| Parignya Pandya Shah | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 9 November 1985 |
| Occupation | Actress voice actress Singer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ketul Shah (m.2008) |
Parignya Pandya Shah (Hindi: प्रज्ञा पांड्या शाह Prajñā Pāṇḍyā Śāha) (born November 9, 1985), also known as Parignya Pandya, is an Indian actress, voice-dubbing actress and trained classical singer. She speaks English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati. Shah is currently in a marriage with Ketul Shah since December 7, 2008.
As a film actress, she had a small role in the 2009 Hindi film, Kabira Calling, starring Salil Jamdar. She is currently pursuing her masters in counseling psychology.
Dubbing Career[]
She has been dubbing since she was 12-years-old. For the third Harry Potter film she took over from Rajshree Nath, as the voice for Emma Watson's character, Hermione Granger. Since then, she has been the official Hindi voice-over for Watson's roles. Shah also voiced Watson's role as Pauline Fossil in the 2007 British TV film, Ballet Shoes.
Originally, she knew nothing about the Harry Potter series when she started to do the dub-over work. However, she read the entire book series in order to fully prepare for the role, afterwards; she ended up becoming a huge fan of the series. One thing she never knew was for the characters Ron and Hermione to end up together in the end.
She continued to be the voice Hermione for the remainder of the series, along with her colleagues: Karan Trivedi (who dubbed Harry Potter in films 2-5), Rajesh Kava (Harry Potter in the last 3 films), Nachiket Dighe (Ronald Weasley), Saumya Daan (both Fred and George Weasley), Rishabh Shukla (Voldemort), Dilip Sinha (Hagrid), Anil Datt (Dumbledore in the first two films and Arthur Weasley in all films from the second), Ali Khan (Severus Snape) and Vikrant Chaturvedi (Dumbledore in the later films).
She has been the Hindi dubbing voice for Vanessa Hudgens's role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series and for Kirsten Stewart as Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. For foreign animation, she is very well known for voicing the character: "Gwendolyn “Gwen”Tennyson" in Hindi for all the Ben 10 series, even dubbing over Haley Ramm's role in the Hindi dub of the Ben 10: Race Against Time film.
According to her Twitter account, it's revealed that she is the Hindi singing voice for Minnie Mouse.
Dubbing roles[]
Live action television[]
| Title | Actor/Actress | Role | Dub Language | Original Language | Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Are You Afraid of the Dark? |
Various actors | Various characters | Hindi | English | 91 | 10/31/1990- 6/11/2000 |
9/15/2008– 1/19/2009 |
The show originally ran in North America from 1990–2000. It was later dubbed into Hindi on Hungama TV on 15 September 2008 and aired new episodes on the weeknights until 19 January 2009. In 2012, the Hindi dub moved to Nickelodeon Sonic and aired re-runs until 2013. |
| Two of a Kind | Ashley Olsen | Ashley Burke | Hindi | English | 22 | 9/25/1998- 7/9/1999 |
Unknown | |
| Mortified | Marny Kennedy | Taylor Fry | Hindi | English | 26 | 6/30/2006- 4/11/2007 |
2007–2008 | Aired on Disney Channel India. |
| Power Rangers RPM | Adelaide Kane | Tenaya 7 | Hindi | English | 26 | 7/3/2009- 26/12/2009 |
Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Engine Sentai Go-onger. |
Animated television[]
| Program title | Original voice | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Number of Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Crystal Scales | Libby Folfax | Hindi | English | 119 (Dubbed 108) |
7/20/2002- 7/6/2007 | Unknown | |
| Ben 10 | Meagan Smith | Gwendolyn “Gwen” Tennyson | Hindi | English | 52 | 12/27/2005- 4/15/2008 | Unknown | |
| Ben 10: Alien Force | Ashley Johnson | Gwendolyn “Gwen” Tennyson | Hindi | English | 46 | 4/18/2008– 4/26/2010 | Unknown | |
| Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Ashley Johnson | Gwendolyn “Gwen” Tennyson | Hindi | English | 52 | 4/23/2010– 4/31/2011 | Unknown | |
| Ben 10 : Omniverse | Ashley Johnson | Gwendolyn “Gwen” Tennyson | Hindi | English | 80 | 8/1/2012-11/14/2014 | 11/26/2012-Early 2015 | |
| Phineas and Ferb | Alyson Stoner | Isabella Garcia-Shapiro | Hindi | English | 222 | 8/17/2007- 6/12/2015 |
6/1/2008- 6/28/2015 |
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| Slugterra | Shannon Chan-Kent | Beatrice "Trixie" Sting | Hindi | English | 39 | 10/15/2012– 10/19/2013 | 10/15/2013- 10/19/2014 | |
| Iron Man: Armored Adventures | Anna Cummer | Virginia "Pepper" Potts / Rescue | Hindi | English | 52 | 4/24/2009– 8/25/2012 | 4/24/2010- 8/25/2014 | |
| Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | Emily Osment | Kendall Perkins | Hindi | English | 35 | 2/13/2010- 12/2/2012 | 5/8/2010-Early 2013 |
Anime[]
| Program title | Original Japanese voice(s) | Character(s) | Dub Language | Episodes | Original airdate | Dubbed airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokémon | Various | Incidental characters (First Dub) |
Hindi | 800+ | 4/1/1997-Current | First dub 5/12/2003-10/2013 (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 on 19 May 2014. Parignya has voiced incidental characters throughout the first Hindi dub by Crest Animation Studios and Sound & Vision India. |
| Dragon Ball Z | Yūko Minaguchi | Videl | Hindi | 291 | 4/26/1989-1/31/1996 | 4/26/2007-1/31/2014 |
Live action films[]
| Film title | Actress | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Emma Watson | Hermione Granger | Hindi | English | 2004 | 2004 | First film in the series, where Parignya voiced Hermione, after it was passed from Rajshree Nath. |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Emma Watson | Hermione Granger | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2005 | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Emma Watson | Hermione Granger | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Emma Watson | Hermione Granger | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Emma Watson | Hermione Granger | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Emma Watson | Hermione Granger | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | This film serves as the ending conclusion to the Harry Potter film trilogy. |
| Ballet Shoes | Emma Watson | Pauline Fossil | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2008 | TV Movie. |
| The Bling Ring | Emma Watson | Nicki Moore | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | |
| Noah | Emma Watson | Ila | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | |
| Ben 10: Race Against Time | Haley Ramm | Gwendolyn Tennyson | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | TV Movie. |
| High School Musical | Vanessa Hudgens | Gabriella Montez | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2007 | |
| High School Musical 2 | Vanessa Hudgens | Gabriella Montez | 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 | Vanessa Hudgens | Gabriella Montez | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Twilight | Kirsten Stewart | Bella Swan | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | Performed alongside Shanoor Mirza who voiced Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen. |
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Kirsten Stewart | Bella Swan | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen. |
| The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Kirsten Stewart | Bella Swan | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Kirsten Stewart | Bella Swan | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Kirsten Stewart | Bella Swan | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |
| The Bounty Hunter | Jennifer Aniston | Nicole Hurley | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |
| Fast Five | Elsa Pataky | Elena Neves | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |
| Oblivion | Olga Kurylenko | Julia | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | Performed alongside Mayur Vyas who voiced Morgan Freeman as Malcolm Beech, Shanoor Mirza who voiced Tom Cruise as Jack Harper in Hindi. |
Animated films[]
| Film title | Original voice | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tale of Despereaux | Emma Watson | Princess Pea | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension | Alyson Stoner | Isabella Garcia-Shapiro | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | Aired on Disney Channel India on 20 September 20, 2011 and Disney XD India on October 2, 2011. |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | Keke Palmer | Peaches | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |
| Big Hero 6 | Jamie Chung | Gogo Tomago | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2017 | |