Mohan Kapur

Mohan Kapur is an Indian actor and television host who works predominantly in Hindi films and television.

Mohan Kapur
Kapur in 2011
Born	Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actor television host
Years active	1992–present

Career

Kapur is known for being the first television personality in India as the host of the first Indian original program produced by a satellite network (Zee TV),^[1] Saanp Seedi (Snakes & Ladders). Saanp Seedi was the first and only television series launched on satellite in the Asia-Pacific's from 1992 - 1994 which included Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Saanp Seedi is best described as a combination game and talk show starring Kapur with frequent celebrity guests.^[2] His TV success led to a crossover in the Indian Film Industry with his first role being the lead antagonist in Beqabu (1996) which eventually led to a career appearing in over 60 films and TV series. He often plays the good guy turned bad, the "surprise antagonist", such as in his roles in the Disney+ Hotstar film Sadak 2 (2020) and his award nominated performance in the Hindi remake of the Israeli series for Disney+ Hotstar Hostages (2019–2020).

Kapur appeared in the films Jolly LLB, Happy New Year, and Mission Mangal.^[3]

Kapur is also known for his work as a voice artist and has dubbed for numerous Hollywood actors including Dwayne Johnson, Tom Hardy, Nicolas Cage and Jackie Chan.

Kapur has also voiced Stephen Strange in the Hindi dubs of his various appearances throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[4] In 2021, he was cast as Yusuf Khan in the MCU titles Ms. Marvel (2022) and The Marvels (2023), and will reprise the role in the upcoming series Daredevil: Born Again.^[5][3]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Beqabu	Zanjarh Singh
1997	Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul
	Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi
1998	Angaaray	Lala Roshanlal's Brother (Mitthu)
2002	Deewangee	Vikrant Kapoor
2011	Haunted – 3D	Priest
	Game
	Bodyguard
	Soundtrack
2012	Bittoo Boss
	Hate Story	Cabinet Minister K.Malhotra
	Life's Good
	Raaz 3: The Third Dimension	Doctor
2013	Jolly LLB	Yograj Dewan
	Inkaar
	Sooper Se Ooper	Lal
2014	Creature 3D	Doctor Moga
	Happy New Year	Mr.Kapoor Charan's Assistant
	Zid	Newspaper Editor Karan
2015	I	Sushil	Tamil film; uncredited
	Kamasutra 3D	Kamasutra Guru's Apprentice
2017	Manjha	Veena's Husband	Marathi film
2018	Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se	Marfatia
	Mitron	Richa's father
	Heartbeats
2019	Mission Mangal	Reporter Durgesh Swami
	377 Ab Normal
2020	Sadak 2	Commissioner Rajesh Puri
	London Confidential	RK Goyal JT's Secretary
2021	Squad	Abhay Bhatnagar
	Urf Ghanta	Stranger
2022	Life's Good
2023	The Vaccine War	Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar[6]
	The Marvels	Yusuf Khan	English film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1992–1994	Saanp Seedhi	Host
1995–1997	Surf Wheel of Fortune
1995	Philips Top 10
1996	O Daddy
1996–1999	Hip Hip Hurray	Criminal
1999	Saturday Suspense
2002–2004	Kittie Party	Reva's Brother in law	2003-2004
2008	Zindagi Badal Sakta Hai Hadsaa	Manoviraj Singh
2010	CID	Jeevan	Episodic role in episode 612
	Ishaan
	100% De Dana Dan	Ring Announcer
	Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2	Rudra Pratap Singhania
2012	Hum Ne Li Hai Shapath	Mr. Yashvardhan
2012–2013	Amrit Manthan	Mr. Oberoi
2014	Everest	Major Sameer Khanna
2017–2018	Savitri Devi College & Hospital	Dr. Anand Malhotra
2018	Table No. 5		ZEE5 original series
2019	Hostages	Subramanian
	Only for Singles
2020	Black Widows	Lalit	Web series	[7]
2021	Crime Next Door
2022	Ms. Marvel	Yusuf Khan	Main role; Disney+ miniseries	[8]
2024	Karmma Calling	Nikhil Setia	Disney+ web series
2025	Daredevil: Born Again	Yusuf Khan	Post-production; Disney+ series	[9]

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film title	Actor	Character	Dub language	Original language	Original release year	Dub release year	Notes
Live Free or Die Hard[10]	Bruce Willis	John McClane	Hindi	English	2007	2007
Race to Witch Mountain	Dwayne Johnson	Jack Bruno			2009	2009	The Hindi dub was re-titled as: "Res Tisari Duniya Tak", which translates to: "Race to Third World". After the original ending credits for the DVD release of the Hindi dub, Mohan Kapoor's name was mentioned on the Hindi dubbing credits, and it's also written in the Hindi language.[11][12]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Dennis Quaid	General Hawk			2009	2009
X-Men: First Class[13]	Kevin Bacon	Sebastian Shaw			2011	2011
Captain America: The First Avenger	Hugo Weaving	Johann Schmidt / Red Skull			2011	2011	This character was portrayed by Ross Marquand in Avengers: Infinity War and was voiced by Kishore Bhatt in Hindi.
The Dark Knight Rises[14]	Tom Hardy	Bane			2012	2012
Fast & Furious 6	Dwayne Johnson	Luke Hobbs			2013	2013	Rajesh Jolly dubbed this character in Fast Five.
Furious 7					2015	2015
The Fate of the Furious					2017	2017
Green Lantern	Mark Strong	Sinestro			2011	2011
The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Nicolas Cage	Balthazar Blake			2010	2010
The Karate Kid	Jackie Chan	Mr. Han			2010	2010	On 25 June 2011, A Second Hindi dub was made for UTV Action produced in-house by UTV Software Communications. Samay Raj Thakkar voiced this character in that dub.
Rush Hour 2	Don Cheadle	Kenny (uncredited cameo)			2001	2011
The Green Hornet	Christoph Waltz	Bloodnofsky			2011	2011
Tron: Legacy	Jeff Bridges	Kevin Flynn / Clu			2010	2010	Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn and Shakti Singh who voiced Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley / Tron in Hindi.
Exodus: Gods and Kings	John Turturro	Seti I			2014	2014
Jurassic World	Vincent D'Onofrio	Vic Hoskins			2015	2015
Priest	Karl Urban	Black Hat			2011	2011
The Wolverine	Haruhiko Yamanouchi	Ichirō Yashida			2013	2013
Assassin's Creed	Jeremy Irons	Alan Rikkin			2016	2016
Doctor Strange	Benedict Cumberbatch	Dr. Stephen Strange			2016	2016
Thor: Ragnarok		Dr. Stephen Strange (cameo)			2017	2017
Avengers: Infinity War		Dr. Stephen Strange			2018	2018
Avengers: Endgame					2019	2019
Spider-Man: No Way Home					2021	2021
Alita: Battle Angel	Christoph Waltz	Dr. Dyson Ido			2019	2019
I	Himself	Sushil		Tamil	2015	2015
Why Him?	Bryan Cranston	Ned Flemming		English	2016	2016
Leo	Gautham Vasudev Menon	Joshy Andrews		Tamil	2023	2023
The Marvels	Himself	Yusuf Khan		English	2023	2023

Animated films

Film title	Original Voice(s)	Character(s)	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year release	Dub Year release	Notes
Rio	George Lopez	Rafael	Hindi	English	2011	2011
Rio 2					2014	2014
The Angry Birds Movie	Peter Dinklage	Mighty Eagle			2016	2016
The Angry Birds Movie 2					2019	2019

TV series

Series title	Original Actor	Character(s)	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year release	Dub Year release	Notes
Jack Ryan	Wendell Pierce	James Greer	Hindi	English	2018–2023	2018–2023	Amazon Original Series
Ms. Marvel	Himself	Yusuf Khan			2022	2022	Disney+ miniseries

See also

• Dubbing (filmmaking)
• List of Indian Dubbing Artists

References

1. Patel, Ano (23 April 2015). "Mohan Kapur: Everything happened to me by chance". Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
2. "All about dogs". The Telegraph (Kolkata). 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
3. "Ms Marvel's Mohan Kapur on Farhan Akhtar and Fawad Khan's cameos: 'Small to think why focus is on them, they're stars'". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
4. "Mohan Kapoor turns commentator". The Times of India. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.
5. Dowling, Ahsan (21 October 2021). "Ms. Marvel Actor Hints At A Later Release Date For The Series". Game Rant. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
6. "The Vaccine War: Review and Story". Kissu. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
7. "Interview: एक्टर मोहन कपूर से जानिए- कैसे हो रही है 'ब्लैक विडो' के हिंदी रीमेक पर काम". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
8. Singh, Suhani (10 July 2022). "How Mohan Kapur bagged a role in Disney+ series Ms Marvel". India Today. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
9. Taylor, Drew; Lincoln, Ross A. (10 August 2024). "New 'Daredevil: Born Again' Footage Teases 'Heat'-Like Showdown with Kingpin". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
10. "Mohan-Suchitra dub for 'Die Hard 4'". 20 June 2007.
11. "Race to Witch Mountain 2009 part 10 hindi.flv". YouTube.com. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
12. "Image - Tinypic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting". Tinypic.com. 8 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
13. "tv actors turn x-men! - daily.bhaskar.com". 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
14. Bhattacharya, Roshmila. "'I never had the audacity to dream of going to Hollywood'". Rediff. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

External links

• Mohan Kapur at IMDb