When 'Yuganiki Okkadu,' the Telugu dubbed version of 'Aayirathil Oruvan,' released, I didn't like dubbing for my character. Someone much older had done it, and it didn't have the flavour.
I had to go for physical training for 'Aayirathil Oruvan.' I had to do stunts which required huge leaps.
I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.
I'm quite fluent in Telugu now, but there's a difference between talking and dubbing. While dubbing, the diction must be in sync with the emotion in the scene and would impact my performance.
For 'Tevar' we chose Amit Sharma to do the Hindi version of the Telugu hit 'Okkadi' because we wanted to change the flavour and mood of the original.
Dubbing has become big now with dubbed versions of 'Baahubali' doing so well.
Speaking in broken Telugu is one thing, and dubbing is another.
I have enough experience, and I can do my Telugu dubbing perfectly without any help.
I have dubbed in all the three languages - Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
When I am dubbing for my character, if I laugh at the figure on the screen, I know I have done well.
I've dubbed for as many number of films as Uttam Kumar has acted in. However, dubbing artistes are never given a recognition and are expected to be conditioned to that too.
Whenever I'm flipping channels, I see Telugu movies dubbed in Hindi and I can't help but watch them.
I know how difficult it is to learn languages, since I am working in three regional industries in South India, and unless the director wants my voice to be dubbed, I do my own dubbing.
I watched the Telugu version of 'Pokkiri' several times. Of course, I wielded the megaphone for the Tamil version. The script is very close to my heart.
My family loves watching dubbed Telugu films and they are huge fans of Mahesh Babu, Prabhas and Vijay Deverakonda.
I had seen 'Hook' growing up - it was one of my favorite films - and I had seen the version of 'Peter Pan' that Jason Issacs was in, and I had seen the older versions, obviously the Disney version.
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