“After that she was offered roles which suited her real-life persona. Then, Katrina Kaif’s success has led to a trend of exotic models with Indian features,” says Mona, who has dubbed for Kaif in “Sarkar” and “Humko Deewana Kar Gaye” giving Kaif time to learn the language. Some actors take time to get the Hindi diction and pronunciation right.

Many times when starting out, they could not bring out the drama that is required to come through the dialogues.

“In our industry female actors are allowed to learn on the job. Imagine the provocative dialogues of “Jism” and the irreverence of “Om Shanti Om”. Mona Ghosh Shetty leads the pack as the voice which has launched the careers of many heroines.įrom Rani Mukerji in “Ghulam” and Bipasha Basu in “Raaz” and “Jism” to Deepika Padukone in “Om Shanti Om”, Mona has helped in building many reputations and images.

Meet the dubbing artistes whose voice boxes add to the box office collections every week but forget about their faces even their names remain shrouded in secrecy. Have you ever cared to notice who is the voice behind the contorted lips of Nargis Fakhri in “Rockstar”, or who will speak for Mark Wahlberg or for that matter the Autobots in the latest edition of “Transformers”? The secret is out.

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