If it wasn't for me, Aadesh Meshram, as a friend and first Assistant Director of Prajakt Rebeloma I could have never got a chance to do an ADR for Lastbenchers movie, that too at such a short notice. After our tea session we were back to Rebeloma's den where he has installed all high end softwares, mics and has made his room sound proof. It not only prevents sound rebervertion but also keep vibrations to zero.
I wish I could tell you the exact scene I did dubbing for , but due to privacy issues I cant. What I can definitely tell you is how it felt to dub a whole scene, to act with voice and how difficult it is to do lip sycn.
It was less than a minute scene with only 3 dialogues.I was so confident that I can do it under takes 3 takes that i went for bet of rs 500/- against Milind Hemane. And boy I lost with big difference. It took me 7 retakes to finish scene. The procedure was simple - watch a scene as many times as you want , hear and mug up dialogue, observe the exact dialogue dilivery to understand pauses and most importantly understand the emotion and try to visualise how it was being their at that exact location. I went through scene for 5 times , knew dialogues by heart and was all set to do my take.
It was a laughter riot for all my colleagues, they could not stop laughing at my hardest attempt to lip sync. I failed miserably to recall a single line of dialogue. With headphones over ears and mic in front I baffled, stammered and got stuck on first dialogue. It took sometime to understand the speed of scene and get sink in.
Finally I did it after 7 retakes. It was mind freaking yet exciting experience. It thrilled me to goose bumps. I enjoyed it after initial stumbles.
So dubbing is not a cake walk but then it wasn't a walk over hot coals... ADR was an excitingly dangerous experience!!!!
Written by Aadesh Meshram
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