Ashwin Mushran

Ashwin Mushran
Native name	अश्विन मुशरान
Born	19 May 1972 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor Voice actor
Years active	2005–present

Ashwin Mushran (Hindi: अश्विन मुशरान Aśvina Muśrāna, born: 19 May 1972 in Mumbai) is an Indian voice over artist and thespian who currently resides in Mumbai, India. He has appeared in numerous movies and plays. He is also featured in the Quick Gun Murugan movie, as Dr. Django. He also lent his voice into dubbing several foreign media. He is the Official Hindi dub-over voice artist for Adam Sandler and Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Career

Ashwin studied at the Doon School, Dehradun, and then graduated with a B.A (hons.) English Literature from Hindu College, University of Delhi.^[1][2] He then studied acting at the Drama Studio London. Ashwin started out with TV commercials which led to him becoming a cast member of the cult Indian TV show, The Great Indian Comedy Show. From there he moved on to acting in feature films and has acted in many critically acclaimed films such as Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Life in a Metro, and Fashion. Ashwin is heavily involved with theatre and is a voice over artiste as well.^[3][1]

Filmography

• Island City (2015)
• Main Tera Hero (2014) – Angad's Doctor
• Rise of the Zombie (2013)
• Settai (2013)
• Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011) – Rahul Ghosh
• Delhi Belly (2011)
• Hum Tum Aur Ghost (2010) – Mr Kapoor's Son
• Kambakkht Ishq (2009) – Parmeet
• Quick Gun Murugun (2009) – Dr Django
• Fashion(2008) – Rohit Khanna
• Yeh Mera India (2008) – Amarjit Singh
• The Mole (2008/I) – The Mob Boss
• Krazzy 4 (2008) .... Pranav
• One, Two, Three (2008) D.M Pipat
• Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2007)- Mr. Bajaj
• Life in a Metro (2007)
• I See You (2006) – Dr. Shah
• Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) – Hari Desai
• Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana (2006) – Cyrus

Television

• The Great Indian Comedy Show
• Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar (2014 – 2015) - Karan Kapoor
• Peterson Hill (2015) - Peterson

Dubbing career

He’s dubbed for more than 300 TV commercials and a number of movies in Hindi, English, and Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese); however, he said that he had no desire to dub for the leading men of Bollywood.^[4] He is the Official Hindi dub-over voice artist for American actor, Adam Sandler and Mandarin Chinese actor, Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film title	Actor	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year Release	Dub Year Release	Notes
Billy Madison	Adam Sandler	Billy Madison	Hindi	English	1995	2005
Big Daddy	Adam Sandler	Sonny Koufax	Hindi	English	1999	2006
Mr. Deeds	Adam Sandler	Longfellow Deeds	Hindi	English	2002	2006
House of Flying Daggers	Takeshi Kaneshiro	Jin	Hindi	Mandarin Chinese	2004	2005
50 First Dates	Adam Sandler	Henry Roth	Hindi	English	2004	2005
Click	Adam Sandler	Michael Newman (First Dub)	Hindi	English	2006	2006	Viraj Adhav voiced this character in the second Hindi dub in 2014.
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Vikram Chatwal	Bunty	Hindi	English Hindi	2007	2007	Ashwin was called in to dub the dialogues during post-production because of the dissatisfaction of the director with the lines spoken by the actor. Vikram was unable to convey his lines properly due to temporary health problems, despite that the movie was already shot in Hindi as one of the languages.
Reign Over Me	Adam Sandler	Charlie Fineman	Hindi	English	2007	2007
The Warlords	Takeshi Kaneshiro	Jiang Wuyang	Hindi	Mandarin Chinese	2007	2007
You Don't Mess with the Zohan [5]	Adam Sandler	Zohan Dvir	Hindi	English	2008	2008
Red Cliff	Takeshi Kaneshiro	Zhuge Liang	Hindi	Mandarin Chinese	2008 (Part 1) 2009 (Part 2)	2008 (Part 1) 2009 (Part 2)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Alain Chabat	Napoleon Bonaparte	Hindi	English	2009	2009
Grown Ups	Adam Sandler	Lenny Feder (First Dub)	Hindi	English	2010	2010	Viraj Adhav voiced this character in the second Hindi dub in 2014.
Jack and Jill	Adam Sandler	Jack/Jill Sadelstein	Hindi	English	2011	2011
Just Go with It	Adam Sandler	Dr. Daniel "Danny" Maccabee	Hindi	English	2011	2011	Viraj Adhav voiced this character in the second Hindi dub in 2014.
Wu Xia	Takeshi Kaneshiro	Xu Baijiu	Hindi	Mandarin and Sichuanese (CN/TW) Cantonese Chinese (HK)	2011	2011

Animated films

Film title	Original Voice	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year Release	Dub Year Release	Notes
Shrek the Third	Conrad Vernon	Rumpelstiltskin	Hindi	English	2007	2007

References

1. Ashwin Mushran – That class act in FASHION! | Indian Entertainment Online. Indianentertainment.info (2009-12-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-31.
2. Mumbai salsas to his tune – Deccan Herald. Archive.deccanherald.com (2003-12-16). Retrieved on 2013-08-31.
3. Ace Productions | Theatre Archived 7 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.. Aceproductions.biz. Retrieved on 2013-08-31.
4. ‘I prefer not to make bad actors sound good’ Archived 14 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine.. Hindustan Times (2012-06-08). Retrieved on 2013-08-31.
5. Ashwin Mushran. Rage Theatre. Retrieved on 2013-08-31.

External links

• , at The Internet Movie Data Base