As the TV and film industry has made its place in Pakistan, the dubbing industry is also dubbing the translations of many languages into Urdu.
In this regard, Independent Urdu reached a private institution where plays, films and cartoon shows broadcast in different languages were being dubbed into Urdu.
There was a room where a voice actor was busy dubbing with a mike.
Because in dubbing, not only the voice is perfect, but regular acting is done as if the dubbing person is playing a role in a play.
One of these voice actor Samia Malik started his dubbing career in 2012.
Samia Malik told Independent Urdu that when he entered the dubbing industry, Turkish dramas were introduced, so far he has worked on thousands of dubbing projects.
He said that he has worked in so many plays that he does not even remember. Out of which, he has voiced the lead characters in the popular projects Manahal and Khalil, Aasi, Ek Hasina Ek Deewana, while also creating his voice magic in a Turkish production film on Palestine.
“During the voice acting, I also had a headache, I used to sit down for several days.”
According to Samia Malik, ‘We are not voice over artists but we are voice actors because we have to act regularly.
“Looking at the character and understanding his expressions and giving a real voice, that too with full emotion, like when dubbing a film based on Palestine, it showed the character crying, shouting, shouting, whatever the Palestinian at that time. As things are, during this project, dubbing in an emotional way led to exploding headaches. The herd was closed for several days as we fully absorbed the character.’
Voice actor Samia Malik said in a conversation with Independent Urdu that ‘The world over the dubbing industry goes along with it, but it is not like that in Pakistan.
‘This is why voice actors are not recognized internationally, even voice actors are not credited for their work in any drama, which is sad.’
Singer Hamad Hussain who has dubbed in his voice not only in Turkish but also in Korean dramas and cartoon shows.
He told Independent Urdu that ‘for any dubbing artist, his voice is valuable and then style.’
He dubbed the villain ‘Nikola’ in the Turkish drama Karols Osman. who gained immense fame while doing the voice acting of the lead actor in the Korean project ‘Legend of the Blue Sea’.
Hammad Hussain said that ‘the sound of shouting is made from the stomach while the sound of fear is made from the throat.’
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Voice actor Hamad Hussain says that ‘Pakistan has a lot of content in the dubbing industry but still cannot compete with the neighboring country. Our industry is growing, but there is also a lot of neglect.
“While in other countries the voice actor is recognized regularly and the dubbing industry at the international level is working in crores and our dubbing industry can give a lot of foreign exchange to Pakistan which is probably not even imagined.”
‘Which can be a guarantee of development for our livelihood while our culture will also go to other countries.’
Director of dubbing industry Abrar Naqvi told Independent Urdu that ‘dubbing industry is moving forward in which dramas from many countries, including Korea, Russia, China and Iran are being dubbed in Urdu.
“Pakistan has Voice Bank and the dubbing industry is unstoppable, while local channels have always benefited from broadcasting Turkish dramas in the local language.”
According to him, ‘One of the reasons for the success of Turkish dramas in Pakistan is that it is a Muslim country, on the other hand, tourism has also been promoted.’
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