Deepa Venkat is an Indian actress and dubbing artist. She works as a radio

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at Hello FM

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in addition. She has starred in several Tamil films as well as television series.

Career

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, M. N. Nambiar, and Chinni Jayanth in 1994. She played ''Jhanvi'', in a supporting child artist role. It all started when she was still in middle school, lending her voice for the Hindi dubbed version of American cartoons like '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' or advertisements. Growing up in Mumbai, Venkat was fluent in Hindi and this proved to be a blessing when south Indian films began to be dubbed for television in the nineties. She initially lent her voice for junior artists and supporting roles, and later to the lead actors in dubbed-to-Hindi south Indian films like '' Muthu'' (1995), '' Ratchagan'' (1997), and '' Kadhalar Dhinam'' (1999). She started her dubbing career in the movie '' Appu'' (2000) for Devayani. She has performed stand-in roles in movies for a number of actresses, including such as Simran, Sneha,

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, Nayanthara, Anushka Shetty, Kajal Aggarwal, Anandhi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and other actresses in various films. She was given a

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award by the Government of

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. Venkat has appeared in several films in supporting roles, and enjoyed a stint in television serials too. But, while she understood the acting process, dubbing came with its own set of challenges.

Awards

Filmography

Dubbing

As an actress

;Films * ''All films are in Tamil language, Otherwise noted.''

Television

References

External links

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