Neshma Chemburkar

Neshma Chemburkar is an Indian voice actress and actress. She began her dubbing career at the age of 5.^[1] She has dubbed for various characters in many animated series, TV commercials and films in Hindi and other languages. She is mostly known for dubbing the Black Widow character played by Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[2][3] She is the founder and also a voice acting coach of Neshma Academy of Acting and Voice Acting (NAAVA).^[4][5][6]

Neshma Chemburkar
Born	(1976-07-14) 14 July 1976 (age 49) India
Other names	Neshma Mantri
Occupations	Voice Actress Actress
Years active	1980-present
Known for	Black Widow
Children	2

Career

Neshma's father, Sri Nitin Mantri and mother, Sulbha Mantri owned a theatre called Neshma Theatre Group in Mumbai in 1970s, where they used to write, direct and perform plays in Marathi language. She was given her name from the theatre's title. At the age of 4 years, her career as a voice artist began from the 1981 Marathi film, Daivat.^{[citation needed]}

She appeared as a child actor in 1987 hindi film, Honhaar Bachchey, along with Mayur Vyas which marked her first film as an actress.^{[citation needed]}

Dubbing roles

Animated series

Year (Original release)	Series	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Episodes	No. of seasons	Notes	Ref.
1969-1970	Scooby-Doo	Velma	Hindi	English	41	3
1981-1987	Ninja Hattori	Kenichi's mother		Japanese	694
1983-1985	Perman	Michiko			526
1986-1989	Dragon Ball	Chi-Chi and Pan			153
1989-1996	Dragon Ball Z				291
1997-1999	Pokemon	May			82	1
1998-2005	The Powerpuff Girls	Blossom		English	78	6
1999-2009	Ed, Edd n Eddy	Sarah			69	6
		Nazz
2004-2023	Peppa Pig	Mummy Pig			394	8
		Danny Dog
		Emily Elephant
2002-2007	Kim Possible	Kim Possible			87	4
2018	Little Singham	Inspector Kavya		Hindi
		Ulti
2021-2024	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Molly McGee		English	41	2

Animated films

Year	Films	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Notes	Ref.
2012	Brave	Merida	Hindi	English
2016	Zootopia	Judy Hopps
2022	Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero	Pan		Japanese		[7][8]
2024	Transformers One	Elita-1		English

Live-action films

Year	Films	Character	Actress	Dub Language	Original Language	Notes	Ref.
1992	Jivalagaa	Gauri	Resham Tipnis	Marathi	Marathi
2000	Charlie's Angels	Alex Munday	Lucy Liu	Hindi	English
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2010	Iron Man 2	Black Widow	Scarlett Johansson
2012	The Avengers						[9]
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron
2016	Captain America: Civil War
2018	Avengers: Infinity War
2019	Avengers: Endgame
	Charlie's Angels	Rebekah "Bosley"	Elizabeth Banks
2021	Black Widow	Black Widow	Scarlett Johansson
2025	The Calendar Killer	Klara	Luise Heyer		German
	Back in Action	Emily	Cameron Diaz		English

Live-action TV series

Year	Series	Character	Actress	Dub Language	Original Language	Notes	Ref.
2018	The Haunting of Hill House	Eleanor "Nell" Crain Vance	Victoria Pedretti	Hindi	English
2019	What/If	Lisa Ruiz-Donovan	Jane Levy
2025	Missing You	Detective Inspector Kat Donovan	Rosalind Eleazar

TV commercials

Year	Title	Brand	Actress	Dub Language	Original Language	Notes	Ref.
2021	Aquaguard Active Copper	Aquaguard	Madhuri Dixit		Hindi
2023	Colgate Strong Teeth - Paste Hi Nahi, Danton Ka Poshan!	Colgate	Subbalakshmi	Bhojpuri, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali		Won Best Dubbing Artist at 50th RAPA Awards

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1987	Honhaar Bachchey	Milu	credited as Baby Neshma

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Notes	Ref.
2019	India Voice Fest Awards	Dubbing Live Action Film - Hindi	Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame	Won
		Dubbing Live Action Web - Hindi	Lisa Ruiz-Donovan in What/If	Won
2020		Audio Book Female - Marathi	Youthnasia	Won		[10]
2021		TV Commercial Voice - Marathi	Madhuri Dixit in Aquaguard Active Copper	Won		[11]
2022		Documentary Narration - Hindi	Secrets of Playboy	Won
		Dubbing Live Action Film - Hindi	The Matrix Resurrections	Won
2023		Dubbing Voice Animation Show Female - Hindi	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Won
2024	50th RAPA Awards	Best Dubbing Artist	Subbalakshmi in Colgate Strong Teeth	Won		[12]

See also

• List of Indian dubbing artists