Meena Gokuldas
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| Born | Mumbai, India |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
Meena Gokulas is an Indian voice actress who is known for voice acting in Indian animation and for contributing dubbing for foreign content in Hindi language. She is also a dubbing director, considering that she has directed some Hindi-dubbed productions for foreign content. She can speak English and Hindi.
She currently lives in Malabar Hill, Mumbai.
Dubbing career
[edit]As of 2014, she has been involved in the dubbing industry for about 28 years—she has been dubbing for foreign productions as early as 1986.[1]
Meena Gokuldas has also given her voice for Bollywood movie Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon for the parrot character Raja.
Filmography
[edit]Animated films
[edit]| Year | Film title | Role | Language(s) | Notes |
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| 2012 | Krishna Aur Kans[2] | Gwalan | Hindi | Credited as: Meena Goculdas. |
Dubbing roles
[edit]Animated series
[edit]| Program title | Original voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub language | Original language | Number of episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
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| The Flintstones | Bea Benaderet † | Betty Rubble | Hindi | English | 166 | 9/30/1960- 4/1/1966 |
1/4/1999-2006 | Aired on Cartoon Network India and has been shown dubbed in Hindi, on 4 January 1999 when the channel started providing their content in the Hindi-dubbed format. Much later then after their original release.[3] |
| The Jetsons | Penny Singleton † | Jane Jetson | Hindi | English | 75 | 9/23/1962- 3/17/1963 (first run) 9/16/1985- 11/12/1987 (second run) |
1/4/1999-2004 | |
| Oswald | Crystal Scales | Daisy | Hindi | English | 29 | 8/21/2001-2004 | Aired on Zee TV and on Pogo dubbed in Hindi.[4] | |
| Make Way for Noddy | Kathleen Barr Chantal Strand |
Martha Monkey Mrs. Skittle |
Hindi | English | 39 | 9/2/2002-2008 | Meena has voiced for two characters in the Hindi Dub. Aired on Cartoon Network India and Pogo. | |
| The Powerpuff Girls | Jennifer Hale | Princess Morbucks | Hindi | English | 78 (Dubbed 6) | 11/18/1998- 3/25/2005 |
2000-2005 | Dubbed for this character for six episodes throughout the first four seasons. Meghana Erande took over for her Hindi voice towards Seasons 5 and 6. |
Live action television series
[edit]| Program title | Original actor(s)/actress(es) | Character(s) | Dubbed language | Original language | Original year release | Dubbed year release | Note(s) |
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| Adını Feriha Koydum | Vahide Perçin | Zehra | Hindi | Turkish | 2010 | September 2015-March 2016 | Dubbed for Zindagi Channel show Feriha. The character of Zehra was appreciated by the viewers. |
Live action films
[edit]| Film title | Original actor(s)/actress(es) | Character(s) | Dubbed language | Original language | Original year release | Dubbed year release | Note(s) |
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| Pretty Woman | Julia Roberts | Vivian Ward | Hindi | English | 1990 | 2005 | Dubbed for the Home video release such as for DVD. |
| Dark Shadows | Helena Bonham Carter Chloë Grace Moretz Gulliver McGrath |
Dr. Julia Hoffman Carolyn Stoddard David Collins |
Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | Dubbed for three characters in the VCD version. The Hindi dub was titled Khuunee Saaya (खूनी सायें), meaning Bloody Shadows. |
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Anna Walton Montse Ribé |
Princess Nuala Young Hellboy |
Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | Performed alongside Shanoor Mirza who voiced Luke Goss as Prince Nuada, Mayur Vyas who voiced Ron Perlman as Hellboy, Atul Kapoor who voiced Jeffrey Tambor as Tom Manning. |
Animated films
[edit]| Film title | Original voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub language | Original language | Original year release | Dub year release | Notes |
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| Barbie: Mariposa and the Fairy Princess | Kathleen Barr | Gwyllion | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 (TV version) |
Voiced for the TV version that aired on 5 September 2013 on Pogo. A VCD/DVD release had a different Hindi dubbing cast which was released before it on 4 September 2013.[5] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Creativity undervalued". Indian Express. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Krishna Aur Kans (2012) Full Cast and credits". IMDB.com. 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Cartoon Network - The Indian Experience - Case Studies". icmrindia.org. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Oswald – POGO.tv Shows". Pogo.tv. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Barbie Mariposa & The Fairy Princess (Dubbed in Hindi) DVD » Rhythm House". Rhythmhouse.in. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.