Meghana Erande
Quick Facts
Biography
Meghana Sudhir Erande (or Meghna Erande, Marathi: मेघना सुधीर एरंडे Mēghanā Sudhīra Ēraṇḍē, born 24 April 1981 in Mumbai) is an Indian actress and voice actress who can speak English, Hindi and Marathi. She has voiced characters in Indian animation and has also dubbed for foreign content into Hindi and Marathi. She has been acting in the industry ever since 1989.
Filmography
She was working on regional national channel on a programme for 10th class student education called DAHAVI DIWALI. She used to one of the student among students as coordinator of the show.
Animated films
Year | Film title | Role | Language | Notes |
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2007 | Return of Hanuman | Additional Voices | Hindi | |
2008 | Ghatotkacha | Baby Ghatotkacha | Hindi | |
2012 | Krishna Aur Kans | Baby Krishna | Hindi | The older Krishna has been voiced by Prachi Save Sathi. |
Dubbing career
Meghana Erande had a well known history for dubbing in her career. She has Hindi-dubbed Canadian actress Pamela Anderson's role as C. J. Parker in Baywatch on all the episodes on the seasons she appeared in, and other films since as for some roles in some of the Barbie films and other roles as well, such as Denise Richards's role as Kelly Lanier Van Ryan in Wild Things and Angelina Jolie's role as Police Officer Amelia Donaghy in The Bone Collector, both of which were dubbed in Hindi much later in 2010.
She can do voices for Young boys and girls, Teenage Girls and for Young adult women, and she has also dubbed for many Bollywood actresses.
Dubbing Roles
Television animation
Program title | Original voice | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Number of Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
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Make Way for Noddy | David A. Kaye Alberto Ghisi | Noddy | Hindi | English | 39 | 9/2/2002-2008 | Aired on Cartoon Network India and Pogo. | |
Dexter's Laboratory | Allison Moore (Seasons 1 & 3) Kathryn Cressida (Seasons 2 & 4) | Dee Dee | Hindi | English | 78 | 4/27/1996-11/20/2003 | 8/22/1999-2006 | Aired on Cartoon Network India. |
Bob The Builder | Kate Harbour (U.K.) Maria Darling (U.S) | Dizzy | Hindi | English | 199 | 1998-2003 |
Anime
Program title | Original Japanese voice | Character | Dub Language | Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
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Ninja Hattori-kun | Unknown | Hattori | Hindi | 694 | 9/28/1981- 25 December 1987 | Aired on Nickelodeon India. | |
Pokémon | Chinami Nishimura (EP002-EP632) Chiaki Takahashi (EP663-present) (JP) Lee Quick (Season 1-7) Jamie Davyous Owens (Season 8) Elisabeth Morinelli (Season 9-13) Emily Bauer (Season 14-16) Saskia Maarleveld (Season 17-present) (EN) | Officer Jenny (Junsar) (First Dub) | Hindi | 870+ | 4/1/11997-Ongoing | First dub 5/12/2003-10/2013 (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 featuring a new Hindi voice cast and translation by UTV Software Communications and aired on Hungama TV. The first dub that Erande was involved in, was produced by Sound and Vision India for Cartoon Network India, Cartoon Network Pakistan and Pogo. It is unknown who voiced this character in the second Hindi dub. |
Crayon Shin Chan | Akiko Yajima | Shinnosuke Nohara | Hindi | 807+ | 4/13/1992-Ongoing | 6/19/2006-Ongoing | Airs on Hungama TV. She took over the role for the later episodes after the original Hindi voice actor Akash Ahuja has hit puberty and left. Alka Sharma has also voiced this character previously. |
Chibi Maruko-chan | Tarako | Momoko "Maruko" Sakura | Hindi | 142 | 1/7/1990- 9/27/1992 | Unknown. | Aired on Nickelodeon India. |
Perman | Eiko Masuyama | Pako/Sumire Hosino/Sumire-chan | Hindi | 526 (+3 specials) | 4/4/1983- 7/2/1987 | Unknown. | Aired on Nickelodeon India. |
Live Action Television
Program title | Actor/Actress | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Episodes | Original airdate | Dub airdate | Notes |
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Baywatch | Pamela Anderson | C. J. Parker | Hindi | English | 242 (Dubbed 109) | 9/22/1989- 14 May 2001 | Unknown. | Meghana has dubbed this character throughout all episodes she appeared in, when it was later dubbed into Hindi. |
Live Action films
Film title | Actor(s)/Actress(es) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year release | Dub Year release | Notes |
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Tom, Dick, and Harry | Kim Sharma | Bijli | Hindi | 2006 | 2006 | Meghana was called in to dub the dialogues during post-production because Kim was not good in giving a particular Marathi accent, thus ending up speaking in a typical Machchiwali style. Dissatisfied by the director, Meghana was then contacted to dub for Kim to make her accent sound better, even though this film was already shot in Hindi. | |
Wild Things | Denise Richards | Kelly Lanier Van Ryan | Hindi | English | 1998 | 2010 | This Hindi Dub that Meghana participated in, has been produced in 2010 and aired on TV. |
The Bone Collector | Angelina Jolie | Police Officer Amelia Donaghy | Hindi | English | 1999 | 2010 | |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Shirley Henderson | Moaning Myrtle | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2005 | She only voiced this character in this film only. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets where she originally made her first appearance, she was dubbed by another Hindi voice actress. |
Zathura | Kirsten Stewart | Lisa Budwing | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2006 | |
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Isabella Leong | Lin | Hindi | English Mandarin Chinese Sanskrit | 2008 | 2008 | |
The Prestige (film) | Scarlett Johansson | Olivia Wenscombe | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | |
Daredevil (film) | Jennifer Garner | Elektra Natchios | Hindi | English | 2003 | 2003 | |
Kick-Ass 2 (film) | Chloë Grace Moretz | Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | |
Lingaa | Anushka Shetty | Lakshmi | Hindi | Tamil | 2014 | 2014 | |
Lucy (2014 film) | Scarlett Johansson | Lucy | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | Hindi dub only created for the Home media release. |
Knocked Up | Katherine Heigl | Alison Scott | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
Shooter (2007 film) | Kate Mara | Sara Fenn | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 |
Animated films
Film title | Original Voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year release | Dub Year release | Notes |
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Barbie as Rapunzel | Britt McKillip | Princess Melody | Hindi | English | 2002 | 2004 | Her name was mentioned in the Hindi dubbing credits that were shown after the original ending credits. |
Barbie as the Island Princess | Betsy Malone Britt McKillip | Tallulah Rita | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | Her name was mentioned in the Hindi dubbing credits that were shown after the original ending credits. For Tallulah, only her dialogue was dubbed into Hindi. The Hindi singing voice for Tallulah was performed by Sunayana S. Dasgupta, who also serves as the director of the Hindi dubbed songs. |
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Tara Strong | Princess Melody | Hindi | English | 2000 | Unknown |