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There was a time in the Hindi film industry when a female actor’s voice would be dubbed over by a voice artiste. The audience wasn’t aware of this at the time, and caught up only when those new actresses started giving interviews and later, used their own voices in films. Actors like Rani Mukerji, Bipasha Basu, Ameesha Patel, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Nargis Fakhri were all dubbed over by a professional voice artist named Mona Ghosh and in a recent interview, Mona recalled the varying reactions of actresses to her work. Bipasha even told her that she would “kill you if you dub for me again”.
Talking to the YouTube channel The Motor Mouth, Mona shared that she dubbed for Bipasha in films like Raaz, Jism, Footpath, Gunaah among a few others. When asked about the actresses’ reaction, Mona said, “Varying reactions. Some said I don’t know how you do this, someone said I will kill you if you dub for me again.” When asked who said the latter, Mona shared that it was Bipasha. She added, “But she doesn’t realise that it’s not my decision. I don’t go asking ‘can I dub for Bipasha?’ If someone comes to me, it’s my profession, why will I say no?”
She also added that even Rani Mukerji did not like the experience of getting her voice dubbed in Ghulam. Mona was asked how she matched with Rani’s real voice in Ghulam and she said that it was a very different voice “which is why she hates it, in every interview she says ‘I hate it’. I totally understand because I think we are so used to our own voice that if someone else starts talking with our face on top, we will feel it is odd. We will feel like who is this? So it’s understandable.” Rani has previously expressed that she did not like Aamir Khan and director Vikram Bhatt’s decision to get her voice dubbed for Ghulam. Karan Johar, who had also cast her in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, retained her own voice.
Mona Ghosh said that some actresses appreciated her work, which included Nargis Fakhri. Nargis’ voice was dubbed by Mona in Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar. “She came and hugged me and she was like ‘oh my god, it’s fantastic what you have done,’” she recalled.
Mona also explained why she would be called over to dub for female actors. She shared, “There was a time when a lot of models were entering the industry as actresses. They didn’t necessarily have the time to prep or train, and through the movies, they were getting trained on the job. So they needed people to do the voice, the performance part of it, so it had conviction, had the necessary drama.”
Mona said she dubbed for Ameesha Patel in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Deepika Padukone for Om Shanti Om and Katrina Kaif for Rajneeti, Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, Sarkar among others.
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