Apart from having a powerful screen presence, actor Sharad Kelkar also possesses an incredible voice and he knows how to use it well. He has voiced various powerful characters in Hindi dubbed versions of Hollywood and South Indian movies but he himself doesn’t find his voice all that impressive. “I listen to my voice every day, and I don’t find anything special about it, to be honest. But people tell me they like my voice. I listen to Bachchan sahab’s voice every day and I know I am nothing close to that,” he told The Indian Express.
Sharad’s most popular work as dubbing artist was voicing Prabhas’ character in SS Rajamouli’s ‘Bahubali’ franchise. Talking about that, the actor told The Indian Express, “What happened during Baahubali is that maybe Rajamouli sir thought my voice suited Prabhas’ personality as he had liked my personality very much. When he met me before I started dubbing for his film, he saw me from top to bottom and was reading my mannerisms and then he chose me to voice Prabhas’ character. It was totally his call.”
Sharad continued, “He chose me after not only meeting me but also studying and observing me. Also, I act. I don’t dub the film. I just cannot dub without acting. If one day you catch me in a dubbing studio, you’ll laugh because you’ll find me doing several different things, sometimes weird things while saying my lines. I voice act. I don’t dub.”
