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Indian actor and voice actor

Ashwin Mushran
BornAshwin Mushran
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationThe Doon School
Alma materHindu College
Drama Studio London
Occupation(s)Actor
Voice actor
Years active2006-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

Ashwin Mushran was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 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 Hindus 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

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
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
2013 Settai Richard
Rise of the Zombie
2014 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"

Television

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

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

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

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

Live action television series

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

  1. ^ Mushran, Ashwin (26 February 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!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Ashwin Mushran – That class act in FASHION! | Indian Entertainment Online Archived 4 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Indianentertainment.info (2009-12-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-31.
  3. Mumbai salsas to his tune Deccan Herald Archived 30 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Archive.deccanherald.com (2003-12-16). Retrieved on 2013-08-31.
  4. "Drama Studio London: Helping you find your unique talents to set you on the path to success". thestage.co.uk. 16 October 2019.
  5. Ace Productions | Theatre Archived 7 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Aceproductions.biz. Retrieved on 2013-08-31.
  6. '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.
  7. "Kulfi Kumar Bajewala actor Ashwin Mushran blessed with a baby girl - Times of India". The Times of India. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. Ashwin Mushran Archived 4 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Rage Theatre. Retrieved on 2013-08-31.

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