Parignya Pandya Shah (Hindi: ''Prajñā Pāṇḍyā Śāha'') (born 9 November 1985), also known as Parignya Pandya and Parigna Pandya, is an Indian actress, voice

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actress and trained classical singer. She speaks

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Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...

and

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. As a film actress, she had a small role in the 2009 Hindi film, ''Kabira Calling'', starring Salil Jamdar.

Personal life

Shah was married to Ketul Shah on 7 December 2008.

Career

Other than a small role in the 2009 Indian film, ''Kabira Calling'', Shah's career has been as a

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artist, beginning when she was 12 years old. For the third ''

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'' film she took over from Rajshree Nath, as the voice for

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. Since then, she has been the official Hindi

for Watson.Breaking the language barrier: Regional versions of ''Harry Potter'' films and translated book titles a rage in small towns
''The Economic Times''. (16 July 2011). Shah also voiced Watson's role as Pauline Fossil in the 2007 British TV film, ''

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''. When Shah did the Hindi

for Hermione in (''

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''), she knew virtually nothing about the series. However, she read the complete series in order to prepare for the role, after which she became a big fan. One thing she hadn't expected was for the characters of

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and Hermione to end up together. She continued to be the voice Hermione for the remainder of the series, along with her colleagues: Karan Trivedi (who dubbed

in films 2–5), Rajesh Kava (Harry Potter in the last three films),

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(

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(both

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(

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), Dilip Sinha (

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), Anil Datt (

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in the first two films and

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in all films from the second), Ali Khan (

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) and Vikrant Chaturvedi (Dumbledore in the later films). She has been the Hindi dubbing voice for

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's role as Gabriella Montez in the ''High School Musical'' film series and for

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in '' The Twilight Saga''. For foreign animation, she is very well known for voicing the character: "Gwendolyn Tennyson" in Hindi for all the

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series, even dubbing over

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's role in the Hindi dub of the '' Ben 10: Race Against Time'' film. According to her Twitter, it's revealed that she is the Hindi singing voice for

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Filmography

Live action films

Animated films

Dubbing roles

Live action television series

Animated series

Live action films

Animated films

References

External links

* http://muggleindia.blogspot.com/2007/10/meet-dubbing-stars.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Parignya Pandya 1985 births Living people Indian voice actresses Indian women classical singers 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian actresses Indian child actresses

Personal life

Career

Filmography

Live action films

Animated films

Dubbing roles

Live action television series

Animated series

Live action films

Animated films

See also

References

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