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Now dubbing artistes speak for themselves
K.V. Kurmanath
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`We all depend on dubbed films. If they ban those films, we will be jobless.'
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Hyderabad
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Nov. 10
Their voices would have seemed familiar, if you had heard their protests at the office of the AP Film Chamber of Commerce here Thursday afternoon. You might have heard them in scores of dubbing films.
Then, they were lending their voices to heroes, heroines and countless others who figure in the dubbing movies.
Here, though, they were shouting slogans for their own cause, protesting against the decision of the Producers' Council to stop making dubbing movies.
The decision drew sharp criticism from these artistes, who include dialogue writers, lyricists and those who lend voices.
About 50 such artists representing the Madras Dubbing Artists Union came to Hyderabad to lodge their protest with the producers. They held a dharna asking producers to withdraw the ban.
Well-known artistes such as Ravishankar and Ayyappa Sharma (both brothers of actor Saikumar) too joined the protestors.
"We all depend on such films. If they ban those films, we will be jobless," Mr Bharati Babu, a well-known writer and lyricist for dubbing movies, told Business Line.
Mr Ashok Kumar, General Secretary of the Producers' Council, however, said they would react only if any producer protested. Asked for his comment on the protests, he shot back, "what about hundreds of others here who are losing livelihood due to the flooding of dubbing films?"
Interestingly, dubbing artistes in Andhra Pradesh didn't seem to join the strike. They took a stand that they would only lend voice (some actors cannot speak Telugu) for direct films.
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