| Parignya Pandya Shah | |
| Birth Date: | 1985 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | India |
| Years Active: | 1997– |
Parignya Pandya Shah (Hindi: Prajñā Pāṇḍyā Śāha) (born 9 November 1985), also known as Parignya Pandya and Parigna Pandya, is an Indian actress, voice dubbing actress and trained classical singer. She speaks English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati.[1] As a film actress, she had a small role in the 2009 Hindi film, Kabira Calling, starring Salil Jamdar.
Shah was married to Ketul Shah on 7 December 2008.
Other than a small role in the 2009 Indian film, Kabira Calling, Shah's career has been as a voice-over artist, beginning when she was 12 years old. For the third Harry Potter film she took over from Rajshree Nath, as the voice for Emma Watson. Since then, she has been the official Hindi voice-over for Watson.[2] Shah also voiced Watson's role as Pauline Fossil in the 2007 British TV film, Ballet Shoes.
When Shah did the Hindi voice-over for Hermione in (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), 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 Ron 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 Harry Potter in films 2–5), Rajesh Kava (Harry Potter in the last three films), Nachiket Dighe (Ron Weasley), Saumya Daan (both Fred and George Weasley), Rishabh Shukla (Voldemort), Dilip Sinha (Hagrid), Anil Datt (Dumbledore in the first two films and Arthur Weasley in all films from the second), Ali Khan (Severus Snape) and Vikrant Chaturvedi (Dumbledore in the later films). She has been the Hindi dubbing voice for Vanessa Hudgens's role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series and for Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga.[3] For foreign animation, she is very well known for voicing the character: "Gwendolyn Tennyson" in Hindi for all the Ben 10 series, even dubbing over Haley Ramm's role in the Hindi dub of the film.
According to her Twitter, it's revealed that she is the Hindi singing voice for Minnie Mouse.
| Title | Actor/Actress | Role | Dub Language | Original Language | Episodes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Various actors | Various characters | Hindi | English | 91 | The show originally ran in North America from 1990 to 2000. It was later dubbed into Hindi on Hungama TV on 15 September 2008 and aired new episodes on the weeknights until 19 January 2009. In 2012, the Hindi dub moved to Sonic-Nickelodeon and aired re-runs until 2013. |
| Two of a Kind | Ashley Burke | Hindi | English | 22 | ||
| Mortified | Taylor Fry | Hindi | English | 26 | Aired on Disney Channel India. | |
| Mortified | Taylor Fry | Hindi | English | 26 | Aired on Disney Channel India. | |
| Genseishin Justirisers | Yuka Sanada/Riser Kageri: | Hindi | Japanese | 51 | Aired on Cartoon Network India & Cartoon Network Pakistan. | |
| Power Rangers RPM | Tenaya 7 | Hindi | English | 26 | Villain character. Based on Japanese Tokusatsu, Engine Sentai Go-onger. | |
| Titans | Hindi | English | ||||
| Lucifer | Hindi | English | ||||
| Program title | Original voice | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Number of Episodes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Scales | Hindi | English | 119 | ||||
| Ben 10 | Hindi | English | 52 | ||||
| Hindi | English | 46 | |||||
| Hindi | English | 52 | |||||
| Hindi | English | 80 | |||||
| Phineas and Ferb | Hindi | English | 222 | ||||
| Slugterra | Beatrice "Trixie" Sting | Hindi | English | 39 | |||
| Hindi | English | 52 | |||||
| Kendall Wackerman | Hindi | English | 20 | ||||
| Pokémon | Various | Incidental characters (First Dub) | Hindi | Japanese | 1000+ | The First 8 seasons dubbed, were based on the 4Kids Entertainment English dub. The later seasons were also dubbed in Hindi and are also revised translations based on the English dub. A Second Hindi dub has been produced by UTV Software Communications featuring a new Hindi voice cast and translation and aired on Hungama TV on 19 May 2014. Parignya has voiced incidental characters throughout the first Hindi dub by Sound & Vision India. | |
| Dragon Ball Z | Yūko Minaguchi (JP) Kara Edwards (EN) | Hindi | Japanese | 291 | The Hindi dub of the series was based on the edited Funimation Entertainment-Saban Entertainment-Ocean Productions English dub, being a revised translation. |
| Film title | Actress | width=200 | Character ! | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Hindi | English | 2004 | 2004 | First film in the series, where Parignya voiced Hermione, after it was passed from Rajshree Nath. | |||
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Hindi | English | 2005 | 2005 | ||||
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | ||||
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | ||||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | ||||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | ||||
| Ballet Shoes | Pauline Fossil | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2008 | TV movie. | ||
| The Bling Ring | Emma Watson | Nicki Moore | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | ||
| Noah | Ila | Hindi | English | 2014 | 2014 | |||
| Hindi | English | 2007 | 2007 | |||||
| High School Musical | Hindi | English | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
| High School Musical 2 | Hindi | English | 2007 | 2008 | Both the second and third films premiered dubbed into Hindi in the same year of 2008. | |||
| Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | |||||
| Twilight | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | Performed alongside Shanoor Mirza who voiced Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen in Hindi. | |||
| Hindi | English | 2009 | 2009 | Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen in Hindi. | ||||
| Hindi | English | 2010 | 2010 | |||||
| Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | |||||
| Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |||||
| Fast Five | Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | ||||
| Fast & Furious 6 | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | ||||
| Furious 7 | Hindi | English | 2015 | 2015 | ||||
| The Fate of the Furious | Hindi | English | 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Oblivion | Julia | Hindi | English | 2013 | 2013 | Performed alongside Mayur Vyas who voiced Morgan Freeman as Malcolm Beech, Shanoor Mirza who voiced Tom Cruise as Jack Harper in Hindi. | ||
| Hindi | English | 2016 | 2016 | |||||
| Dark Phoenix | Hindi | English | 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Film title | Original voice | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Original Year Release | Dub Year Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tale of Despereaux | Princess Pea | Hindi | English | 2008 | 2008 | ||
| Hindi | English | 2011 | 2011 | Aired on Disney Channel India on 20 September 2011 and Disney XD India on 2 October 2011. | |||
| Peaches | Hindi | English | 2012 | 2012 | |||
| Peaches | Hindi | English | 2016 | 2016 | |||