Last Updated on 09 January 2024.
‘What If…?’ is the first animated project ever made by Marvel Studios and fans were very happy with the first two seasons. But many Indian fans still have this one question, Will the What If series ever be released in Hindi?
Marvel What IF…? Release Date in India
Marvel’s WHAT IF season 1 release date in India was 11 August 2021. The second season then premiered on 22 December 2023. Just like other MCU shows they were available on the Disney+ Hotstar OTT platform.
Both seasons consisted of 9 episodes. Each episode was around 25-35 minutes long and featured different stories with lots of amazing surprises.
The first episode was about Peggy Carter becoming ‘Captain Britain’, and the rest are about T’challa becoming Star-Lord, Iron Man & Captain turning into Zombies, Wakanda vs Ultron and Doctor Strange fighting himself, etc.
The second season continued with new stories like Nebula saving Xandar, 80’s Avengers, Hela fighting Odin with Ten Rings, and what if superheroes existed in the year 1602.
But there is no official Hindi dubbed trailer available for this show right now. Will it ever happen? Other shows like even Echo got dubbed in Hindi as well.
Will the What If series be released in Hindi?
Both the seasons of Marvel’s What If animated series are not officially dubbed in Hindi, Tamil, or Telugu. There is no update we have from the Hotstar or Marvel India team.
While almost all other Disney+ MCU content was available in local languages, it’s strange to see that this unique show never got translated.
The official Disney+ Hotstar Twitter handle even replied to fans about this update: “Currently, we have no plans for this. But please don’t feel bad, we still love you 3000 and promise to keep you entertained with more titles soon!”. Here you can look at their last reply to this query:
The reason might be that it will be difficult to organize the Hindi voice of all the main Hindi voice dubbing actors right now, or due to the unavailability of dubbing rights.
This happens sometimes because Disney+ Hotstar of India is a different company from Disney+ US (as I have heard from Hotstar customer care).
You can learn more about the episodes in this series through my official ranking of season 01 in Hindi:
By the way, It is also important to mention that in the original English audio, many big stars like Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Tom Holland (Spider-Man) and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) are not returning to voice their characters.
However, Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) and many more MCU movie stars are back to dub for their roles.
So, the only option is to watch the show in the original English language for now, with English Subtitles.
In the end, here is the official synopsis of the series (via disney.com): “What If…?’ flips the script on the MCU, reimagining famous events from the films in unexpected ways. Marvel Studios’ first animated series focuses on different heroes from the MCU, featuring a voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their roles.“
Takeaways
So there you go, now you know whether Marvel’s What If series will release in Hindi or not. But you can stay up to date on our Instagram page for more Marvel updates.
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