scan2Go | Mitsuki Saiga | Antares | Hindi | 8/9/2010- 03/29/2011 |
2013 - Present | ||
| Idaten Jump | Mokoto Tsumura (JP) Philece Sampler (EN) |
Kakeru Sakamaki | Hindi | 10/1/2005- 09/09/2006 |
1/2014 - Present | A revised translation of the English dub. | |
| Ganbare, Kickers! | Kazue Ikura | Masaru Hongō | Hindi | 10/15/1986- 3/25/1987 |
2013- Present |
Aired as Kickers in the Hindi dub. | |
| Ojamajo Doremi | Nanaho Katsuragi | Igarashi-senpei | Hindi | 2/7/1999- 1/30/2000 |
Live action television
| Program title | Actor(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
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| Jonas L.A. | Kevin Jonas | Kevin Jonas | Hindi | English | 5/2/2009-10/3/2010 | 11/30/2009-2011(?) | |
| Power Rangers RPM | Milo Cawthorne | Ziggy Grover | Hindi | English | 3/7/2009-12/26/2009 | Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Engine Sentai Go-onger. | |
| Legends of the Hidden Temple | Various Characters | – | Hindi | English | 9/11/1993- 9/11/1995 |
Children's game show that originally aired in North America from 1993-1995. Aired in the early 2000s decade. |
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| Wizards of Waverly Place | Daniel Samonas | Dean Moriarty | Hindi | English | 10/12/2007-1/6/2012 | 5/5/2008-2012(?) | |
| Sharpe (TV series) | Lyndon Davies | Rifleman Ben Perkins | Hindi | English | 5/5/1993- 11/9/2008 |
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| Naturally, Sadie | Michael D'Ascenzo | Rainbow "Rain" Papadakis | Hindi | English | 6/24/2005-8/26/2007 | Aired on Disney Channel India. | |
| Backyard Science | Various Characters | – | Hindi | English | 2005-???? | ||
| The Nightmare Room | Shia LaBeouf | Dylan Pierce | Hindi | English | 8/31/2001- 3/16/2002 |
Episode: Scareful What You Wish For | |
| The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Dennis Bendersky | Tapeworm | Hindi | English | 3/18/2005- 9/1/2008 |
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| Lonely Planet Six Degrees | Toby Amies | Himself | Hindi | English | 2003-2012 | Travel series. | |
| The Rough Guides | Toby Amies | Himself | Hindi | English | 2008- | Travel series. | |
| Madan Senki Ryukendo | – Shôgo Yamaguchi |
Chuno Narukami Kenji, Ryukendo |
Hindi Marathi |
Japanese | 1/8/2006- 12/31/2006 |
9/2011-2012 | Tokusatsu series. Reprised his role for the same characters in the Marathi dub. |
| The Elephant Princess | Jordan Prosser | Johan Abu | Hindi | English | 11/13/2008- 10/6/2011 |
Appeared in two episodes. Aired on Disney Channel India. | |
| Life with Derek | Kit Weyman | Samuel "Sam" Richards | Hindi | English | 9/18/2005- 3/25/2009 |
Aired on Disney Channel India. | |
| Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight | Mike Moh | Danny Cho, Hunt, Kamen Rider Axe | Hindi | English | 1/13/2009- 12/26/2009 |
1/8/2010- 10/8/2010 |
Aired on Cartoon Network. Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Kamen Rider Black RX. |
| Aaron Stone | Philip Nozuka | Freddie | Hindi | English | 2/13/2009- 7/30/2010 |
11/14/2009- 2010(?) |
Live action films
| Film title | Actor(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year release | Dub Year release | Notes |
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| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2003 | Voiced this character from the second onwards after it was passed from a female voice actress, Rupali Surve Shivtarkar. |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley | Hindi | English | 2004 | 2004 | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2005 | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix[7] | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
| Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2[8] | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
| Deep Impact | Elijah Wood | Leo Biederman (Second Dub) |
Hindi | English | 1998 | 2009 | Nachiket has dubbed for the second dub released on a newer Home media Release.[9] A first Hindi dub was previously released back in 1998 by Sound & Vision India. |
| Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Ryan Pinkston | Arnold | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
| The Santa Clause | David Krumholtz | Bernard the Head Elf | Hindi | English | 1994 | 2005 | VCD/DVD Release. |
| The Santa Clause 2 | David Krumholtz | Bernard the Arch-elf | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2006 | VCD/DVD Release. |
| Encino Man | Sean Astin | Dave Morgan | Hindi | English | 1992 | 2009 | |
| Remember the Titans | Ryan Gosling | DB Alan Bosley | Hindi | English | 2000 | 2009 | |
| Croc (film) | Scott Hazell | Theo | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2009 | |
| National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj | Anthony Cozens | Gethin | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2009 | |
| Just Friends | Chris Marquette | Mike Brander | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2008 | |
| Jack Frost (1998 film) | Taylor Handley | Rory Buck | Hindi | English | 1998 | 2008 | |
| Swing Kids (film) | Christian Bale | Thomas Berger | Hindi | English | 1993 | 2008 | VCD/DVD Release. |
| Sorority Boys | Tony Denman | Jimmy | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2008 | |
| Minutemen (film) | Steven R. McQueen | Derek | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Robert Oliveri | Nick Szalinski | Hindi | English | 1992 | 2001 | |
| Twitches Too | Chris Gallinger | Demitri | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
| Tadpole (film) | Robert Iler | Charlie | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2008 | Dubbed for television broadcasting on UTV. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Ernie Reyes, Jr. | Keno | Hindi | English | 1991 | 2006 | VCD/DVD release. |
| License to Drive | Michael Manasseri | Charles | Hindi | English | 1988 | 2007 | |
| High School Musical | Ryne Sanborn | Jason Cross | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2007 | |
| High School Musical 2 | Ryne Sanborn | Jason Cross | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2008 | Both the second and third films premiered dubbed into Hindi in the same year of 2008. |
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Ryne Sanborn | Jason Cross | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Final Destination 2 | James Kirk | Tim | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2007 | |
| Halloweentown (film) | Phillip Van Dyke | Luke | Hindi | English | 1998 | 2000 | |
| Motocrossed | Trever O'Brien | Andrew Carson | Hindi | English | 2001 | 2004 | |
| Last Action Hero | Austin O'Brien | Danny Madigan | Hindi | English | 1993 | 2000 | |
| Air Bud | Brendan Fletcher | Larry Willingham | Hindi | English | 1997 | 2007 | |
| Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd | Shia LaBeouf | Lewis | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Holes (film) | Byron Cotton | Theodore "Armpit" | Hindi | English | 2003 | ||
| Martial Arts of Shaolin | Hu Jianqiang | Chao Wei | Hindi | Mandarin Chinese Cantonese Chinese |
1986 | 2007 | |
| Camp Rock | Kevin Jonas | Jason Gray | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2009 | Aired on the summer of 2009. |
| Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam | Kevin Jonas | Jason Gray | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | Aired on September 2010. |
| 10 Things I Hate About You | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Cameron James | Hindi | English | 1999 | 2009 | |
| The Shaggy Dog (2006 film) | Shawn Pyfrom | Trey | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2009 | |
| Get a Clue | Bug Hall | Jack Downey | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2009 | |
| Stepsister from Planet Weird | Henry Feagins | Fanul | Hindi | English | 2000 | 2009 | |
| So Close | Michael Wai | Siu-Ma | Hindi | Cantonese Chinese English |
2002 | 2010 | |
| Until Death | Wes Robinson | Chad Mansen | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2010 | |
| Johnny Mnemonic (film) | Arthur Eng | Viet | Hindi | English Japanese |
1995 | 2010 | |
| District 9 | Mandla Gaduka | Fundiswa Mhlanga | Hindi | English Nyanja Afrikaans Zulu Xhosa Sotho |
1995 | 2010 | |
| Mars Attacks! | Lukas Haas | Richie Norris | Hindi | English | 1996 | 2010 | |
| Prom Night (2008 film) | Kelly Blatz | Michael | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2010 | |
| Outbreak (film) | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | Major Salt | Hindi | English | 1995 | 2010 | |
| High Risk (1995 film) | Chung-Hsien Yang | Detective Chow Kam | Hindi | English | 1995 | 2011 | |
| Slam | Wang Wei | Li Wei | Hindi | Mandarin Chinese | 2008 | 2011 | |
| Shank (2010 film) | Kedar Williams-Stirling | Junior | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Hyenas (film) | Andrew James Allen | Jasper | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
| Jeepers Creepers 2 | Garikayi Mutambirwa | Deaundre "Double D" Davis | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2011 | |
| Fair Game (1995 film) | Scott Michael Campbell | Adam | Hindi | English | 1995 | 2011 | |
| The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It | Cody Linley | Sean Redford | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
| Surrogates (film) | Cody Christian | Boy Canter | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | |
| True Grit (2010 film) | Domhnall Gleeson | Moon (The Kid) | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2011 |
Animated films
| Film title | Original Voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year release | Dub Year release | Notes |
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| Recess: School's Out | Andrew Lawrence | Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiller | Hindi | English | 2001 | 2001 | |
| Recess: All Growed Down | Ross Malinger, Andrew Lawrence | Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiller | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
| Robots | Ewan McGregor | Rodney Copperbottom | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2007 | |
| Tinker Bell (film) | Rob Paulsen | Bobble | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | Rob Paulsen | Bobble | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | |
| Pixie Hollow Games | Rob Paulsen | Bobble | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension | Bobby Gaylor, Mitchel Musso | Buford Van Stomm, Jeremy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb) | Hindi Marathi |
English | 2011 | 2011 | |
| Epic | Josh Hutcherson | Nod | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 |
Anime films
| Film title | Original Japanese voice | Character | Dub Language | Original Year Release | Dubbed Year Release | Notes |
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| Pokémon: Movie Mewtwo Ka Badla | Rica Matsumoto | Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) | Hindi | 1998 | 2015 | Aired on Hungama TV with the in-house UTV Software Communications Hindi dub voice cast which was shown over 17 years later, after the original Japanese theatrical release. Unlike the Hindi dub of the anime that was based off the English dub, this film is actually being done directly based off the original Japanese version, despite still using the English names. The premiere date was April 18, 2015 for the channel and it was aired as: "Pokémon The Movie - Mewtwo Ka Badla" (पोकीमॉन द मूवी - म्यूटो का बदला). |
| Pokemon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One | Rica Matsumoto | Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) | Hindi | 1999 | 2015 | It is set to air on Hungama TV with the in-house UTV Software Communications Hindi dub voice cast which will be shown over 16 years later, after the original Japanese theatrical release. Unlike the Hindi dub of the anime that was based off the English dub, this film is actually being done directly based off the original Japanese version, despite still using the English names. The premiere date is for the Summer of 2015 for the channel and it will air as: "Pokémon: Movie EK Ki TAAQAT" (पोकीमॉन मूवी - एक की ताक़त). |
See also
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