Nachiket Dighe

Nachiket Dighe (born 11 November 1987) is an Indian actor, who dubs in Hindi, Marathi, and English. He dubbed Rupert Grint's role as Ron Weasley in Hindi, in the Harry Potter film series.

He voiced the characters Buford Van Stomm and Jeremy Johnson in the Hindi dubbed version of the animated show Phineas and Ferb and is the Hindi voice of Kenji (Tracey Sketchit) (Pokémon Chronicles) in the first Hindi dub of the Pokémon anime, and Satoshi (Ash Ketchum) in Disney's second Hindi dub of the same.

Personal life After completing Bachelors in Engineering, Nachiket did his post-graduation with MBA in Marketing from Mumbai University. He is Sangeet Visharad in Tabla from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and has taken training in Hindustani classical music, vocals.

Acting career

Nachiket Dighe started his acting career in sixth grade. As a child artist Nachiket acted in various advertisements and serials. His first serial Meethi Meethi Batein was a sitcom starring Sachin Pilgaonkar, Nirmiti Sawant, Niki Aneja Walia, Neha Pendse and Niyati Rajwade and aired 52 episodes for a year on DD National.

He played the character of Bipin Bukalwar in Lagi Sharth, and Wrong Mauritius both movies of Children's Film Society, India. He played the son of Vikram Gokhale and Neena Kulkarni in the 2002 multi-starrer Marathi feature film Aadharstambha which included prominent actors from the Marathi film industry like Dilip Prabhavalkar, Lakshmikant Berde, Sandeep Kulkarni and Atul Parchure.

Dubbing career Nachiket Dighe started his career of voice-dubbing foreign media at the age of 11 in January 1999, by voicing cartoons, animation and live series in Hindi for various channels. He was the approved Hindi voice for T.J. Detweiler in Recess, Jimmy Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Tino in Disney Weekenders and Eddie in Lloyd in Space. In anime, he was the Hindi voice of Tracey Sketchit (Kenji) in the Pokémon anime of the first Hindi dub by Sound & Vision India from early 2003 until late 2013. In 2014, a second Hindi dub has been made in-house by UTV Software Communications for Hungama TV where he was hired to voice, Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) in that dub.

Filmography Films Year Film title Role Language 2001 Lagi Sharth Bipin Bukalwar Hindi 2002 Aadharstambha Rohan Divekar Marathi 2004 Wrong Mauritius Bipin Bukalwar Hindi

Television series Serial Character role(s) Number of episodes Language Channel Notes Meethi Meethi Batein 52 Hindi DD National Aahat 2 Hindi Sony Entertainment Television (India) Shree Ganesh 2 Hindi Sony Entertainment Television (India) Avinash IPS 2 Hindi Star Plus Shakalaka Boom Boom 3 Hindi Star Plus

Animated series Airdate Program title Role Language Episodes Notes 12/23/2012-06/16/2013 Suraj: The Rising Star Suraj Hindi 26 Initially Aired on Colors (TV channel) followed by Nickelodeon India.

Dubbing roles Animated series Program title Original voice(s) Character(s) Dub language Original language Number of episodes Original airdate Dubbed airdate Notes Recess Ross Malinger (Season 1)Andrew Lawrence (Season 2–6) T.J. Detweiler Hindi English 127+4 movies 8/31/1997-11/5/2001 2000-2004 Aired on Disney Hour on the Sony Channel from 2000 to 2004. Repeats of the Hindi dub continued to air on Disney Channel until 2011. The Weekenders Jason Marsden Tino Hindi English 39 4/18/1999-2/29/2004 Lloyd in Space Justin Shenkarow Eddie Hindi English 40 2/3/2001-2/27/2004 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Debi Derryberry Jimmy Neutron Hindi English 119(dubbed 68) 7/20/2002-7/6/2007 Nachiket dubbed Jimmy Neutron for 68 episodes. Famous 5: On the Case Lizzie Waterworth (1-2)Skandar Keynes (3-5) (English)Alexandre Nguyen(French) Dylan Kirrin Hindi EnglishFrench 43 4/5/2008-Current 11/17/2008-1/2010(stopped) The Secret Saturdays Sam Lerner Zak Saturday Hindi English 36 10/3/2008-1/30/2010 Phineas and Ferb Bobby Gaylor, Mitchel Musso Buford Van Stomm, Jeremy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb) HindiMarathi English 204(dubbed 114) 8/17/2007-Current Voiced Bufford and Jeremy in Hindi throughout 90 episodes, and reprised his role to voice the same characters in the Marathi dub. Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Danny Cooksey Bradley "Brad" Buttowski HindiMarathi English 46 2/13/2010-Current 5/8/2010-Current Voiced Bradley in Hindi, and reprised his role to voice him in the Marathi dub. Generator Rex Fred Savage Noah Nixon Hindi English 40 4/23/2008-1/3/2013 1/16/2011-Current Special Agent Oso (Season 2) Sean Astin Special Agent Oso Hindi English 38 [Episode 26–63] 4/4/2009-5/17/2002 Storm Hawks Matt Hill Finn Hindi English 52 5/25/2007-4/6/2009 Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Vincent Tong Kai (Red Ninja) Hindi English 28 1/14/2011-4/12/2012 This show aired on Nickelodeon Sonic and on Cartoon Network India and only 28 episodes of the show aired on those channels in 2011 and 2012 (including the two pilot episodes, "Way of the Ninja" and "King of Shadows" and all of the episodes of Season 1 of Ninjago, "Rise of the Snakes"), but starting from 25 May 2021 – 30 January 2022, they started airing all episodes of Ninjago from seasons 2-15 on that same channel and on Cartoon Network India with a unknown Hindi dubbing cast for all the new villains in seasons 2-15 of the show. Dighe also reprised his role to voice Kai in the Urdu dub of this show. Sally Bollywood Eve Morey (English)Alexandre Nguyen (French) Doowee Hindi EnglishFrench 52 10/26/2009-Current Spider-Man Unlimited Rino Romano Peter Parker/Spider-Man Hindi English 13 2 October 1999 – 31 March 2001 Aired by Disney XD.

Anime Program title Original Japanese voice(s) Character(s) Dub language Episodes Original airdate Dubbed airdate NotesPokémon First Dub Tomokazu Seki Masakazu Morita Tetsuya Kakihara (JP)Ted Lewis (Seasons 2–8)Craig Blair (Season 9-) Lucien Dodge Tom Wayland (EN) second dub Rica Matsumoto (JP) Veronica Taylor(Seasons 1–8) Sarah Natochenny (Seasons 9-) Kayzie Rogers (Special) (EN) First Dub Tracey Sketchit (Kenji) Chili (Pod) Reggie (Reiji) second dub Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) Hindi 1000+ 4/1/1997-Current First Dub 5/12/2003-2015(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 by UTV Software Communications featuring a new Hindi voice cast and translation and aired on Hungama TV with Dighe being chosen to voice Ash in the second dub. The first dub that Dighe was also involved in, was produced by Sound and Vision India for Cartoon Network India, Cartoon Network Pakistan and Pogo. Prasad Barve was the voice of Ash in the first Hindi dub. Anshul Chandra voiced Tracey in the second Hindi dub. Battle B-Daman Hiro YuukiTomo Saeki Cain McDonnell RuthSigma Hindi 1/5/2004-12/27/2004 Heroman Ryōhei Kimura Simon "Psy" Kaina Hindi 4/1/2010-9/23/2010 Digimon Frontier Masato Amada J.P., Beetlemon, MetalKabuterimon Hindi 4/7/2002-3/3/0/2003 Scan2Go Mitsuki Saiga Antares Hindi 8/9/2010- 03/29/2011 2013 - Present Idaten Jump Mokoto Tsumura (JP) Philece Sampler (EN) Kakeru Sakamaki Hindi 10/1/2005- 09/09/2006 1/2014 - Present A revised translation of the English dub. Ganbare, Kickers! Kazue Ikura Masaru Hongō Hindi 10/15/1986-3/25/1987 2013-Present Aired as Kickers in the Hindi dub. Ojamajo Doremi Nanaho Katsuragi Igarashi-senpei Hindi 2/7/1999-1/30/2000

Television series

18 February 2012 – 15 December 2012 (Super Samurai)Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Power Rangers Megaforce/Super MegaforceCameron JeboOrion / Super Megaforce Silver RangerHindiEnglish2 February 2013 – 7 December 2013 (Megaforce)

15 February 2014 – 22 November 2014 (Super Megaforce)Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Tensou Sentai Goseiger & Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Legends of the Hidden Temple Various Characters – Hindi English 9/11/1993-9/11/1995 Children's game show that originally aired in North America from 1993 to 1995.Aired in the early 2000s decade. Power Rangers Dino Charge/Super Charge Brennan Mejia Tyler Navarro / Dino Charge Red Ranger Hindi English 2/7/2015-12/10/2016 Based on Tokusatsu, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. Wizards of Waverly Place Daniel Samonas Dean Moriarty Hindi English 10/12/2007-1/6/2012 5/5/2008-2012(?) Sharpe Lyndon Davies Rifleman Ben Perkins Hindi English 5/5/1993-11/9/2008 Naturally, Sadie Michael D'Ascenzo Rainbow "Rain" Papadakis Hindi English 6/24/2005-8/26/2007 Aired on Disney Channel India. Backyard Science Various Characters – Hindi English 2005-???? The Nightmare Room Shia LaBeouf Dylan Pierce Hindi English 8/31/2001-3/16/2002 Episode: Scareful What You Wish For The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Dennis Bendersky Tapeworm Hindi English 3/18/2005-9/1/2008 Lonely Planet Six Degrees Toby Amies Himself Hindi English 2003-2012 Travel series. The Rough Guides Toby Amies Himself Hindi English 2008- Travel series. The Elephant Princess Jordan Prosser Johan Abu Hindi English 11/13/2008-10/6/2011 Appeared in two episodes. Aired on Disney Channel India. Life with Derek Kit Weyman Samuel "Sam" Richards Hindi English 9/18/2005-3/25/2009 Aired on Disney Channel India. Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Mike Moh Danny Cho, Hunt, Kamen Rider Axe Hindi English 1/13/2009-12/26/2009 1/8/2010-10/8/2010 Aired on Cartoon Network. Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Kamen Rider Ryuki. Aaron Stone Philip Nozuka Freddie Hindi English 2/13/2009-7/30/2010 11/14/2009-2010(?)

Films Film title Actor(s) Character(s) Dub language Original language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rupert Grint Ron Weasley Hindi English 2002 2003 Voiced this character from the second onwards after it was passed from a female voice actress, Rupali Surve Shivtarkar. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rupert Grint Ron Weasley Hindi English 2004 2004 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rupert Grint Ron Weasley Hindi English 2005 2005 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rupert Grint Ron Weasley Hindi English 2007 2007 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Rupert Grint Ron Weasley Hindi English 2009 2009 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Rupert Grint Ron Weasley Hindi English 2010 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Rupert Grint Ron Weasley Hindi English 2011 2011 Deep Impact Elijah Wood Leo Biederman (Second Dub) Hindi English 1998 2009 Nachiket has dubbed for the second dub released on a newer Home media Release. A first Hindi dub was previously released back in 1998 by Sound & Vision India. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Ryan Pinkston Arnold Hindi English 2003 2003 The Santa Clause David Krumholtz Bernard the Head Elf Hindi English 1994 2005 VCD/DVD Release. The Santa Clause 2 David Krumholtz Bernard the Arch-elf Hindi English 2002 2006 VCD/DVD Release. Encino Man Sean Astin Dave Morgan Hindi English 1992 2009 Remember the Titans Ryan Gosling DB Alan Bosley Hindi English 2000 2009 Croc Scott Hazell Theo Hindi English 2007 2009 National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj Anthony Cozens Gethin Hindi English 2006 2009 Just Friends Chris Marquette Mike Brander Hindi English 2005 2008 Jack Frost Taylor Handley Rory Buck Hindi English 1998 2008 Swing Kids Christian Bale Thomas Berger Hindi English 1993 2008 VCD/DVD Release. Sorority Boys Tony Denman Jimmy Hindi English 2002 2008 Minutemen Steven R. McQueen Derek Hindi English 2008 2008 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Robert Oliveri Nick Szalinski Hindi English 1992 2001 Twitches Too Chris Gallinger Demitri Hindi English 2007 2007 Tadpole Robert Iler Charlie Hindi English 2002 2008 Dubbed for television broadcasting on UTV. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Ernie Reyes, Jr. Keno Hindi English 1991 2006 VCD/DVD release. License to Drive Michael Manasseri Charles Hindi English 1988 2007 High School Musical Ryne Sanborn Jason Cross Hindi English 2006 2007 High School Musical 2 Ryne Sanborn Jason Cross Hindi English 2007 2008 Both the second and third films premiered dubbed into Hindi in the same year of 2008. High School Musical 3: Senior Year Ryne Sanborn Jason Cross Hindi English 2008 2008 Final Destination 2 James Kirk Tim Carpenter Hindi English 2003 2007 Halloweentown Phillip Van Dyke Luke Hindi English 1998 2000 Motocrossed Trever O'Brien Andrew Carson Hindi English 2001 2004 Last Action Hero Austin O'Brien Danny Madigan Hindi English 1993 2000 Air Bud Brendan Fletcher Larry Willingham Hindi English 1997 2007 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Shia LaBeouf Lewis Hindi English 2003 2004 Holes Byron Cotton Theodore "Armpit" Hindi English 2003 Martial Arts of Shaolin Hu Jianqiang Chao Wei Hindi Mandarin ChineseCantonese Chinese 1986 2007 Camp Rock Kevin Jonas Jason Gray Hindi English 2008 2009 Aired on the summer of 2009. Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Kevin Jonas Jason Gray Hindi English 2010 2010 Aired in September 2010. 10 Things I Hate About You Joseph Gordon-Levitt Cameron James Hindi English 1999 2009 The Shaggy Dog Shawn Pyfrom Trey Hindi English 2006 2009 Get a Clue Bug Hall Jack Downey Hindi English 2002 2009 Stepsister from Planet Weird Henry Feagins Fanul Hindi English 2000 2009 So Close Michael Wai Siu-Ma Hindi Cantonese ChineseEnglish 2002 2010 Until Death Wes Robinson Chad Mansen Hindi English 2007 2010 Johnny Mnemonic Arthur Eng Viet Hindi EnglishJapanese 1995 2010 District 9 Mandla Gaduka Fundiswa Mhlanga Hindi EnglishNyanjaAfrikaansZuluXhosaSotho 1995 2010 Mars Attacks! Lukas Haas Richie Norris Hindi English 1996 2010 Prom Night Kelly Blatz Michael Hindi English 2008 2010 Outbreak Cuba Gooding, Jr. Major Salt Hindi English 1995 2010 High Risk Chung-Hsien Yang Detective Chow Kam Hindi English 1995 2011 Slam Wang Wei Li Wei Hindi Mandarin Chinese 2008 2011 Shank Kedar Williams-Stirling Junior Hindi English 2010 2011 Hyenas Andrew James Allen Jasper Hindi English 2011 2011 Jeepers Creepers 2 Garikayi Mutambirwa Deaundre "Double D" Davis Hindi English 2003 2011 Fair Game Scott Michael Campbell Adam Hindi English 1995 2011 The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Cody Linley Sean Redford Hindi English 2007 2007 Surrogates Cody Christian Boy Canter Hindi English 2009 2009 True Grit Domhnall Gleeson Moon (The Kid) Hindi English 2010 2011 The Social Network Jesse Eisenberg Mark Zuckerberg Hindi English 2010 2010 Twilight Cam Gigandet James Witherdale Hindi English 2008 2008 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Alex Wolff Spencer Gilpin Hindi English 2017 2017 Need for Speed Harrison Gilbertson Pete Coleman Hindi English 2014 2018 Performed alongside Uplaksh Kochhar who voiced Aaron Paul as Tobey Marshall. Max Steel Josh Brener Steel (voice) Hindi English 2016 2018

Animated films Film title Original Voice(s) Character(s) Dub language Original language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes Recess: School's Out Andrew Lawrence Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiller Hindi English 2001 2001 Recess: All Growed Down Ross Malinger, Andrew Lawrence Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiller Hindi English 2003 2003 Robots Ewan McGregor Rodney Copperbottom Hindi English 2005 2007 Tinker Bell Rob Paulsen Bobble Hindi English 2008 2008 Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Rob Paulsen Bobble Hindi English 2009 2009 Pixie Hollow Games Rob Paulsen Bobble Hindi English 2011 2012 Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension Bobby Gaylor, Mitchel Musso Buford Van Stomm, Jeremy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb) HindiMarathi English 2011 2011 Epic Josh Hutcherson Nod Hindi English 2013 2013 Kung Fu Panda Jack Black Po Marathi English 2008 2016 Marathi dub created for Zee Talkies by VR Films. Kung Fu Panda 2 Jack Black Po Marathi English 2011 2016 Marathi dub created for Zee Talkies by VR Films.

Anime films Film title Original Japanese voice Character Dub language Original Year Release Dubbed Year Release Notes Pokémon: The First Movie Rica Matsumoto Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) Hindi 1998 2015 Aired on Hungama TV with the in-house UTV Software Communications Hindi dub voice cast which was shown over 17 years later, after the original Japanese theatrical release. Unlike the Hindi dub of the animated series that was based on the English dub, this film is actually being done directly based on the original Japanese version, despite still using the English names. The premiere date was 18 April 2015 for the channel and it was aired as: "Pokémon The Movie - Mewtwo Ka Badla" (पोकीमॉन द मूवी - म्यूटो का बदला). Pokemon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One Rica Matsumoto Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) Hindi 1999 2015 It got set to air on Hungama TV with the in-house UTV Software Communications Hindi dub voice cast which will be shown over 16 years later, after the original Japanese theatrical release. Unlike the Hindi dub of the animated series that was based on the English dub, this film is actually being done directly based on the original Japanese version, despite still using the English names. The premiere date was for the Summer of 2015 for the channel and it aired as: "Pokémon: Movie EK Ki TAAQAT" (पोकीमॉन मूवी - एक की ताक़त).