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The Why Factor

Dubbing Movies

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service South Asia

Available for over a year

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’s 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.

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