Have you ever noticed how foreign origin actresses like Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi speak Hindi in movies? A special coach has also been hired to teach him the language and dialect. This is called Dialect Coach.
The role of dialect coach in films has increased over the past several years. Language has a direct impact on an actor's performance. Dialect coaching plays an important role in improving an actor's character. People still remember Kangana Ranaut and Aamir Khan's Haryanavi accent in films like 'Tanu Weds Manu' and 'Dangal' respectively.
In the new episode of 'Reel to Real', we talk about the role of a dialect coach in films. For this we spoke to famous dialect coaches Vikas Kumar, Hetal Waria and Sunita Sharma.
He said that, after learning the language, when John Abraham gave his first shot, he started crying. While preparing for 'Dangal', Aamir Khan took a lot of time to learn the language compared to other actors.
What is the difference between accent and dialect? Accents are the way people say words and are only part of a dialect. A person's dialect is also made up of his vocabulary, grammar and use of local words.
to the actor There are no rules for teaching a language Vikas said, 'There is no rule or formula for teaching an actor a language. For example, Jacqueline Fernandez and Katrina Kaif have English accents. Efforts are made to ensure that both speak English sparingly and have full command of the Hindi language.
Along with language teaching we also work on dialogue delivery. John Abraham worked with Shah Rukh Khan in the film 'Pathan'. His Hindi is good, but his entire focus was on dialogue delivery. For this reason we also worked on this.
In the film 'Ishqiya', the characters of Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi were Bhopali. The director of the film wanted the speech of both to have the flavor of Bhopali dialect. Then we did that too.
Vikas further shared his experience of working with Jacqueline and Katrina. He said, 'I met both of them when they had learned Hindi well. Katrina met during the film 'Tiger 3'. The most special thing about Katrina and Jacqueline is that they both want the script in Hindi (Devanagari) too, which brings more perfection.
Actors learn the language through writing and audio During the workshop, he tries to teach the language through writing and audio, said Vikas. For some projects, Vikas even records the entire film script in his own voice to teach the development actors. With its help, actors can easily work on their language.
Vicky Kaushal and Huma Qureshi work quickly on the language Hetal Waria also spoke about the challenges faced while teaching the dialect. He was told that there is very little time available for language teaching as compared to other work. Every artist has a limit. Some artists learn quickly, while others take time.
Hetal further said that, like Vicky Kaushal in the film 'Saam Bahadur' and Huma Qureshi in 'Tarla', both picked up the language very quickly. Neither has to be worked on.
John started to cry as he spoke the dialogue Vikas has worked with John Abraham in the film 'Pathan'. Vikas said, I was his dialect coach in the film 'Satyamev Jayate' before 'Pathan'. Before shooting I worked on his dialogue delivery using several techniques.
He had to recite a verse in the opening scene of the film. His eyes became moist when he recited this verse during practice. John said he had never spoken such clear dialogue before. This happens with many actors.
'People underestimate this work understand' Dialect coaches do not get high fees. Fees vary depending on the project. Bigger budget films are paid higher fees. Not only this, people consider this work to be trivial. Apart from the low fees, the dialect coach gets very little time to teach the actor. This also causes problems. Actors should be given at least 3 months to acquire a good command of any language.
Vicky learned several languages for 'Sam Bahadur' Hetal Waria has worked with Vicky in the film 'Saam Bahadur'. Hetal said that in real life 'Sam Bahadur' knew many languages. For this reason, Vicky also had to learn some languages. Vicky had already started working on her bid long before the shooting began.
Hetal said that he and Vicky got 1-2 months time. Because of this Vicky did well on his own.
Aamir Khan took time to learn the Haryanvi dialect An incident connected with the film 'Dangal' is also interesting. Sunita Sharma got the job of teaching Haryanvi dialect to the actors of this film. About this, Sunita said, 'I got this film because of 'Tanu Weds Manu'. Everyone loved Kangana's Haryanvi tone in 'Tanu Weds Manu'. After this the makers of 'Dangal' contacted me. The rest of the star cast of the film including Aamir sir was also very energetic.
Compared to other artists, Aamir sir took a little longer to learn the language. However, he followed my every guideline. He also wrote and prepared the notes properly.'
Kangana Ranaut's learning speed is good Sunita was Kangana Ranaut's dialect coach in the film 'Tanu Weds Manu'. About this, Sunita said that the experience of working with Kangana was very good. Its learning speed is also very good. He understands things and works too.
Female actors understand language faster than male actors Sunita further said, 'I believe that female actors learn faster than male actors. I taught Bhojpuri pronunciation to Soha Ali Khan in the film 'Atrangi Re'. She also learned very quickly. The second part of the movie 'Chori' is going to release soon. Soha Ali Khan is in the lead role in this film. I have coached him. His learning speed is also very good.'
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