Mumbai:
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whosebaritone is well-known, has lent his voice and face to theiconic character of Bheeshma Pitamah in an upcoming animationfilm Mahabharat.
Produced by PEN India, the Hindi film is a 50-croreproject with voices from 15 major Bollywood stars. Thecharacters from the epic will also look like the stars dubbingfor them.
"Amitabh Bachchan has lent his voice to the role ofBheeshma Pitamah in our animated Mahabharat. He finished theentire recording in one hour, which was very shocking for us."He has such a command over the language that he evencorrected minor grammatical mistakes in the dialogues,"producer Jayantilal Gada from PEN India said.
"There are 15 major Bollywood stars involved with theproject. Each character has been made to look like the actordubbing for it," he added.
Bachchan, 69, did the recording free of cost."He did not charge us for his work. Our entire team isgrateful to him. We could not have done the film without himas we can't imagine any other voice for the role of BheeshmaPitamah," Gada added.
Sunny Deol has recorded for the role of Bheem. The otherBollywood names involved with the film are still under wraps.The film is slated for an October release.
Produced by PEN India, the Hindi film is a 50-croreproject with voices from 15 major Bollywood stars. Thecharacters from the epic will also look like the stars dubbingfor them.
"Amitabh Bachchan has lent his voice to the role ofBheeshma Pitamah in our animated Mahabharat. He finished theentire recording in one hour, which was very shocking for us."He has such a command over the language that he evencorrected minor grammatical mistakes in the dialogues,"producer Jayantilal Gada from PEN India said.
"There are 15 major Bollywood stars involved with theproject. Each character has been made to look like the actordubbing for it," he added.
Bachchan, 69, did the recording free of cost."He did not charge us for his work. Our entire team isgrateful to him. We could not have done the film without himas we can't imagine any other voice for the role of BheeshmaPitamah," Gada added.
Sunny Deol has recorded for the role of Bheem. The otherBollywood names involved with the film are still under wraps.The film is slated for an October release.
