Sharad Kelkar: 'You will laugh if you know the dubbing amount producers get'

Almost a decade ago SS Rajamoulirsquos Baahubali hit the screens The Telugu language film which had a marketing budget of zero slowly became the biggest film the country had seen The film portrayed the power of good cinema and the strength of content Such was its popularity that every person associated with the project just like the film achieved panIndia status Actor Sharad Kelkar who voiced the character played by Prabhas in Hindi also became popular for his work that allowed the cinema to reach in the Northern belt among Hindi speakersGetting into the world of BaahubaliTalking to middaycom Sharad Kelkar revealed that it was not until a year after the release of Baahubali The Beginning that people realised that it was he who voiced the powerpacked character of Baahubali ldquoThe genre is completely different the imagination is completely different and Rajamouli executes to the Trdquo Kelkar said praising SS RajamouliRecalling dubbing for the film Kelkar further said ldquoThe first copy which came to me it was without VFX It was just basic chroma shoot and I felt this is going to look something else but I didnt know that it will become a rage or it will become so big while dubbing for it When you start dubbing it day by day you get a new version of the visualsrdquoWhile Kelkar realised that scale of animation VFX were much higher than Rajamoulis previous films like Magadheera and Makkhi he never imagined it to be as big it eventually became ldquoAlso people were also not aware that I was dubbing for it After sixseven months there were talks among audience that I have dubbed for the film but it was only a year later people realised that I had dubbed for Baahubalirsquos rolerdquoBut when people got to know that he dubbed for Baahubali he was surrounded by the biggest question back then lsquoKattapa ne Baahubali ko kyu maararsquo But the actor kept mum and waited for second part to do its magic ldquoFor any actor a 500 crore film in their kitty is a great big achievement and I think the world changed for me I have never said it on mic but you know we all worship Mr Amitabh Bachchan as an actor with a brilliant voice And when people start talking about you that lsquoAfter Mr Bachchan in India there is a second voice which is Sharad Kelkar So I think its the biggest achievement for any actor to come below Mr Bachchan and come close to him a little bitBudget for dubbing is a jokeSharad Kelkar over the years has done voice acting for several projects The actor feels that the dubbing quality in India needs to improve as that will help movies reach a wider audience Mediocrity is very high in terms of voice acting People dont pay attention towards it If you see whatever films made big whether its Baahubali Pushpa KGF or Salaar I think all the actors who have dubbed for it have done their job to the T And thats why the film sounds so good If you want to win the race you have to be close to perfection he added The dubbing industry is not getting the due it should get Thats what I feel All the big films which comes to India earns somewhere around Rs 3035 crores in Hindi If I tell you the dubbing amount that the producer gets for the film you will laugh at me You will think I am joking They spend peanuts on the quality With good quality dub I think from Rs 35 crore they can jump to Rs 100 crores in IndiaA good dub film has done wonders I dont know why they dont do it It makes or breaks it The voice is who we connect to he concluded