Viraj Adhav
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| Viraj Adhav विराज आधव |
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|---|---|
| Born | Unknown India |
| Occupation | Actor Voice actor |
Viraj Adhav (Hindi: विराज आधव Virāja Ādhava) is an Indian actor who acts on Bollywood and Indian television programs and also a voice actor who specializes with dubbing foreign films into Hindi, his native language.
Filmography
Live action films
| Year | Film title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lafangey Parindey [1] | Diesel (AKA Rameshwar Iyer) | Hindi |
Dubbing career
He is considered to be the official Hindi dub-over voice artist for American actor, Tom Cruise such as his role as Ethan Hunt throughout the Mission Impossible film series and other well known movies that Tom Cruise starred in. Also dubbed over Indian actors for Bollywood films such as John Abraham, Ashmit Patel and Zulfi Syed.[2]
Usually, just about all the roles that he dubs over for films are considered main protagonist roles, but it's rare for him to play supporting protagonist roles. He never dubs for any Antagonist role.
Dubbing roles
Live action films
| Film title | Actor | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jism | John Abraham | Kabir Lal | Hindi | 2003 | 2003 | Due to the actors' poor Hindi knowledge, The directors for these films, could not allow the actors to use their real voices, so Viraj has dubbed for them to disguise their voices, despite that the movies were already shot in Hindi. | |
| Saaya | John Abraham | Dr. Akash | Hindi | 2003 | 2003 | ||
| Aetbaar | John Abraham | Aryan Trivedi | Hindi | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| Paap | John Abraham | Shiven "Shi" | Hindi | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| Murder | Ashmit Patel | Sudhir | Hindi | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story | Zulfi Syed | Prince Shahjahan | Hindi | 2005 | 2005 | ||
| 36 China Town [3] | Upen Patel | Rocky | Hindi | 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Mission: Impossible | Tom Cruise | Ethan Hunt | Hindi | English | 1996 | 1996 | |
| Mission: Impossible II | Tom Cruise | Ethan Hunt | Hindi | English | 2000 | 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible III | Tom Cruise | Ethan Hunt | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Tom Cruise | Ethan Hunt | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
| Jerry Maguire | Tom Cruise | Jerry Maguire | Hindi | English | 1996 | 1996 | |
| Vanilla Sky | Tom Cruise | David Aames | Hindi | English | 2001 | 2001 | |
| Austin Powers in Goldmember | Tom Cruise | Himself | Hindi | English Japanese |
2002 | 2002 | |
| The Last Samurai | Tom Cruise | Captain Nathan Algren | Hindi | English Japanese |
2003 | 2003 | |
| Rock of Ages | Tom Cruise | Stacee Jaxx | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |
| Face/Off | Nicolas Cage | Castor Troy | Hindi | English | 1997 | 1997 | |
| Blue Streak | Luke Wilson | Carlson | Hindi | English | 1999 | 1999 | |
| Charlie's Angels | Luke Wilson | Peter Kominsky | Hindi | English | 2000 | 2000 | |
| Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Luke Wilson | Peter Kominsky | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
| The Matrix | Keanu Reeves | Thomas A. Anderson/Neo | Hindi | English | 1999 | 1999 | |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Keanu Reeves | Thomas A. Anderson/Neo | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
| The Matrix Revolutions | Keanu Reeves | Thomas A. Anderson/Neo | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
| X-Men | Shawn Ashmore | Bobby Drake/Iceman | Hindi | English | 2000 | 2000 | |
| X2: X-Men United | Shawn Ashmore | Bobby Drake/Iceman | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Shawn Ashmore | Bobby Drake/Iceman | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Orlando Bloom | Will Turner | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Orlando Bloom | Will Turner | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Orlando Bloom | Will Turner | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
| Hellboy | Rupert Evans | John Myers | Hindi | English | 2004 | 2004 | |
| Avatar | Sam Worthington [4] | Jake Sully | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Andrew Garfield | Peter Parker/Spider-Man | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |
References
- ^ "ApurvBollywood: August 2010". Blogspot.com. 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Hindi Dubbing Stars: A Grade Dubbing Star-Viraj Adhav". Blogspot.com. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Ghost speakers lend voices to Bollywood - Mumbai". dnaindia.com. 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- ^ "James Cameron's Avatar - Trailer (Hindi)". YouTube. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
