Ashwin Mushran
Indian actor and voice actor
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::summary Indian actor and voice actor ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ashwin Mushran |
| birth_name | Ashwin Mushran |
| birth_date | Mumbai Maharashtra India |
| education | Delhi world public school |
| alma_mater | Hindu College |
| Drama Studio London | |
| nationality | Indian |
| citizenship | Indian |
| occupation | Actor |
| Voice actor | |
| years_active | 2006-present |
| :: |
| name = Ashwin Mushran | birth_name = Ashwin Mushran | image = | birth_date = Mumbai Maharashtra India | education = Delhi world public school | alma_mater = Hindu College Drama Studio London | nationality = Indian | citizenship = Indian | occupation = Actor Voice actor | years_active = 2006-present
Ashwin Mushran is an Indian actor and voice over artist. He has appeared in numerous movies and plays. He is also featured in the movie Quick Gun Murugan, as Dr. Django. He also lent his voice into dubbing several foreign media.
Education
He was born to a Kashmiri Pandit father and a White British mother of English and German descent. Mushran's paternal family were displaced from Kashmir during the Exodus Of Kashmiri Pandits in the 1990s due to the Islamic militancy. Ashwin studied at The Doon School in Dehradun, Uttarakhand and then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in English Literature from Hindu College, University of Delhi in New Delhi. He then moved to England from India to study acting at the Drama Studio London in Ealing, West London.
Career
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.
Dubbing career
He has dubbed for more than 1000 TV commercials and a number of movies in Africa English, and Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese); however, he said that he had no desire to dub for the leading men of Bollywood.
Personal life
Mushran is married, and has a daughter
Filmography
Films
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana | Cyrus | |
| Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Hari Desai | ||
| I See You | Dr. Shah | ||
| 2007 | Life in a Metro | Abdullah Ansari | |
| Ek Chalis Ki Last Local | Mr. Bajaj | ||
| 2008 | One, Two, Three | D.M. Pipat | |
| Krazzy 4 | Pranav | ||
| The Mole | The Mob Boss | ||
| Yeh Mera India | Amarjit Singh | ||
| Fashion | Rohit Khanna | ||
| 2009 | Quick Gun Murugun | Dr Django | |
| Kambakkht Ishq | Parmeet | ||
| 2010 | Hum Tum Aur Ghost | Mr Kapoor's Son | |
| Bhoot and Friends | Gora Sa'ab | ||
| 2011 | Always Kabhi Kabhi | Rahul Ghosh | |
| Desi Boyz | Jerry's Lawyer | ||
| 2012 | Love, Wrinkle-free | Jacob | English film |
| 2013 | Settai | Richard | Tamil film |
| Rise of the Zombie | |||
| 2014 | Hola Venky! | Psychiatrist | English film |
| Main Tera Hero | Angad's Doctor | ||
| 2015 | Island City | ||
| 2018 | Sanju | Event manager | |
| 2019 | Total Dhamaal | ||
| 2022 | Bachchhan Paandey | Producer Rakesh Verma | |
| 2023 | Shehzada | Kailash Jindal | |
| 2024 | V/H/S/Beyond | Manager | Segment: "Dream Girl" |
| Vijay 69 | Jaag | ||
| 2026 | Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos | ||
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Great Indian Comedy Show | ||
| 2014–2015 | Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar | Karan Kapoor | |
| 2015 | Peterson Hill | Peterson | |
| 2018 | Kulfi Kumar Bajewala | Roshan Kumar(RK) | |
| 2020 | Maharaj Ki Jai Ho! | Scientist | |
| 2021 | Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii | Jamshed Sherier | |
| :: |
Web series
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| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Qubool Hai 2.0 | Asad's coach | ZEE5 |
| 2022 | Escaype Live | Yogi Balla | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 2023 | Rana Naidu | Farzad Soonawala | Netflix |
| :: |
Dubbing roles
Live action films
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| 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 | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2006 | |
| 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 | 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 | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
| 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 | |
| Dragon | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Xu Baijiu | Hindi | Mandarin and Sichuanese (CN/TW) | |||
| Cantonese Chinese (HK) | 2011 | 2011 | |||||
| X-Men: Apocalypse | Michael Fassbender | Erik Lensherr / Magneto | Hindi | English | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Assassin's Creed | Michael Fassbender | Callum "Cal" Lynch and Aguilar de Nerha | Hindi | English | 2016 | 2016 | |
| American Hustle | Christian Bale | Irving Rosenfeld | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2018 | |
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | Stanley Tucci | Joshua Joyce | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | |
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Animated films
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| 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 | |
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Live action television series
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| Program Title | Actor | Character | Dub Language | Original language | Number of episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Games | Saif Ali Khan | Sartaj Singh | English | Hindi | 16 | India's first web-series Streamed on Netflix | ||
| Money Heist | Álvaro Morte | Sergio Marquina / Professor | Hindi | Spanish | 2017 | 2021 |
| | Citadel | Stanley Tucci | Bernard Orlick | Hindi | English | | 2023 | 2023 | | ::
References
References
- Mushran, Ashwin. (Feb 26, 2015). "My dad is Kashmiri Pandit, mom half English, half German, Sister is married to a Marwadi & my wife is a Goan Bombay girl...Yeah! I'm Indian!".
- [http://www.indianentertainment.info/2009/12/23/ashwin-mushran-%E2%80%93-that-class-act-in-fashion.html Ashwin Mushran – That class act in FASHION!. Indian Entertainment Online] {{Webarchive. link. (4 July 2014 . Indianentertainment.info (2009-12-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-31.)
- [http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec16/youth4.asp Mumbai salsas to his tune] ''Deccan Herald'' {{Webarchive. link. (30 December 2015 . Archive.deccanherald.com (2003-12-16). Retrieved on 2013-08-31.)
- (October 16, 2019). "Drama Studio London: Helping you find your unique talents to set you on the path to success".
- [http://www.aceproductions.biz/aceprod/theatre/Actors%20Profile.html Ace Productions. Theatre] {{webarchive. link. (7 May 2010 . Aceproductions.biz. Retrieved on 2013-08-31.)
- [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-prefer-not-to-make-bad-actors-sound-good/Article1-867775.aspx 'I prefer not to make bad actors sound good'] {{webarchive. link. (14 December 2012 . ''Hindustan Times'' (2012-06-08). Retrieved on 2013-08-31.)
- (26 April 2019). "Kulfi Kumar Bajewala actor Ashwin Mushran blessed with a baby girl - Times of India".
- (November 8, 2024). "Vijay 69 Movie Review: VIJAY 69 is a light-hearted tale that works due to the relatability, performance and climax.".
- [http://ragetheatre.co.in/content/ashwin-mushran Ashwin Mushran] {{Webarchive. link. (4 October 2010 . Rage Theatre. Retrieved on 2013-08-31.)
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