Sekar P. R., also known as Rudrapathy Sekar, is an Indian voice actor, dubbing director, dialogue writer and actor who works primarily in Tamil. Over a career of more than three decades he has provided the Tamil voice for the lead actors of several of the highest-grossing Indian films, including Prabhas in the Baahubali films, Yash in the K.G.F films, Allu Arjun in Pushpa: The Rise and Pushpa 2: The Rule, and Shah Rukh Khan in Jawan. In 2022 he voiced the leads of two of that year's biggest Kannada successes, Yash in K.G.F: Chapter 2 and Rakshit Shetty in 777 Charlie. He is the Tamil voice of Yash as Ravana in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Part 1 (2026).
On television, he voiced Rama in the Tamil version of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan and Krishna in B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat, and later both voiced Rama and wrote the Tamil dialogues for Ramayan (2008). He received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for Malarinum Melliya.
Early life and background Sekar was born in Chennai into a Tamil family of stage performers. His father, K. P. Rudrapathy, led a drama troupe and was known on stage for playing Hanuman. Rudrapathy also worked with director A. P. Nagarajan, designing many of the trick shots and sets used in films of that era.
Sekar began performing at the age of three in his father's troupe. At six he appeared in a social drama and received Best Child Artist honours from the governments of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry at a theatre festival, as well as from Mylapore Fine Arts. Over the following years he played roles including Ayyappan, Narada, Ram, Arjuna and Ashwatthama, appearing in more than 1,000 stage productions.
Career
Dubbing Sekar began dubbing for films before the age of ten, initially voicing child characters. His first dubbing role for a lead actor was Ajith Kumar in the Tamil film Pavithra (1994). Through the 1990s and 2000s he regularly voiced actors including Abbas, Vineeth, Kunal, Shaam and Vignesh in Tamil films. He also voiced Tamil versions of Hindi and Telugu releases, among them Aamir Khan in Rangeela (1995).
In 2007 he became the Tamil voice of Shah Rukh Khan as host of Kaun Banega Crorepati on Vijay TV. He has since voiced Khan in several films, and has also dubbed for Salman Khan, making him the only Tamil voice actor to have dubbed for all three of Hindi cinema's leading "Khans": Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.
His profile rose with Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), in which he voiced Prabhas as Amarendra Baahubali. He then became the regular Tamil voice for several pan-Indian leads: Yash in K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018), K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022) and Toxic (2026). Allu Arjun in Pushpa: The Rise (2021) and Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024). Ranveer Singh in Bajirao Mastani, Padmaavat and 83. Ram Charan in Maaveeran, the Tamil version of Magadheera. Vivek Oberoi in Ratha Sarithiram (2010), the Tamil version of Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra, and later in Vivegam (2017).
He voiced the actors portraying both of India's World Cup–winning cricket captains: Sushant Singh Rajput as M. S. Dhoni in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) and Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev in 83 (2021). On two occasions he has voiced two characters in the same film. In Saaho (2019) he voiced both Prabhas and Jackie Shroff, and in En Peyar Surya (2018) he voiced both Allu Arjun and Arjun Sarja.
In Hollywood films he has voiced James McAvoy as Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour films. According to Sekar, he has dubbed more than 2,000 roles across films, television and animation.
Mythological and historical television Sekar is particularly associated with mythological television. He voiced Arun Govil's Rama in the Tamil version of Ramayan and Nitish Bharadwaj's Krishna in the Tamil version of Mahabharat, including the Bhagavad Gita discourse. For this work the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) made him an honorary life member. In the 2000s he voiced Rama again and wrote the Tamil dialogues for the Tamil version of the 2008 Ramayan, broadcast on Sun TV. With Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, he voices Ravana, having earlier voiced Rama in two separate television adaptations of the epic.
Dialogue writing and dubbing direction Sekar began writing Tamil dubbing dialogue at a young age. His early credits include the Tamil versions of the Doordarshan sitcom Dekh Bhai Dekh, a Doordarshan serial by Kutty Padmini, a television series by Revathi, and Street Hawk.
His writing covers a wide range of genres and audiences. For mythological and historical series such as Jai Veer Hanuman (Jaya TV), Shirdi Sai Baba (Vijay TV), Mahabharat and Chanakya, he writes formal, classical Tamil. For children's television and animation, including Best of Luck Nikki and Ice Age: Collision Course, he writes accessible, family-friendly dialogue. For adult comedy, he wrote the irreverent, slang-heavy Tamil script of Deadpool (2016), in which he also voiced the title character. His Tamil versions of Deadpool and Ice Age: Collision Course were both commercially successful in Tamil Nadu.
As a dubbing director and writer for streaming platforms, he has handled Tamil adaptations of Farzi, The Mehta Boys, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and Wrecking Crew. He was also Tamil and Telugu voice director for Matka King.
Acting and other work Sekar played the lead in Kodaikanal (2008) and has had supporting roles in Payanam (2011), Gautham Vasudev Menon's Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Seeru (2020). On television he has acted in Bala Ganapathy (Vijay TV), Uyir Mei and Nalla Neram (Zee Tamil), Maya (Jaya TV) and Aswathama (Doordarshan).
He has appeared in television commercials, including two 7 Up campaigns directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, one with Dhanush and one with Puneeth Rajkumar, and a Shriram Chits commercial directed by P. C. Sreeram. He has also worked as a model and assisted P. C. Sreeram on several advertising films. He was creative director of The Sound Story (2019), directed by Prasad Prabhakar.
Personal life Sekar is married to Gayathri; they have two sons, Akshath Tej and Vilva.
Awards and honours Year Award Category Work Ref. 2007 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Male Dubbing Artist Malarinum Melliya 2017 Studio One Awards Best Dubbing Artist Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2018 Kural Selvam Awards Best Male Voice Artist — — Government of Tamil Nadu; Government of Puducherry; Mylapore Fine Arts Best Child Artist (theatre) Stage — ISKCON Honorary life membership Mahabharat (Tamil)
Filmography
As actor Films Year Title Role Notes 2008 Kodaikanal Nandha Lead role 2011 Payanam News anchor 2015 Yennai Arindhaal Assistant police officer 2018 Adanga Maru Scene deleted from theatrical cut 2020 Seeru Assistant Commissioner Kishore
Television Title Network Bala Ganapathy Vijay TV Uyir Mei Zee Tamil Nalla Neram Zee Tamil Maya Jaya TV Aswathama Doordarshan
As voice actor Tamil films Year Title Actor Role Notes 1994 Pavithra Ajith Kumar Ashok 1996 Kadhal Desam Vineeth Karthik Chellakannu Vignesh 1997 Nandhini Vineeth 1999 Kadhalar Dhinam Kunal Raja Malabar Police Abbas Monisha En Monalisa Raman Trikha Suyamvaram Abbas 2001 Aanandham Abbas Kanna Unnai Thedukiren Sathyan Shahjahan Krishna 2002 Kadhal Virus Richard Rishi Deepak Varushamellam Vasantham Kunal Ramesh Pesadha Kannum Pesume Kunal Vikram Punnagai Desam Kunal, Krishna 123 Raju Sundaram 2003 Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Tarun Sridhar Kurumbu Allari Naresh Ravi 2005 Ullam Ketkumae Shaam Shaam Bambara Kannaley Vikramaditya Gautham Chinna Vikramaditya 2008 Malarinum Melliya Vignesh Elango Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist 2009 TN 07 AL 4777 Ajmal Ameer 2011 Payanam Nagarjuna Major Raveendra 2015 Vedalam Kabir Duhan Singh Abhinay 2017 Vivegam Vivek Oberoi Aryan Singha 2018 Bhaskar Oru Rascal Aftab Shivdasani Sanjay 2019 Kanchana 3 Kabir Duhan Singh
Dubbed films Year Title Actor Role Original language Notes 1995 Rangeela Aamir Khan Munna Hindi 1998 Rush Hour Chris Tucker James Carter English 2004 Desam Shah Rukh Khan Mohan Bhargav Hindi Tamil version of Swades 2007 Don Nagarjuna Surya Telugu 2009 Maaveeran Ram Charan Harsha / Kala Bhairava Telugu Tamil version of Magadheera 2010 Ratha Sarithiram Vivek Oberoi Pratap Ravi Telugu, Hindi Tamil version of Rakta Charitra 2011 X-Men: First Class James McAvoy Charles Xavier English 2012 Businessman Mahesh Babu Surya Telugu 2013 Chennai Express Shah Rukh Khan Rahul Hindi Television version 2014 Happy New Year Shah Rukh Khan Charlie Hindi 2015 Baahubali: The Beginning Prabhas Amarendra Baahubali Telugu Ant-Man Paul Rudd Scott Lang / Ant-Man English Bajirao Mastani Ranveer Singh Baji Rao I Hindi Rudhramadevi Allu Arjun Gona Ganna Reddy Telugu 2016 Deadpool Ryan Reynolds Wade Wilson / Deadpool English Also dialogue writer Captain America: Civil War Paul Rudd Scott Lang / Ant-Man English M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Sushant Singh Rajput M. S. Dhoni Hindi The Angry Birds Movie Jason Sudeikis Red English Animated 2017 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Prabhas Amarendra Baahubali Telugu 2018 K.G.F: Chapter 1 Yash Rocky Kannada Padmaavat Ranveer Singh Alauddin Khalji Hindi En Peyar Surya Allu Arjun, Arjun Sarja Surya; Surya's father Telugu Tamil version of Naa Peru Surya Ant-Man and the Wasp Paul Rudd Scott Lang / Ant-Man English 2019 Avengers: Endgame Paul Rudd Scott Lang / Ant-Man English Saaho Prabhas, Jackie Shroff Saaho; Narantak Roy Telugu, Hindi Kurukshetram Darshan Duryodhana Kannada 2020 Vaikunthapuram Allu Arjun Bantu Telugu Tamil version of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo 2021 Pushpa: The Rise Allu Arjun Pushpa Raj Telugu 83 Ranveer Singh Kapil Dev Hindi 2022 K.G.F: Chapter 2 Yash Rocky Kannada 777 Charlie Rakshit Shetty Dharma Kannada Radhe Shyam Prabhas Vikramaditya Telugu 2023 Jawan Shah Rukh Khan Vikram Rathore / Azad Rathore Hindi 2024 Pushpa 2: The Rule Allu Arjun Pushpa Raj Telugu Martin Dhruva Sarja Kannada 2025 Sita Payanam Kannada 2026 Toxic Yash Raya Kannada, English Ramayana: Part 1 Yash Ravana Hindi Upcoming
Television Year Title Voice for Network Notes 1980s–90s Ramayan Arun Govil (Ram) Tamil version 1990s Mahabharat Nitish Bharadwaj (Krishna) Tamil version 2007 Kaun Banega Crorepati (season 3) Shah Rukh Khan (host) Vijay TV Tamil version 2008 Ramayan Gurmeet Choudhary (Ram) Sun TV Also dialogue writer 2009 Dragon Ball Z Zordan Animated 2011–2014 Best of Luck Nikki Avatar Singh Disney Channel
As dialogue writer Title Network / release Dekh Bhai Dekh Doordarshan Street Hawk Kaun Banega Crorepati Vijay TV Ramayan (2008) Sun TV Mahabharat Doordarshan Vishnu Puran Doordarshan Jai Veer Hanuman Jaya TV Shirdi Sai Baba Vijay TV Chanakya Jaya TV Shaktimaan Doordarshan Mann Vasanai (Balika Vadhu) Raj TV Best of Luck Nikki Disney Channel The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir Disney Channel The Da Vinci Code (2006) Theatrical Deadpool (2016) Theatrical Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) Theatrical Ben-Hur (2016) Theatrical
As dubbing director Title Platform Notes Farzi Prime Video Tamil The Mehta Boys Prime Video Tamil He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Tamil Wrecking Crew Prime Video Tamil Matka King Tamil and Telugu voice direction
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