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Dubbing Movies

Rhianna Dhillon finds out why so many films are dubbed into another language. She takes advice from the actor who voices James Bond in German & tries her hand at the art herself

Rhianna Dhillon finds out why so many films are dubbed into another language. She discovers the artistic, social and political reasons why countries like Italy, France and Spanish speaking countries have opted to dub rather than subtitle movies. Why it鈥檚 still a controversial issue in the Indian film industry. And she takes advice from Dietmar Wunder, the actor who voices James Bond in German, as she tries her hand at the art herself.

(Photo: Actress dubbing documentary. Credit: Getty Images)

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