FUNDAMENTALS
As movies become more and more universal, it is par for the course to dub films in many languages. This is true for Hollywood as well as Indian movies. Commander GR Balakrishnan contributes this week’s theme on dubbed movies and the process of dubbing. Write it with your comments and questions ( with Answers) to senjam@ gmail. com
DUBBING
1. Which actor’s voice was dubbed due to his strong Austrian accent in his debut movie ‘ Hercules in New York’ in 1969? 2. In 1995, Arvind Swamy of Roja fame lent his voice for the Tamil versio of which famous cartoon character? 3. Hindi actor Imran Khan had lent his voice for Blu, a male Spix’s Macaw from Moose Lake in the Hindi version of which film? 4. Though born in USA and had a fluent US accent, this actor’s voice was dubbed for this Australian production in its American version. Who are we talking about and what is the movie? 5. What is the claim to fame of the dubbing artist Mayur Vyas who provides dubbing voice for Tamil movies dubbed in Hindi? 6. Nizhalgal Ravi, a Tamil film artist dubbed the voice for which famous game show host when the show was made in Tamil, in fact earning appreciation from the original host? 7. If Vinay Nadkarni provided the official Hindi voice for Disney’s Donald Duck, who provided for Mickey Mouse? 8. What is Automated Dialogue Replacement ( ADR) a post production film activity? ANYTHING GOES
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