Nachiket Dighe
{{short description|Indian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nachiket Dighe
| image = Nachiket_Dighe.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Nachiket Dighe in November, 2011
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|11|11}}
| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1993–present
| spouse = Rucha Dighe
}}
Nachiket Dighe (born 11 November 1987) is an Indian actor, who dubs in Hindi, Marathi, and English. He dubbed Rupert Grint's role as Ron Weasley in Hindi, in the Harry Potter film series.
He voiced the characters Buford Van Stomm and Jeremy Johnson in the Hindi dubbed version of the animated show Phineas and Ferb and is the Hindi voice of Kenji (Tracey Sketchit) (Pokémon Chronicles) in the first Hindi dub of the Pokémon anime, and Satoshi (Ash Ketchum) in Disney's second Hindi dub of the same.
Personal life
After completing Bachelors in Engineering, Nachiket did his post-graduation with MBA in Marketing from Mumbai University.{{cite news|last=Pandit|first=Neeraj|title=मी कात टाकली|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/10246338.cms|accessdate=25 March 2012|newspaper=Maharashtra Times|date=6 October 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hogwarts-in-hindi/204825/0 |title=Hogwarts In Hindi |publisher=Indian Express |date=2007-07-15 |accessdate=2012-07-12}} 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,{{cite web|last=Lagi Sharth|title=Lagi sharth|url=http://cfsindia.org/lagi-sharth-let%E2%80%99s-bet/|work=Hindi/2001/Colour/55mins|publisher=CFSI|accessdate=25 March 2012}} and Wrong Mauritius{{cite web|last=CFSI|title=Wrong Mauritius|url=http://cfsindia.org/wrong-mauritius/|work=Hindi/2004/Colour/76mins|publisher=CFSI|accessdate=25 March 2012}} 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, animation and live series in Hindi for various channels.{{cite web|url=http://in.linkedin.com/pub/nachiket-dighe/18/5b2/6b |title= Nachiket Dighe - India |publisher=Linkedin.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-28}} 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 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 voice, Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) in that dub.
Filmography
=Films=
=Television series=
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| Serial | Character role(s) | Number of Episodes | Language | Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
=Animated series=
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| Airdate | Program title | Role | Language | Episodes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
=Animated series=
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| Program title | Original voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Number of Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recess | Ross Malinger (Season 1) Andrew Lawrence (Season 2–6) | T.J. Detweiler | Hindi | English | 127+4 movies | 8/31/1997- 11/5/2001 | 2000-2004 | Aired on Disney Hour on the Sony Channel from 2000 to 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 | ||
| Lloyd in Space | Justin Shenkarow | Eddie | Hindi | English | 40 | 2/3/2001- 2/27/2004 | ||
| 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) | |
| The Secret Saturdays | Sam Lerner | Zak Saturday | Hindi | English | 36 | 10/3/2008- 1/30/2010 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Storm Hawks | Matt Hill | Finn | Hindi | English | 52 | 5/25/2007- 4/6/2009 | ||
| Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu | Vincent Tong | Kai (Red Ninja) | Hindi | English | 28 | 1/14/2011- 4/12/2012 | This show aired on Nickelodeon Sonic and on Cartoon Network India and only 28 episodes of the show aired on those channels in 2011 and 2012 (including the two pilot episodes, "Way of the Ninja" and "King of Shadows" and all of the episodes of Season 1 of Ninjago, "Rise of the Snakes"), but starting from May 25, 2021-January 30, 2022, they started airing all episodes of Ninjago from seasons 2-15 on that same channel and on Cartoon Network India with a unknown Hindi dubbing cast for all the new villains in seasons 2-15 of the show. Dighe also reprised his role to voice Kai in the Urdu dub of this show. | |
| Sally Bollywood | Eve Morey (English) Alexandre Nguyen (French) | Doowee | Hindi | English French | 52 | 10/26/2009- Current | ||
| Spider-Man Unlimited | Rino Romano | Peter Parker/Spider-Man | Hindi | English | 13 | 2 October 1999 – 31 March 2001 | Aired by Disney XD. |
=Anime=
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| Program title | Original Japanese voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1000+ | 4/1/1997-Current | First Dub 5/12/2003-2015 (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.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/hindidubbingstars/photos/a.1422501394685405.1073741830.1416036701998541/1441143686154509/?type=3&theater |title=Prasad Barve - Hindi Dubbing Stars Facebook |publisher=Facebook.com |date=2014-07-02 |accessdate=2014-07-26}} 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 | |||
| Heroman | Ryōhei Kimura | Simon "Psy" Kaina | Hindi | 4/1/2010- 9/23/2010 | |||
| Digimon Frontier | Masato Amada | J.P., Beetlemon, MetalKabuterimon | Hindi | 4/7/2002- 3/3/0/2003 | |||
| 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 |
=Television series=
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| Program title | Actor(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Rangers Zeo
|Tom-Tim-Ted Fillipo (DiFillipo Triplets) |Trey of Trifortia / Zeo Gold Ranger |Hindi |English | April 20, 1996 - November 27, 1996 | |Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Chouriki Sentai Ohranger | |||||||
| Jonas | Kevin Jonas | Kevin Jonas | Hindi | English | 5/2/2009-10/3/2010 | 11/30/2009-2011(?) | |
| Power Rangers RPM | Milo Cawthorne | Ziggy Grover / Ranger Operator Series Green | Hindi | English | March 7, 2009 - December 26, 2009 | Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Engine Sentai Go-onger. | |
| Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai
|Najee De-Tiege |Kevin Douglas / Samurai Blue Ranger |Hindi |English |February 7, 2011 - December 10, 2011 (Samurai) February 18, 2012- December 15, 2012 (Super Samurai) | |Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger | |||||||
| Power Rangers Megaforce/Super Megaforce
|Cameron Jebo |Orion / Super Megaforce Silver Ranger |Hindi |English |February 2, 2013 - December 7, 2013 (Megaforce) February 15, 2014 - November 22, 2014 (Super Megaforce) | |Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Tensou Sentai Goseiger & Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger | |||||||
| 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 to 1995. Aired in the early 2000s decade. | |
| | Power Rangers Dino Charge/Super Charge | Brennan Mejia | Tyler Navarro / Dino Charge Red Ranger | Hindi | English | 2/7/2015-12/10/2016 | Based on Tokusatsu, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. | |
| Wizards of Waverly Place | Daniel Samonas | Dean Moriarty | Hindi | English | 10/12/2007-1/6/2012 | 5/5/2008-2012(?) | |
| Sharpe | Lyndon Davies | Rifleman Ben Perkins | Hindi | English | 5/5/1993- 11/9/2008 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Lonely Planet Six Degrees | Toby Amies | Himself | Hindi | English | 2003-2012 | Travel series. | |
| The Rough Guides | Toby Amies | Himself | Hindi | English | 2008- | Travel series. | |
| 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 Ryuki. |
| Aaron Stone | Philip Nozuka | Freddie | Hindi | English | 2/13/2009- 7/30/2010 | 11/14/2009- 2010(?) |
=Films=
=Animated films=
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| Film title | Original Voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year release | Dub Year release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | |
| Kung Fu Panda | Jack Black | Po | Marathi | English | 2008 | 2016 | Marathi dub created for Zee Talkies by VR Films. |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jack Black | Po | Marathi | English | 2011 | 2016 | Marathi dub created for Zee Talkies by VR Films. |
=Anime films=
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! Film title !! Original Japanese voice !! Character !! Dub Language !! Original Year Release !! Dubbed Year Release !! Notes | ||||||
| Pokémon: The First Movie | 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 animated series that was based on the English dub, this film is actually being done directly based on the original Japanese version, despite still using the English names. The premiere date was 18 April 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 got 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 animated series that was based on the English dub, this film is actually being done directly based on the original Japanese version, despite still using the English names. The premiere date was for the Summer of 2015 for the channel and it aired as: "Pokémon: Movie EK Ki TAAQAT" (पोकीमॉन मूवी - एक की ताक़त). |
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1614545|Nachiket Dighe}}
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