Mona Ghosh Shetty
Mona Ghosh Shetty is an Indian voice-dubbing actor and dubbing director. She has dubbed in Hindi, Bengali, English, Marathi, and Urdu languages.[1]
Mona Ghosh Shetty | |
|---|---|
| Other names |
|
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Parent |
|
| Website | soundandvisionindia |
Personal life
Mona Ghosh Shetty is the daughter of former voice-dubbing artist Leela Roy Ghosh. While she dubs her foreign roles in Hindi most of the time, she also performs her voice-dubbing roles in English and Bengali. She runs a dubbing studio known as Sound & Vision India located in Andheri, Mumbai. She used to work with her mother who was the founder and president of the company before her death and they had set up the businesses together in the early 1990s. Her mother died on 11 May 2012.[2]
Dubbing career
Shetty started as a voice artist at the age of five.[1] She dubs in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Oriya professionally, but if one advertisement becomes popular then she has to do it in all the 10 official regional languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Oriya and Assamese. She has stated that "I don't know all the languages. There is always a supervisor who tells you about the nuances of the language and how it should be spoken." She specialises in dubbing for teenage, young adult and middle-aged female characters. For more than 15 years, she has been dubbing in Hindi for many leading female roles such as Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie, Kate Beckinsale, Kirsten Dunst, Halle Berry, Zoe Saldana, Drew Barrymore, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aruna Shields, Jacqueline Fernandez, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and other celebrities. She is still the approved Hindi dub-over voice artist for those actresses. Shetty also dubs for television commercials, like an advertisement for an Indian airline. She recently dubbed for Giselli Monteiro in the 2009 film Love Aaj Kal, Aruna Shields in the 2010 film Prince and Nargis Fakhri in the 2011 film Rockstar at Yash Raj Studios. She recently gave the voiceover for Galadriel for the American fantasy television show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
In Nirnayak (1997) she dubbed for Indrani Banerjee. It was her first film dubbing for a Hindi film.
Filmography
Bollywood films
| Film title | Character | Language | Year release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samay | Namrata Sharma | Hindi | 2003 | Extended Cameo Appearance |
Animated series
| Program title | Role | Language | Episodes | Airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Krishna | Maa Yashoda | English | 13 | 5 November 2009 | |
Animated films
| Film title | Character | Language | Year release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanuman | Goddess Sita | Hindi | 2005 | |
| Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan[3] | Queen Samyukta | Hindi | 2008 | |
Dubbing roles
Animated series
| Program title | Original voice | Character | Dub language | Original language | Number of episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sofia the First | Julie Nathanson | Belle | Hindi | English | 68 (dubbed 1) | 11/18/2012–Current | 2015–Current | Appeared in the episode: "The Amulet and the Anthem." She also sang for the song "Karo Galat Sahi" (English: "Make It Right"). |
Live Action television series
| Program title | Original voice | Character | Dub language | Original language | Number of episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Games | Radhika Apte | Anjali Mathur | Hindi | English | 16 | |||
Bollywood movies
| Film title | Actress | Character | Dub language | Original language | Original year release | Dubbed year release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | English Newsreader | A Voice Over in the Opening of the Film | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2002 | |
| Sooryavanshi | Katrina Kaif | Dr. Ria Sooryavanshi | English | Hindi | 2021 | 2021 |
Due to the actresses' poor Hindi knowledge and voice issues, the directors for these films could not allow the actresses to use their real voices, so Mona dubbed for them to disguise their voices, despite that the movies were already shot in Hindi.
| Film title | Original actress | Character | Few lines | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai | Unknown British actress | A boarding school principal who takes a pre-admission test of Kabir, a young boy. | No | 1998 | |
| Ghulam[4] | Rani Mukerji | Alisha Mafatlal | No | 1998 | |
| Dushman[4] | Kajol Mukherjee Devgan | Sonia and Naina Sehgal | No | 1998 | |
| Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai[4] | Ameesha Patel | Sonia Saxena | No | 2000 | |
| Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya | Isha Koppikar | Anjali | No | 2001 | |
| Hum Ho Gaye Aapke[4] | Reema Sen | Chandni Gupta | No | 2001 | |
| Nayak: The Real Hero | Unknown actress | A women college student who informs the one-day Chief Minister Shivaji Rao Gaekwad about eve teasing in the college. | No | 2001 | |
| Raaz[4] | Bipasha Basu | Sanjana Dhanraj | No | 2002 | |
| Andaaz[5][6] | Lara Dutta | Kajal | No | 2003 | The filmmakers wanted Lara Dutta's character to have a high-pitched voice. |
| Ishq Vishk | Amrita Rao | Payal Mehra | Yes | 2003 | |
| Jism[4] | Bipasha Basu | Sonia Khanna | No | 2003 | |
| Kal Ho Naa Ho | Preity Zinta | Naina Catherine Kapur | Yes | 2003 | |
| Dil Maange More!!! | Ayesha Takia | Shagun | Yes | 2004 | |
| Main Hoon Na | Amrita Rao | Sanjana "Sanju" Bakshi | Yes | 2004 | |
| Sarkar[4] | Katrina Kaif | Pooja Chauhan | No | 2005 | |
| Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story[4] | Sonya Jehan | Mumtaz Mahal | No | 2005 | |
| Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena[4] | Koena Mitra | Natasha Kapoor | No | 2005 | |
| Water[4] | Lisa Ray | Kalyani | No | 2005 | |
| Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? | Katrina Kaif | Sonia Bharadwaj | No | 2005 | |
| Apna Sapna Money Money | Koena Mitra | Julie Fernandez | No | 2006 | |
| Dhoom 2 | Rimi Sen | Sweety Dixit | No | 2006 | |
| Humko Deewana Kar Gaye[4] | Katrina Kaif | Jia A. Yashvardhan | No | 2006 | |
| Chup Chup Ke | Sushama Reddy | Pooja Rao | No | 2006 | |
| Raqeeb | Tanushree Dutta | Sophie Matthews | No | 2007 | |
| Om Shanti Om | Deepika Padukone | Shantipriya and Sandhya | No | 2007 | |
| Partner | Katrina Kaif | Priya R. Jaisingh | No | 2007 | |
| Heyy Babyy | Vidya Balan | Isha B. Sahni | Yes | 2007 | |
| Jannat | Sonal Chauhan | Zoya Mathur | Yes | 2008 | |
| Deshdrohi | Hrishitaa Bhatt | Neha R. Raghav | Yes | 2008 | |
| Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na | Manjari Fadnis | Meghna Pariyar | Yes | 2008 | |
| Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | Anushka Sharma | Taani Sahni | Yes | 2008 | |
| Kismat Konnection | Vidya Balan | Priya Saluja | Yes | 2008 | |
| Love Aaj Kal | Giselli Monteiro | Harleen Kaur | No | 2009 | |
| Aladin | Jacqueline Fernandez | Jasmine | No | 2009 | |
| De Dana Dan | Katrina Kaif | Anjali Kakkar | No | 2009 | |
| Prince | Aruna Shields | Maya | No | 2010 | |
| Aisha | Amrita Puri | Shefali Thakur | Yes | 2010 | |
| Mr. Singh Mrs. Mehta | Aruna Shields | Neera Singh | No | 2010 | |
| Bodyguard | Kareena Kapoor | Divya S. Rana | Yes | 2011 | |
| Rockstar[7] | Nargis Fakhri | Heer Kaul | |||
Hollywood movies
South Indian movies
| Film title | Original actress | Character | Dub language | Original language | Original year release | Dubbed year release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kochadaiiyaan | Deepika Padukone | Princess Vandana | Hindi | Tamil | 2014 | 2014 | |
| 3 | Shruti Haasan | Janani | Hindi | Tamil | 2012 | 2012 | |
| Azad | Shilpa Shetty | Mahalaxmi | Hindi | Telugu | 2000 | 2000 | |
| Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy | Nayanthara | Sidhamma | Hindi | Telugu | 2019 | 2019 |
Animated films
| Film title | Character | Original voice | Dub language | Original language | Original year release | Dub year Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty and the Beast | Belle | Paige O'Hara | Hindi | English | 1991 | 2009 | Aired on TV, dubbed in Hindi. Mona only provided the speaking voice for this character, in the Hindi dub. The singing Hindi voice was provided by Mimosa Pinto. |
| Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Belle | Paige O'Hara | Hindi | English | 1997 | ???? | Mona only provided the speaking voice for this character, in the Hindi dub. The singing Hindi voice was provided by Mimosa Pinto. |
| Belle's Magical World | Belle | Paige O'Hara | Hindi | English | 1998 | ???? | Mona only provided the speaking voice for this character, in the Hindi dub. The singing Hindi voice was provided by Mimosa Pinto. |
| Toy Story 3[9] | Barbie | Jodi Benson | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
| Puss in Boots | Kitty Softpaws | Salma Hayek | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | Hindi dub released in theatrically and on Home media releases. Her credit name for the role of Kitty was credited as: "Mona Shetty". |
| Planes | Ishani | Priyanka Chopra | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2015 | |
| The Angry Birds Movie | Maya Rudolph | Matilda | Hindi | English | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Finding Dory | Dory | Ellen DeGeneres | Bengali | English | 2016 | 2017 | |
Production staff
Live action films
| Film title | Staff role | Studio | Dub language | Original language | Original year release | Dub year release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyfall | Dubbing director | Sound & Vision India | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | This film was also dubbed into Tamil and Telugu by the same studio. Mona directed the Hindi dub |
| Iron Man 3 | Dubbing director | Sound & Vision India | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | This film was also dubbed into Tamil and Telugu by the same studio. Mona directed the Hindi dub alongside Kalpesh Parekh. |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | Dubbing director | Sound & Vision India | Hindi | English | 2015 | 2015 | This film was also dubbed into Tamil and Telugu by the same studio. Mona directed the Hindi dub alongside Kalpesh Parekh. |
| Jurassic World | Dubbing director | Sound & Vision India | Hindi | English | 2015 | 2015 | This film was also dubbed into Tamil and Telugu by the same studio. Mona directed the Hindi dub alongside Kalpesh Parekh. |
See also
References
- Dipti Nagpaul-D'Souza (30 January 2012). "The New Wordsmiths". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
- "Leela Roy Ghosh: A Guardian Angel". 1 May 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013 – via Scribd.
- "Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan". WhichFlicks. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- Shabana Ansari (30 April 2006). "Ghost speakers lend voices to Bollywood". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011.
- "Lara Dutta chat". Hindustan Times. 3 September 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- Sonal Pandya (23 May 2018). "5 things you didn't know about Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra's Andaaz". cinestaan.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- Vickey Lalwani. "Nargis Fakhri is not in sync". mumbaimirror.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- "Hollywood movie dubbing comes of age in Hindi". Indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2005.
- "Hollywood Hits Get Bollywood Treatment". Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.