‘I never thought I would be a part of commercial cinema’ ‘Didn’t think I would be a part of commercial cinema’: Shreyas Talpade said – After Iqbal, Subhash Ghai had said, how long will you keep doing such films?

Shreyas Talpade, who has become the voice of Indian cinema’s most popular character ‘Pushpa Raj’, after ‘Pushpa 2’, the second film ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ is being released. The actor has dubbed the character of Timon in this film. Recently Shreyas Talpade talked to Dainik Bhaskar about this film. During this, he shared some special memories about his debut film ‘Iqbal’ and said that he had not thought about commercial cinema while doing this film.

We are big fans of Shahrukh Khan

The voices of Shahrukh Khan and his sons will be heard in the Hindi version of ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’. Shahrukh Khan has dubbed the main character of this film Mufasa, Aryan Khan has dubbed Simba and Abram has dubbed the younger Mufasa. In a way, it has become Shahrukh Khan’s family film. Shreyas Talpade has dubbed the character of Timon in this film. He says- We are big fans of Shahrukh Khan. Very happy to be associated with this film.

Dubbing another character is not easy

Shreyas Talpade has dubbed South cinema superstar Allu Arjun’s films ‘Pushpa’ and ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’. He says- I have dubbed only two films, but the experience of dubbing in both these films has been quite different.

We do dubbing our films. That is very easy, but dubbing for someone else is not easy. While dubbing for ‘Pushpa’, one always had to keep in mind what the character would have thought during the shooting. The rest of the dialogues had to be said after understanding their expressions and emotions on the screen.

The dubbing of animated characters is completely different.

Shreyas Talpade believes that dubbing of animated characters is completely different. He says, dubbing has to be done in one’s own style and language by capturing the tone of the original character. Care has to be taken to ensure that everyone understands the language. Timon has been written in Hindi by Mayur Puri in simple language, but he had to add some sentences from his side in such a way that the Hindi audience could easily understand. We have tried to ensure that the dialogue reaches people effectively.

There is always pressure for better performance

Shreyas Talpade says- Had dubbed the character of Timon in ‘The Lion King’. I knew about the character. It was a huge hit in 2019. In such a situation, the expectations of the audience increase a bit. There is always pressure for better performance in front of us. Therefore it is no less than a big challenge.

‘Pushpa Part One’ was found because of Timon

Shreyas Talpade entered the world of dubbing professionally with ‘The Lion King’. He says- Timon’s dubbing was my first experiment as an artiste in the world of dubbing. It was because of the character of Timon in this film that I got the opportunity to do dubbing in ‘Pushpa Part One’ and then ‘Pushpa Part Two’.

Dubbing has now become a parallel industry

Due to regional films, dubbing has now become a parallel industry. Shreyas Talpade says- Basically dubbing is also an art. This too had to get a respectable place. Today regional films are being released on a pan India level. Dubbing artists are benefiting from this. The respect of dubbing artistes has increased and people have started knowing them by their names. Now this industry is also growing rapidly.

Iqbal is very close to my heart, I miss him.

Shreyas Talpade started his career with Subhash Ghai’s film ‘Iqbal’. This film received the National Award. Shreyas Talpade says- Even today this film is very close to my heart. I miss this film a lot. Even today people meet and discuss about this film. When he says that he has shown this film to his children, he feels very happy.

Didn’t think I would get a chance in a commercial film

While sharing an incident related to the film ‘Iqbal’, Shreyas said – ‘Iqbal’ was being shown in the Goa Film Festival. Then I got a call from Subhash Ghai ji that Sangeet Sivan is making a film ‘Apna Sapna Money Money’, meet him as soon as he returns from Goa.

Subhash Ghai said – So will he continue doing ‘Iqbal’ for the rest of his life?

Shreyas Talpade did not expect that he would get a chance to work in a commercial film immediately after ‘Iqbal’. He says- As soon as I heard the name of ‘Apna Sapna Money Money’, I thought that it is a commercial film. When I shared my thoughts with Subhash Ghai ji. He said – So will he continue doing ‘Iqbal’ all his life and will not do commercial films? I said that I never thought that I would get a chance to work in a commercial film.