Neshma Chemburkar

{{Infobox person

| other_names = Neshma Mantri

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|7|14}}

| birth_place = India

| occupation = {{hlist|Voice Actress|Actress}}

| years_active = 1980-present

| known_for = Black Widow

| children = 2

}}

Neshma Chemburkar is an Indian voice actress and actress. She began her dubbing career at the age of 5.{{Cite web |title=The master of vocal artistry and storytelling. |url=https://neshmaaacademy.com/our-founder/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |website=Neshma Academy of Acting and Voice Acting (NAAVA)}} She has dubbed for various characters in many animated series, TV commercials and films in Hindi and other languages. She is mostly known for dubbing the Black Widow character played by Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.{{Cite web |last=Dixit |first=Kirti |date=4 March 2024 |title=Exclusive Interview : Voice Queen Neshma Chemburkar से Zee MPCG की Exclusive बातचीत..{{!}} Hindi News |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bDJOJEtuOo |access-date=30 January 2025 |website=YouTube}}{{Cite web |title=Neshma Chemburkar |url=https://www.goodadsmatter.com/post/neshma-chemburkar |access-date=30 January 2025 |website=Good Ads Matter|date=20 March 2023 }} She is the founder and also a voice acting coach of Neshma Academy of Acting and Voice Acting (NAAVA).{{Cite web |title=Discover the voice within |url=https://neshmaaacademy.com/about/ |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=Neshma Academy of Acting and Voice Acting (NAAVA)}}{{Cite web |title=WORKSHOP BY MS NESHMA CHEMBURKAR |url=https://stjohnsschools.org/photo-gallery-detail.php?id=516 |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=St. John's School, Greater Noida West}}{{Cite web |title=A Session on "Art of Voice Over" was conducted by Neshma Chemburkar |url=https://dgmc.org.in/events/a-session-on-art-of-voice-over-was-conducted-by-neshma-chemburkar/ |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies (DGMC)}}

Career

Neshma's father, Sri Nitin Mantri and mother, Sulbha Mantri owned a theatre called Neshma Theatre Group in Mumbai in 1970s, where they used to write, direct and perform plays in Marathi language. She was given her name from the theatre's title. At the age of 4 years, her career as a voice artist began from the 1981 Marathi film, Daivat.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

She appeared as a child actor in 1987 hindi film, Honhaar Bachchey, along with Mayur Vyas which marked her first film as an actress.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

Dubbing roles

= Animated series =

class="wikitable"

!Year (Original release)

!Series

!Character

!Dub Language

!Original Language

!Episodes

!No. of seasons

!Notes

!Ref.

1969-1970

|Scooby-Doo

|Velma

| rowspan="16" |Hindi

|English

|41

1981-1987

|Ninja Hattori

|Kenichi's mother

| rowspan="5" |Japanese

|694

1983-1985

|Perman

|Michiko

|526

1986-1989

|Dragon Ball

| rowspan="2" |Chi-Chi and Pan

|153

1989-1996

|Dragon Ball Z

|291

1997-1999

|Pokemon

|May

|82

1998-2005

|The Powerpuff Girls

|Blossom

| rowspan="7" |English

|78

rowspan="2" |1999-2009

| rowspan="2" |Ed, Edd n Eddy

|Sarah

| rowspan="2" |69

| rowspan="2" |6

Nazz

rowspan="3" |2004-2023

| rowspan="3" |Peppa Pig

|Mummy Pig

| rowspan="3" |394

| rowspan="3" |8

Danny Dog

Emily Elephant

2002-2007

|Kim Possible

|Kim Possible

|87

rowspan="2" |2018

| rowspan="2" |Little Singham

|Inspector Kavya

| rowspan="2" |Hindi

Ulti

2021-2024

|The Ghost and Molly McGee

|Molly McGee

|English

|41

= Animated films =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Films

!Character

!Dub Language

!Original Language

!Notes

!Ref.

2012

|Brave

|Merida

| rowspan="4" |Hindi

| rowspan="2" |English

2016

|Zootopia

|Judy Hopps

2022

|Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

|Pan

|Japanese

|{{Cite news |last=Hazra |first=Adriana |date=20 August 2022 |title=Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Film Reveals Hindi Dub Cast |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-20/dragon-ball-super-super-hero-film-reveals-hindi-dub-cast/.188810 |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=Anime News Network}}{{Cite news |last=Sayyed |first=Rayan |date=19 August 2022 |title=Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Will Be Dubbed in Hindi For Theatrical Release in India |url=https://in.ign.com/dragon-ball-super-super-hero/174222/news/dragon-ball-super-super-hero-will-be-dubbed-in-hindi-for-theatrical-release-in-india |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=IGN India}}

2024

|Transformers One

|Elita-1

|English

= Live-action films =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Films

!Character

!Actress

!Dub Language

!Original Language

!Notes

!Ref.

1992

|Jivalagaa

|Gauri

|Resham Tipnis

|Marathi

2000

|Charlie's Angels

| rowspan="2" |Alex Munday

| rowspan="2" |Lucy Liu

| rowspan="13" |Hindi

| rowspan="11" |English

2003

|Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

2010

|Iron Man 2

| rowspan="7" |Black Widow

| rowspan="7" |Scarlett Johansson

2012

|The Avengers

|{{Cite web |date=5 May 2020 |title=Iron Man to Thor: Know the voice artists behind your favourite Avengers in the Hindi dub of Avengers: Endgame |url=https://www.zoomtventertainment.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/iron-man-to-thor-know-the-voice-artists-behind-your-favourite-avengers-in-the-hindi-dub-of-avengers-endgame/587242 |access-date=30 January 2025 |website=Zoom TV}}

2014

|Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2015

|Avengers: Age of Ultron

2016

|Captain America: Civil War

2018

|Avengers: Infinity War

rowspan="2" |2019

|Avengers: Endgame

Charlie's Angels

|Rebekah "Bosley"

|Elizabeth Banks

2021

|Black Widow

|Black Widow

|Scarlett Johansson

rowspan="2" |2025

|The Calendar Killer

|Klara

|Luise Heyer

|German

Back in Action

|Emily

|Cameron Diaz

|English

= Live-action TV series =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Series

!Character

!Actress

!Dub Language

!Original Language

!Notes

!Ref.

2018

|The Haunting of Hill House

|Eleanor "Nell" Crain Vance

|Victoria Pedretti

| rowspan="3" |Hindi

| rowspan="3" |English

2019

|What/If

|Lisa Ruiz-Donovan

|Jane Levy

2025

|Missing You

|Detective Inspector Kat Donovan

|Rosalind Eleazar

= TV commercials =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Brand

!Actress

!Dub Language

!Original Language

!Notes

!Ref.

2021

|Aquaguard Active Copper

|Aquaguard

|Madhuri Dixit

| rowspan="2" |Hindi

2023

|Colgate Strong Teeth - Paste Hi Nahi, Danton Ka Poshan!

|Colgate

|Subbalakshmi

|Bhojpuri, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali

|Won Best Dubbing Artist at 50th RAPA Awards

Filmography

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Film

!Role

!Notes

!Ref.

1987

|Honhaar Bachchey

|Milu

|credited as Baby Neshma

Awards

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Award

!Category

!Work

!Result

!Notes

!Ref.

rowspan="2" |2019

| rowspan="7" |India Voice Fest Awards

|Dubbing Live Action Film - Hindi

|Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame

|{{Won}}

Dubbing Live Action Web - Hindi

|Lisa Ruiz-Donovan in What/If

|{{Won}}

2020

|Audio Book Female - Marathi

|Youthnasia

|{{Won}}

|{{Cite web |title=IVF Awards 2020 Winners List |url=https://indiavoicefest.sugarmediaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IVF-Awards-2020-Winners-List.pdf |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=India Voice Fest}}

2021

|TV Commercial Voice - Marathi

|Madhuri Dixit in Aquaguard Active Copper

|{{Won}}

|{{Cite web |title=INDIA VOICE FEST AWARDS 2021 WINNERS LIST |url=https://indiavoicefest.sugarmediaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AWARD-WINNERS-LIST-IVF-2021.pdf |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=India Voice Fest}}

rowspan="2" |2022

|Documentary Narration - Hindi

|Secrets of Playboy

|{{Won}}

Dubbing Live Action Film - Hindi

|The Matrix Resurrections

|{{Won}}

2023

|Dubbing Voice Animation Show Female - Hindi

|The Ghost and Molly McGee

|{{Won}}

2024

|50^th RAPA Awards

|Best Dubbing Artist

|Subbalakshmi in Colgate Strong Teeth

|{{Won}}

|{{Cite web |title=Winners Testimonials |url=https://rapatrust.com/winners-24/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |website=Radio & TV Professionals Association (RAPA) Trust}}