Shakti Singh (actor)
Shakti Singh शक्ति सिंह | |
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Born |
9 October [1] India |
Other names | Shaktee Singh |
Occupation |
Actor voice actor |
Spouse(s) | Janhavi Singh |
Children |
Mansee Singh Shivani Singh |
Shakti Singh (Hindi: शक्ति सिंह Śakti Sinha, born: 9 October) is an Indian actor who performs on Television programs and a voice actor who specialises with dubbing foreign films into the Hindi language. Mostly Hollywood films. He also dubs for Bollywood films for certain Indian actors that have poor Hindi knowledge.
His first name is also translated from Hindi to English under the name as: "Shaktee Singh", alternatively.
Live Action Television
Program title | Airdate | Role | Language | Episodes | Notes |
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Kyunki Saas bhi kabhi bahu thi | Mansukh Virani | Hindi | Aired on Star Plus | ||
Crime Patrol | Several | Hindi | Aired on Colors | ||
Byomkesh Bakshi | Several | Hindi | 1 | Aired on Doordashan | |
Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke | 5/21/2012-Current | Dayal Garg | Hindi | 155 | Airs on Zee TV.[2] |
Dubbing career
Shakti Singh had a well known career for dubbing foreign films, with mostly being Hollywood films. He has voiced over a total of much more than 50 films. Whenever he performed as a protagonist's voice or an antagonist's voice, Indian consumers can possibly recognise him by the sight of sound, but he is uncredited at the end credits for Hindi-dubbed foreign movies, due to having to modify the credits by adding in the Hindi dubbing staff, being at such high cost prices for theatrical releases.[3] For English-language films he has dubbed over several actors such as from Anthony Hopkins to Mel Gibson.[4] He is also said to be the official Hindi dub-over artist for American superstar actor, George Clooney.
He also dubbed-over characters played by Indian actors for Bollywood movies, despite that the movies are already shot in Hindi, but due to the poor Hindi knowledge by some actors, Shakti has dubbed over for them, since the director couldn't allow them to use their real voices, due to the lack of the performers fluent Hindi language knowledge, since the actors that he dubbed over, weren't given the Hindi mother tongue language, when they were born. He has also dubbed Indian movies into Hindi that were originally done in a different Indian language, such as dubbing Telugu movies into Hindi.
Dubbing Roles
Live Action Films
Film title | Actor | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
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Meri Taqat | Sayaji Shinde | Janardan | Hindi | Telugu | 2006 | 2006 | |
Mahanayak | Jay Prakash Reddy | M.L.A | Hindi | Telugu | 2007 | 2007 | |
Arya Ek Deewana | Sayaji Shinde | Raja Reddy | Hindi | Telugu | 2009 | 2009 | |
The Super Khiladi | Srihari | Indu's Father | Hindi | Telugu | 2010 | 2010 | |
Mera Badla | Venkatesh Daggubati | Dr. Vijay | Hindi | Telugu | 2010 | 2010 | |
Karz Chukana Hai | Prakash Raj | Thakur | Hindi | Telugu | 2012 | 2012 | |
Jurassic Park | Jeff Goldblum | Dr. Ian Malcolm | Hindi | English | 1993 | 1994 | Released in theaters dubbed in Hindi on April 15, 1994 in India.[5] |
Iron Monkey | Yu Rongguang | Yang Tianchun/Iron Monkey | Hindi | Cantonese Chinese | 1993 | Unknown | |
Braveheart [6] | Mel Gibson | William Wallace | Hindi | English | 1995 | 1995 | |
The Phantom | James Remar | Quill | Hindi | English | 1996 | 1996 | Performed alongside with Ninad Kamat who voiced Billy Zane as The Phantom / Kit Walker in hindi. |
Titanic | Billy Zane | Caledon Nathan "Cal" Hockley | Hindi | English | 1997 | 1998 | Also aired on UTV. |
Men in Black | Tommy Lee Jones | Agent K | Hindi | English | 1997 | 1997 | |
Men in Black II | Tommy Lee Jones | Agent K | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2002 | |
Men in Black III | Tommy Lee Jones | Agent K | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | Samay Raj Thakkar voiced the young version of this character. |
The Sixth Sense | Bruce Willis | Dr. Malcolm Crowe | Hindi | English | 1999 | 2005 | Dubbed for television broadcasting on UTV. |
The Matrix | Hugo Weaving | Agent Smith | Hindi | English | 1999 | 1999 | |
The Matrix Reloaded | Hugo Weaving | Agent Smith | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | Performed alongside with Rajesh Khattar |
The Matrix Revolutions | Hugo Weaving | Agent Smith | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
The Mummy | Brendan Fraser | Rick O' Connell | Hindi | English Arabic Ancient Egyptian | 1999 | 1999 | |
The Mummy Returns | Brendan Fraser | Rick O' Connell | Hindi | English Arabic | 2001 | 2001 | |
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Brendan Fraser | Rick O' Connell | Hindi | English Mandarin Chinese Sanskrit | 2008 | 2008 | |
The Bone Collector | John Benjamin Hickey | Doctor Barry Lehman | Hindi | English | 1999 | 2010 | Performed alongside with Rajesh Khattar. Hindi dubbed TV version. |
Gladiator | Joaquin Phoenix | Commodus | Hindi | English | 2000 | 2000 | |
The 6th Day | Tony Goldwyn | Michael Drucker | Hindi | English | 2000 | 2000 | |
Rush Hour 2 | John Lone | Ricky Tan | Hindi | English Mandarin Chinese Cantonese Chinese | 2001 | 2001 | |
Black Hawk Down | Jason Isaacs | Captain Steele | Hindi | English | 2001 | 2001 | |
Swordfish | John Travolta | Gabriel Shear | Hindi | English | 2001 | 2001 | Performed alongside with Rajesh Khattar |
XXX | Samuel L. Jackson | Augustus Gibbons | Hindi | English German Spanish Russian Czech | 2002 | 2002 | |
XXX: State of the Union | Samuel L. Jackson | Augustus Gibbons | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2005 | |
Spider-Man | Willem Dafoe | Norman Osborn/Green Goblin | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2002 | Performed alongside with Viraj Adhav who voiced Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Mona Ghosh Shetty who voiced Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson in Hindi. |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Geoffrey Rush | Captain Barbossa | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | Performed alongside with Rajesh Khattar who voiced Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Hindi. |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Bill Nighy | Devi Johns | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Bill Nighy | Devi Johns | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
X2: X-Men United | Hugh Jackman | Logan/Wolverine | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
X-Men: The Last Stand | Hugh Jackman | Logan/Wolverine | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | |
X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Hugh Jackman | Logan/Wolverine | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | |
X-Men: First Class | Oliver Platt | CIA Agent | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
Underwood | Shane Brolly | Kraven | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
The Day After Tomorrow | Dennis Quaid | Professor Jack Hall | Hindi | English | 2004 | 2004 | |
King Kong | Thomas Kretschmann | Captain Englehorn | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2005 | |
Casino Royale | Daniel Craig | James Bond | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | |
Skyfall | Daniel Craig | James Bond | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | Shakti's name was mentioned on the Hindi dub credits of the DVD release of the film, also containing the Tamil, Telugu, Russian and Ukrainian credits.[7] |
Next | Nicolas Cage | Cris Johnson | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
Shoot 'Em Up | Paul Giamatti | Karl Hertz | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
The Taking of Pelham 123 | Denzel Washington | Walter Garber | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | |
Race to Witch Mountain | Ciarán Hinds | Henry Burke | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | Performed alongside with Mohan Kapoor. The Hindi dub was re-titled as: "Resa Tisari Duniya Taka", which translates to: "Race to Third World". After the original ending credits for the DVD release of the Hindi dub, Shakti Singh's name was mentioned on the Hindi dubbing credits, and it's also written in the Hindi language.[8] |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Rainn Wilson | Profossor R.A Colan | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | Performed alongside with Rajesh Khattar |
Twilight | Billy Burke | Charlie Swan | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Billy Burke | Charlie Swan | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Billy Burke | Charlie Swan | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Billy Burke | Charlie Swan | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Billy Burke | Charlie Swan | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |
The Wolfman | Anthony Hopkins | Sir John Talbot | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
The Expendables | Eric Roberts | James Munroe | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
Clash of the Titans | Liam Neeson | Zeus | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
Wrath of the Titans | Liam Neeson | Zeus | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Gary Sweet | Lord Drinian | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
Cowboys & Aliens | Daniel Craig | Jake Lonergan | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
Thor | Anthony Hopkins | Odin | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | Performed alongside with Chetanya Adib who voiced Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson in Hindi. |
Iron Man 2 | Samuel L. Jackson | Nick Fury | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | Performed alongside with Rajesh Khattar who voiced Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man ,Atul Kapoor who voiced Paul Bettany as J.A.R.V.I.S. in Hindi. |
The Avengers | Samuel L. Jackson | Nick Fury | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | Rajesh Khattar who voiced Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Atul Kapoor who voiced Paul Bettany as J.A.R.V.I.S., Samay Raj Thakkar who voiced Mark Ruffalo as Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk in hindi. |
John Carter | Willem Dafoe | Green Tarks's Emperor | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | Performed alongside with Rajesh Khattar. |
The Mask of Zorro | Anthony Hopkins | Diego De La Vega | Hindi | English | 1998 | 1998 | Performed alongside with Rajesh Khattar who voiced Antonio Banderas as Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro. And also with Mona Ghosh Shetty who voiced Catherine Zeta-Jones as Elena Montero. |
Thor: The Dark World | Anthony Hopkins | Odin | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | |
Man of Steel | Russell Crowe | Jor-El | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | |
The Wolverine | Hugh Jackman | Logan/Wolverine | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | Performed alongside with Sanket Mhatre who voiced Will Yun Lee as Kenuichio Harada. |
Tron legacy | Bruce Boxleitner | Alan Bardley/Tron | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | Performed alongside with Chetanya Adib who voiced Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn and Mohan Kapoor who voiced Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn/Clu in Hindi. |
Mission: Impossible III | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Owen Davian | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | Performed alongside with Viraj Adhav who voiced Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Hindi. |
102 Dalmatians | Gérard Depardieu | Jean Pierre Le Pelt | Hindi | English | 2000 | 2000 | |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Samuel L. Jackson | Nick Fury | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | Performed alongside with Mona Ghosh Shetty who voiced Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill in hindi. |
The Last Samurai | Ken Watanabe | Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | Performed alongside with Viraj Adhav |
Avengers: Age of Ultron | Samuel L. Jackson | Nick Fury | Hindi | English | 2015 | 2015 | Performed alongside Rajesh Jolly who voiced Don Cheadle as Lt. Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, Samay Raj Thakkar who voiced Mark Ruffalo as Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk, Mona Ghosh Shetty who dubbed Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Rajesh Khattar who voiced Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Atul Kapoor who voiced Paul Bettany as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in Hindi. |
Animated Films
Film title | Original Voice | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
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Finding Nemo | Albert Brooks | Marlin | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
Puss in Boots | Guillermo del Toro | Commandante | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | Hindi dub released theatrically and also for Home media releases and Television airings. He was credited as: "SHAKTEE SINGH".[9] |
Turbo | Samuel L. Jackson | Whiplash | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | |
See also
References
- ↑ "Happy Birthday to Naveen Saini, Karan Hukku and Shakti Singh Tellychakkar.com". Tellychakkar.com. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ↑ "Shakti Singh in Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke Tellychakkar.com". Tellychakkar.com. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ↑ "Hindi Dubbing Stars: A Grade Dubbing Artist-Shakti Singh". Blogspot.com. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ↑ "Hollywood movie dubbing comes of age in Hindi". IndiaGlitz.com. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4220747.html
- ↑ "Started by Roja and Jurassic Park, dubbing for Hollywood blockbusters becomes big business". indiatoday.in. 1995-11-15. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
- ↑ "Skyfall Dubbing Cast – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Russian, Ukrainian". YouTube.com. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ "Race to Witch Mountain 2009 part 10 hindi.flv". YouTube.com. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ "Puss in Boots – Hebrew, Hindi and Hungarian Credits". 15 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.