Priyamani waiting to dub her films in her own voice

She lost Kerala state government best actress award for “Tirakatha” because she didn’t dub it in her own voice. Southern actress Priyamani doesn’t regret it, but at the same time she is keen to dub in her own voice.
The prestigious award eluded her because the jury refused to consider her as she hadn’t dubbed for the film herself and eventually the trophy went to Priyanka.

“I have been craving to dub in my own voice in my films, but it is up to the director to use my voice. I know I could not dub for ‘Tirakatha’ because I was little busy and the film unit was not able to wait for me to finish the dubbing work. And I don’t feel sorry for missing the award also because if I was destined to get the award, I would have got it even otherwise,” Priyamani told IANS.

“I don’t act in films to get awards. I never expected that I would be getting a National Award for my Tamil film ‘Paruthiveeran’. I think, it is all part of destiny and I would accept these minor setbacks as occupational hazards in my career,” Priyamani said.

Priyamani, who is now shooting for her Telugu film in Hyderabad, says she has not dubbed for any Telugu films so far.

“I have not dubbed even for my first Kannada film ‘Raam’ where I am working with Puneet Raj Kumar. Many directors feel that my voice doesn’t suit the characters that I have been playing. But many top Hindi actresses like Rani Mukerji are dubbing in their own voices despite having a screechy voice like me,” she said.

“It is now up to the film directors to use my voice or not. I cannot force them to use my voice because ultimately it is the director or producer’s discretion to use voices that suit the characters,” said Priyamani.

“Raam” producer Audithya Babu says Priyamani speaks in Kannada perfectly, but they could not use her voice because of the needs of the character.

“Priyamani has a base voice. And director Maadesh felt that a better voice could be used… Priyamani plays the role of a naughty, prankster born to a rich family who falls in love with a fun loving commoner. We did not want a hard voice for that character. We spoke to Priyamani and she was convinced with our argument,” said Audithya Babu.

Malayalam Movie Puthiya Mukham Review

Puthiya Mukham is the upcoming malayalam movie which features prithviraj and Meera Nandhan in the central Roles. After a not so successful debut with the political movie ‘Leader’, director Deepan, an associate to ace filmmaker Shaji Kailash is getting ready to come up with a new flick. Titled ‘Puthiya Mukham’, the movie will feature . The movie will be a campus based family one, and ‘Puthiya Mukham’ will feature National Award winning actor Priyamani and Meera Nandhan as the heroines.The movie is Scripted by ‘Mulla’ fame M Sindhuraj, the movie will feature Prithvi as Krishnakumar, a Brahmin youth living in a quite village of Kalppathy near Palakkad. A nice lad who is quite shy and soft spoken, he is the pet of all in the village. A man who stick to his traditions and family, he plays “mridangam” and even teaches music to kids of his neighbourhood. He also have a crush with Sreedevi, a daughter of their family friend, who is residing closer to their village.
The hassle free life of Krishnakumar gets changed with his admission in an engineering college in Kochy. There he meets Anjana and Sudhi, whose marriage are almost fixed. With their company blossoming up, newer issues also come up in their life, which create abrupt changes in Krishnakumar's life. These unexpected happenings heavily changes the life of all of them, making them to takes new avatars.The movie's bare thread give you a feel of the story lines similar to Vikram's ‘Sethu’ which revived his career as never before. The movie is very important in the career of Prithvi, as he hasn't created a single hit in the last year. Prithviraj sports a new look in the entire movie without his characteristic moustaches, much similar to his appearances in Mani Ratnam's ‘Raavan’. prithviraj has also sung the title song of the movie in the lyrics of Kaithapram, which is set to music by Deepak Dev.Other cast in the movie are Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sai Kumar, Vijayaraghavan, Sudheesh, Kalasala Babu and Sona Nair in other important roles. Bharani K Dharan is the cinematographer of the movie, which was shot at Kochi, Palajkakd, and Irinjalakkuda. Produced under the banner of Bathestha productions, the movie will be brought to theatres by Time Ads.

Priyamani opposite Dileep

Reigning South Indian star Priyamani will be Malayalam actor Dileep's heroine in Master, directed by Sandhya Mohan and produced by Radha Krishnan Doha under the banner of Our Creations.

This is the first time that Priyamani and Dileep team up in a film. Sibi-Udayan team handles the screenplay. The film will be distributed by Varna Chitra. According to initial reports, Master is likely to begin shooting by the end of 2009. More details are awaited.

Priyamani is now busy with five films: Ninaithale Inikkum (Tamil), Puthiya Mukham (Malayalam), Arumugam (Tamil), Raam (Kannada) and Ravan (Tamil/ Hindi).

After the tremendous success of his recent Passenger, Dileep is currently busy with veteran director Siddique's Bodyguard, starring Nayantara as heroine. The film will grace screens during Ramzan.