EXCLUSIVE: Shreyas Talpade on the change in Allu Arjun’s voice in Pushpa 2, “His swag, authority and confidence had changed in part 2” 2 : Bollywood News
Filmmaker Sukumar’s Pushpa: The Rise (2021) became a surprise success in its Hindi version. Pushpa 2: The Rulethe second movie, has broken records and has become the highest grossing Hindi film. Apart from the performance of Allu Arjun, a large amount of credit for its success in Hindi goes to Shreyas Talpade, who dubbed for the Telugu star in both the films.
EXCLUSIVE: Shreyas Talpade on the change in Allu Arjun’s voice in Pushpa 2, “His swag, authority and confidence had changed in part 2”
In an exclusive interview with Bollywood HungamaShreyas said that it was his Hindi dubbing stint in The Lion King (2019) that was responsible for him bagging the first Pushpa movie. “They had seen my work in The Lion Kingwhere I dubbed for Timon for the first time. I think they felt my voice would suit that character much better than anyone else.”
Shreyas revealed that he not only studied the character of Pushpa but also gave multiple options to the makers for the character’s Hindi dubbing. “When I first saw the film (first one), obviously before starting the dub, I figured that the character would need a particular kind of a voice,” he said. “That’s how we first tested it on one scene. Then when we felt this goes well with the body language, mannerisms and attitude of the character, we decided to go ahead with it.”
He added, “So, the preparation was essentially in understanding his swag, attitude, personality, body language and the graph of the character and then deciding what voice would suit him the best. I remember giving three different options in the test, where we felt like trying three options and whichever suits him the best, we go ahead with that.”
The success of Pushpa 1 laid huge expectations from Pushpa 2 at the box office. But Shreyas said that his bigger concern was the change of Allu Arjun’s character in the second film, which he worked out with his voice.
“Not only were the expectations high but even his swag, authority and confidence had changed in part two; I mean, the character’s characteristics and attributes. The first part was more about his rise, the second part was about his rule. So, his authority had to come across in the right manner. That’s why they needed more base in the voice in the second half. That’s what we attempted and I’m glad that people liked it. Somewhere we succeeded in executing what we thought,” he said.
After the first Pushpa itself, the dialogue, “Jhukega nahin sala” had become a rage. The craze increased manifolds in the second movie. Shreyas said that they had no idea that this line would become so big.
“To be very honest, no one knows what the film is going to do at the box office; whether the film will make any sense to the people or whether a particular line or song will,” he said. “We have no clue. We just give it our best shot and hope for the best. I am so glad that the line worked big time. Even ‘Flower nahin fire hai’ and some other dialogues also from part one and now in part two (have worked). You really feel good when you see reels or memes being made and people mouthing those lines, not only from actors but also sportspersons, politicians, everyone.”
After dubbing for both the Pushpa movies and witnessing their enormous success, Shreyas now feels attached to the franchise and the character.
“I have seen Pushpa’s rise from part one,” he said. “I have become a part of Pushpa and Pushpa has become a part of me. So, somewhere I am more connected with that character. That’s the reason I tend to feel what Pushpa feels and just emoted in front of the mic. I think I have been fortunate. God has been kind. There are certain films where you tend to flow with the character. Pushpa is definitely one such character where the moment you sit in front of the mic, it is kind of an automatic reaction to whatever he is doing on screen.”
Shreyas said that he hasn’t had a word yet with anyone from team Pushpa after the mammoth success of the second movie.
Produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Sukumar Writings, Pushpa 2: The Rule also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil.
Also Read: Rashmika Mandanna BREAKS SILENCES on Pushpa 2: The Rule song ‘Peelings’ choreography: “The second we saw the rehearsal video, I was like, ‘What in the world is going on?’”
More Pages: Pushpa 2 – The Rule Box Office Collection , Pushpa 2 – The Rule Movie Review
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