| P. R. Sekar | |
| Birth Name: | Rudrapathy Sekar |
| Birth Place: | Chennai, India |
| Occupation: | Actor and Voice actor |
| Awards: | Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist (for Actor Vignesh for the film Malarinum Melliya) |
| Years Active: | 1980–present |
| Parents: | K. P. Rudrapathy (Father)[1] Danam Rudhrapathy (Mother) |
| Spouse: | Gayathri Sekar |
| Children: | Akshath Tej Vilva |
Sekar P. R. also known as Rudrapathy Sekar is a dubbing artist in the Southern Indian film industry. He has dubbed actors in the Tamil industry including Shahrukh Khan.[2] [3] [4] He is a recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu.[5]
Sekar was born in a Tamil family. His father K. P. Rudrapathy worked under director A. P. Nagarajan.[2] Sekar started his career dubbing for child artists. He made his debut with the straight Tamil film Pavithra (1994) lending his voice to actor Ajith Kumar's character, in his second venture. His major break was with the Baahubali (franchise) lending his voice to actor Prabhas for the Amarendra Baahubali character. He also dubbed Vivek Oberoi for a film Vivegam.[3] His other major works include Kadhal Desam, Ullam Ketkumae and Payanam. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for Malarinum Melliya (2011).[5] He mainly dubs in Tamil and dubs Telugu, Hindi and English films, including the Marvel Comics Universe films Deadpool (franchise), Ant-Man and the Wasp, X-Men: (franchise) for young Charles Xavier actor James McAvoy. He dubbed actor Ram Charan's blockbuster Telugu Film Maaveeran to Tamil voice.[4]
He dubbed a TV show in Tamil Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 2 by actor Sharukh Khan, the show telecast by Vijay TV.[2] He has acted in a few Tamil films including Kodaikanal, Yennai Arindhaal, where he played police inspector and Adanga Maru.[5]
Sekar is married to Gayathri and has two sons- Akshath Tej and Vilva.[2]
| Year | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kodaikanal | Nandha | |
| 2011 | Payanam | News reporter | |
| 2015 | Yennai Arindhaal | Police officer | |
| 2018 | Adanga Maru | Deleted scene[6] | |
| 2020 | Seeru | Kishore | |
| Year | Film | Role | Actor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Rangeela | Munna | ||
| 1998 | Rush Hour | Lee | ||
| 1999 | Thaalam | Manav Kumar Mehta | ||
| 2001 | Balaram & Krishna | |||
| Kaadhal Galatta | Chandu | |||
| 2004 | Desam | Mohan Bhargav | ||
| 2005 | Veeran | Veeran/Ganesh | ||
| 2007 | Rush Hour 2 | Lee | ||
| Stalin | Chinna | |||
| Don | Surya aka Suri | |||
| 2008 | Pudhukottai Azhagan | Raja Chandra Prathap Verma/Seenu/Sharath | ||
| Bedtime Stories | Skeeter Bronson | |||
| 2009 | Maaveeran | Harsha/Kala Bhairava | ||
| 2011 | Sri Rama Rajyam | Only for Tamil version | ||
| 2012 | Businessman | Vijay Surya aka Surya Bhai | ||
| 2013 | Siva Krishna | |||
| Chennai Express | Rahul | Dubbed for TV | ||
| 2014 | ||||
| Happy New Year | Charlie | |||
| 2015 | Ant-Man | |||
| Bajirao Mastani | ||||
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | Red | ||
| Deadpool | ||||
| 2018 | Nadigayar Thilagam | Vijay Anthony | ||
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | ||||
| Raja Krishnappa Bairya aka Rocky | ||||
| En Peru Surya En Veedu India | Surya | |||
| Padmaavat | ||||
| Venom | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Red | |||
| Avane Srimannarayana | Inspector Narayanan | |||
| Dark Phoenix | ||||
| Saaho | Siddhanth Nandan Saaho/Ashok Chakravarthy | lend voice only for Tamil version | ||
| Kurukshetram | ||||
| 2020 | Vaikunthapuram | Bantu | ||
| 2021 | Sema Thimiru | Shiva | ||
| Molleti Pushpa Raj | ||||
| 83 | ||||
| 2022 | Radhe Shyam | Vikramaditya | ||
| Acharya | Siddha | |||
| Raja Krishnappa Bairya aka Rocky | ||||
| 777 Charlie | Dharma/Dharmaraj Dattana | |||
| 2023 | Adipurush | Raghava | ||
| Year | Series | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kaun Banega Crorepati | |||
| 2009 | Dragon Ball Z | Zordan | ||
| 2011–2014 | Best of Luck Nikki | Avatar Singh |
Sekar has also scripted for different audiences (from other languages to Tamil). He has completed over 2000 movies, and 7000 hours of content for various movies and television
shows, both animated and live action. Shekar is known for his specialty to write for historical and mythological content like Jai Veera Hanuman (Jaya TV), Shirdi Sai Baba (Vijay TV), Ramayan (Sun TV), and Mahabharat (Doordarshan).
| Year | Film | Aired on |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Theatre Release |
| 2016 | ||
| Ben-Hur | ||
| The Angry Birds Movie |
| Series | Aired on | |
|---|---|---|
| Kaun Banega Crorepati | Vijay TV | |
| Best of Luck Nikki | Disney Channel | |
| Hairy Bikers | History Channel | |
| Mann Vasanai (Balika Vadhu) | Raj TV | |
| The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir | Disney Channel | |
| Hong Kong Disneyland Special | Disney Channel | |
| Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi's Chanakya | Jaya TV | |
| Jai Veera Hanuman | Jaya TV | |
| Shirdi Sai Baba | Vijay TV | |
| Ramayan | Sun TV | |
| Mahabharat | Doordarshan | |
| Vishnu Puran | Doorsarshan | |
| Akbar The Great | Doordarshan | |
| Dekh Bhai Dekh | Doorsarshan | |
| Vansh | Doorsarshan | |
| Padosan | Doordarshan | |
| Shaktimaan | Doorsarshan | |
| Aurath | Doordarshan |