Vinod Kulkarni (Vinà Âda Kulakará¹Âë) is an Indian actor, director, voicing artiste and voice co-ordinator, who specialises in dubbing International productions into the Hindi language. He can speak English, Hindi and Marathi. He has voiced over 20,000 commercials. His son Sahil Kulkarni is also voice actor.
Kulkarni is an actor of Hindi and Marathi stage, films and serials, as well.
He is a voicing artist for films from Hollywood, Bollywood, Korean, Japanese, Chinese & South-Indian Industries, and web series on different platforms, such as Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon, and Voot. He has rendered his voice for 20,000+ commercials, Documentaries, AVs on all mediums like TV, Radio, Theatre & Digital in around 45 languages.
Kulkarni started his career in 1986, when he dubbed for International productions such as Popeye. At the time, there were few contenders for such work and recognition came far easier. "We were all stars then," he recalls. "But unlike me, others would feel awkward when asked to audition for voices or imitate animals. So not many came forward," he said. He also mostly dubbed for Telugu comic actor Brahmanandam in Hindi.