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Resul Pookutty dubs in Hindi for 'Gour Hari Dastaan'
Mumbai, June 25
Oscar-winning sound mixer
Resul Pookutty has dubbed in Hindi for the first time for the upcoming
"Gour Hari Dastaan - The Freedom File".
He has dubbed a set of
dialogues as gesture for director Anant Mahadevan, who wanted to use his
voice in his film, according to a statement.
"Frankly, I was
under the impression that director Anant was pulling a fast one on me
when he asked me to dub a line for a tense scene in 'Gour Hari Dastaan -
The Freedom File', but when I saw that he was serious I was taken
aback, more so since he wanted me to dub in Hindi," Pookutty said.
"I
was wary because I had a strong Malayalam accent. But Ananth was fine
by that. His theory was that there were several Malayalees in Mumbai who
spoke like me," he said.
Although Pookutty gave several takes, Mahadevan was happy with the first as he felt it was natural.
"The film now has my voice and I laugh every time I hear it, but Ananth considers it lucky," he added.
Scheduled
to release on August 14, the film features Vinay Pathak, Konkona Sen
Sharma, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Ranvir Shorey, Asrani, Rajit Kapur, Vipin
Sharma, Saurabh Shukla, Vikram Gokhale, Mohan Kapur, Bharat Dabholkar
and Siddharth Jadhav among others. The movie was screened at the Cannes
International Film Festival and Beijing International Film Festival.