After establishing their supremacy on the global scale, Hollywood and Bollywood industries are cossing boundaries and shaking hands. In past, we witnessed many Bollywood actors featuring in Hollywood movies and Hollywood stars featuring in Bollywood’s cult classics. To give the Hollywood movies an Indian taste, they are dubbed in Hindi with some iconic dialogues and many Bollywood actors have accepted this opportunity with open hands. This is a master plan that helped Hollywood makers attract a large audience in India. Here we bring you a list of the top 10 Bollywood actors who lend their voices to Hollywood hits:
1. Shahrukh Khan (Incredibles and the Lion King): The trend of lending voice originally started with Shahrukh Khan when he became the voice of Mr. Incredibles in Incredibles. He also gave a voice for the Lion King in which he became the voice of Mufasa and his son Aryan Khan became Simba.
2. Arshad Warsi (Jack Sparrow – The Pirates of Caribbean): Warsi known for his comic timing dubbed the voice of Johnny Deep’s character Jack Sparrow in the movie Pirates of Caribean. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, the film made Rs26.50 crore in India.
3. Varun Dhawan (Captain America – The Civil War): The craze of Marvel Cinematic Universe has been impeccable in India and the craze went a notch higher when buffs’ favorite actor Varun Dhawan became the voice of Captain America in MCU’s The Civil War.
4. Ranveer Singh (Deadpool – Deadpool 2): The audience went crazy when they heard Bollywood’s energy house Ranveer Singh as Deadpool in the Hindi version of Deadpool 2. He not just matches his energy level but also gave a classic Indian touch to it.
5. Priyanka Chopra (Kaa – Jungle Book): This movie demanded many actors to participate in the dubbing, and one of the actors was Priyanka who lends her voice for the character Kaa. She is a python and was chosen as she has a mysterious depth in her voice.
6. Nana Patekar (Sher khan – The Jungle Book): There I very few Bollywood actors who can amazingly ace both hero and villain roles and one of these is Nana Patekar. The veteran actor flaunted his art in The Jungle Book in which he dubbed for the role of Sher Khan.
7. Tiger Shroff (Spiderman – Spiderman homecoming): Tiger was eager to give his voice to his favorite character since childhood, Spiderman. He stated that it was a dream come true, and was excited to do this.
8. Imran Khan (Blu – Rio): The veteran actor of the industry lent his voice to the animated Macaw parrot Blu which is originally dubbed by Jesse Eisenberg in the Hollywood version of computer-animated musical comedy Rio 2. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, the film was a sequel to 2011 film Rio.
9. Akshay Kumar (Optimus Prime – The Transformer ): Kumar had lent his voice to a robot superhero called Optimus Prime in 2011 science fiction action film Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The Michael Bay-directed movie was the third installment in the live-action Transformers film series, and the sequel to 2009’s Revenge of the Fallen.
10. Sonu Sood (Hercules – The Legend of Hercules): On of the most charming Anti-hero of the industry Sonu Sood has a very husky and deep voice that was perfectly suited for the voice of Dwayne Johnson’s character Hercules in the movie titled The Legends of Hercules.
