Betting Raja Hindi Dubbed Version
Betting Raja is the Hindi dub of the Telugu film Racha (2012). It was dubbed by Goldmines Telefilms and released on 22 February 2014. The full Hindi movie was uploaded in Full HD to the Goldmines Dishoom YouTube channel on 22 December 2023. Ram Charan's Hindi voice is Sanket Mhatre.
Hindi Version Details
| Hindi title | Betting Raja (बेटिंग राजा) |
|---|---|
| Dubbed from | Racha (Telugu, 2012) |
| Hindi rights / dub by | Goldmines Telefilms |
| Hindi release | 22 February 2014 |
| Dubbing studio | Sound & Vision India |
| Dubbing director | Abulhasan Ansari |
| YouTube upload | 22 December 2023, Goldmines Dishoom (Full HD) |
| Hindi runtime | 1 hour 53 minutes 42 seconds |
| Also on | Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies |
Release Timeline
- 20 February 2012: Telugu soundtrack launched at People's Plaza, Hyderabad.
- 3 April 2012: CBFC gives the film a U/A certificate.
- 5 April 2012: Racha releases worldwide in Telugu, and in Karnataka on 120+ screens.
- 6 April 2012: Tamil dub Ragalai releases.
- 13 April 2012: Malayalam dub Raksha releases.
- 13 July 2012: The film completes 100 days in 38 centres.
- 22 February 2014: Hindi dub Betting Raja releases via Goldmines Telefilms.
- 22 December 2023: The full Hindi movie is uploaded to YouTube by Goldmines Dishoom.
Renamed Characters in the Hindi Version
Like many South Indian dubs of that era, Betting Raja changed several character names so they would feel familiar to Hindi audiences. If you've only seen the Hindi version, these are the names you know:
| Actor | Telugu name | Hindi name |
|---|---|---|
| Ram Charan | Raj "Cherry" | Raja |
| Tamannaah Bhatia | Chaitra "Ammu" | Madhavi "Anu" |
| Mukesh Rishi | Bellary | Bawandar Bihari |
| Kota Srinivasa Rao | Baireddy | Dayanand |
| Nassar | Raghupathi | Vijay Pratap |
| Ali | Papa Rao | Fultu Majnu "FM" |
| Krishna Bhagavaan | KP | Jhilmil |
| Ravi Babu | Chaitra's bodyguard | Gulaati |
The new names also explain the title. The hero is Raja, and he is the king of bets, so he's "Betting Raja".
Hindi Voice Actors
| Character (Hindi) | On-screen actor | Hindi voice |
|---|---|---|
| Raja | Ram Charan | Sanket Mhatre |
| Madhavi "Anu" | Tamannaah Bhatia | Urvi Ashar |
| James | Ajmal Ameer | Amar Babaria |
| Bawandar Bihari | Mukesh Rishi | Parminder Ghumman |
| Baireddy's son | Dev Gill | Manoj Pandey |
| Dayanand | Kota Srinivasa Rao | Shahnawaz Pradhan |
| Vijay Pratap | Nassar | Vinod Sharma |
| Suryanarayana | R. Parthiban | Mahendra Bhatnagar |
| Dr. Rangeela | Brahmanandam | Vinod Kulkarni |
| Fultu Majnu "FM" | Ali | Aditya Raj Sharma |
| James's father | Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao | Kumar Pravesh |
| Sub-Inspector | Jaya Prakash Reddy | Aditya Raj |
| Gulaati (bodyguard) | Ravi Babu | Mayur Vyas |
| Raja's mother | Pragathi | Balvinder Kaur |
| Raja's friends | Venu Madhav / Srinivasa Reddy / Thagubothu Ramesh | Feroz Khan / Kamal Chaturvedi / Sachin Gole |
| A doctor | – | Shanu Dev |
Source: Hindi Dubbing Wiki (community-edited). Sanket Mhatre is one of India's best-known dubbing artists and is a familiar voice for South Indian heroes in Hindi dubs.
Hindi Dubbing Crew
- Studio: Sound & Vision India
- Dubbing director: Abulhasan Ansari
- Title: Kundan Pathak
- Post-production: Anil Nate
All Language Versions of Racha
| Language | Title | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Telugu (original) | Racha | 5 April 2012 |
| Tamil | Ragalai | 6 April 2012 |
| Malayalam | Raksha | 13 April 2012 |
| Hindi | Betting Raja | 22 February 2014 |
| Bengali (Bangladesh remake) | Honeymoon | Starring Bappy Chowdhury and Mahiya Mahi |
Why Betting Raja Is So Popular in Hindi
- Ram Charan's pan-India fame. After RRR (2022), Hindi audiences went looking for his earlier films, and Betting Raja is one of the easiest to find for free.
- A familiar villain. Mukesh Rishi is already well known to Hindi viewers from Bollywood.
- Tamannaah. She is a household name in the Hindi belt thanks to Baahubali and her Hindi films.
- Free on YouTube. The official Goldmines upload has tens of millions of views.
- A simple, catchy title. "Betting Raja" tells you exactly what kind of hero to expect.