Based on the book series of the same name, The Witcher is an award-winning fantasy-drama television series.
Returning for its second season, The Witcher continues to receive praise and attract new fans.
The popular series, which stars Henry Cavill, Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra amongst others, has a cult following and has since been dubbed in many languages.
Since 2012, the availability and consumption of dubbed content on Netflix have progressively increased and continue to do so.
Dubbing helps to make stories accessible to a much wider audience, in the language they can enjoy.
As well as Hindi, The Witcher has been dubbed in languages such as Portuguese, Indonesian and Tamil.
DESIblitz presents the Hindi voiceover artists of The Witcher, bringing the hit series to a wider audience.
Geralt (Pawan Kalra)
Currently voicing Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher, Pawan Kalra is an Indian voice artist that has performed voices for documentaries and films.
Geralt is a monster-hunter known as a ‘witcher’, who possesses supernatural abilities due to his mutations.
Pawan Kalra is confirmed to be the official Hindi voice-dubbing artist for Arnold Schwarzenegger in India.
The voiceover artist has also been compared to Amitabh Bachchan for his deep voice and tone.
Pawan has also dubbed Bruce Lee, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and Owen Wilson’s roles in Hindi.
He is also the Hindi voice behind Ajith Kumar.
Yennefer (Shaily Dubey)
Shaily Dubey is an Indian voice actress who currently voices Yennefer in The Witcher.
Yennefer of Vengerberg is a sorceress with a former hunchbacked appearance.
The voiceover artist is recognised for her work in animation films such as My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Asides from The Witcher, Shaily Dubey was most recently heard in the role of MJ from the recently released action-adventure film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Ciri (Sonal Kaushal)
Sonal Kaushal is an Indian voice actress, famously known for her work in Doraemon in India.
She is more commonly known as ‘The Motor Mouth’ because she voices several characters in cartoons.
She also voices Chhota Bheem, Budhdev in Bandbudh Aur Budbak, Babli in Little Singham and many more.
The voice actress takes on the role of Ciri in The Witcher. Ciri of Cintra is Geralt’s destiny and adopted daughter.
Sonal has also voiced many Hollywood films including Melanie Stryder in The Host, Samantha in Her and Alice Kingsleigh in Alice Through the Looking Glass.
Tissaia (Aranya Kaur)
Aranya Kaur is a voice actress, known for Pinaki & Happy – The Bhoot Bandhus, Baahubali: The Lost Legends and Mighty Little Bheem: Kite Festival.
Despite her experience in voiceovers for children’s films, Aranya broke out of her box by joining the Hindi cast of The Witcher.
Aranya Kaur voices Tissaia de Vries, a sorceress who took a young Yennefer under her wing.
Stregobor (Samay Thakkar)
Samay Thakkar is most famously recognised for his Hindi dubbing voice of Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
He has also voiced the iconic superhero in Ben Affleck’s portrayal.
The voiceover artist has an established dubbing career with South Indian films.
This includes films such as Baahubali: The Beginning and Nerkonda Parvaai.
Alongside South Indian films, Samay has also played a part in Hollywood films including The Italian Job, The Karate Kid, Assassin’s Creed and Avengers: Endgame.
In The Witcher, Samay voices Stregobor, a wizard and illusionist.
Istredd (Sanket Mhatre)
Sanket Mhatre is a voiceover artist who has dubbed many foreign productions including Hollywood, South Indian and animated films.
Sanket has also voiced for shows for Discovery, TLC, along with television commercials and radio spots on television.
In The Witcher, Sanket voices Istredd, a well-respected sorcerer.
Jaskier (Mukesh Pandey)
Mukesh Pandey is a voiceover artist, known for his roles in Baahubali: The Lost Legends, Chhota Bheem Himalayan Adventure and Hanuman Da Damdaar.
Mukesh Pandey voices Jaskier, better known as Dandelion, in The Witcher, a bard and a close friend of Geralt.
Jaskier frequently sings and accompanies Geralt on perilous journeys.
Viewers can watch both seasons of the show as it is currently streaming on Netflix.
In September 2021, Netflix renewed The Witcher series for a third season to the delight of fans.
