Hindi Voice Over Artist

Gulab Hussain is a Hindi voice over artist in Delhi trained on the news desk. After seven years as the voice behind packages, promos and special shows at national channels, his Hindi is clean, correct and easy to follow, from warm and conversational to grave and authoritative.

Why pronunciation matters in Hindi

Hindi voice over fails in small ways: a wrong stress on a Sanskrit-derived word, a swallowed conjunct, an English term read with the wrong accent inside a Hindi sentence. Listeners notice immediately, and so do brand managers. Gulab reads Devanagari carefully, pauses where the sense pauses, and checks any word he is not certain of before recording, rather than guessing in the booth.

Hindi voice over he records

• TV and digital commercials in a warm, believable Hindi.
• Documentary narration for history, culture, wildlife and social-issue films.
• E-learning and training in clear, even Hindi that stays easy to follow for an hour.
• IVR and phone prompts for banks, hospitals, telecom and call centres.
• News and current-affairs voice over, promos and audiobooks.

Pace and script length

Hindi at a natural pace runs at about 140 words a minute, a little slower than English, and Hindi text is usually longer than its English source. If you are translating an English script, plan on a few extra seconds, or ask Gulab to advise on trimming. He will flag lines that are too long to read naturally in the time you have.

Hindi with Urdu vocabulary, and English inside Hindi

Gulab reads formal Hindustani as easily as everyday Hindi, so scripts rich in Urdu vocabulary are no problem. English words inside a Hindi script are read the way a confident Hindi speaker would say them. If your audience speaks that blend all day, see Hinglish voice over.

Listen, then book

Open the demos to hear Hindi commercial, corporate, documentary and storytelling reads, then send your script for a clear quote. A Hindi page is also available: हिन्दी में पढ़ें.

A short guide to a good Hindi script

1. Write in Devanagari. It removes ambiguity. If you must send Roman Hindi, mark long vowels and stress.
2. Avoid awkward translations. A literal English-to-Hindi translation often reads stiffly. Ask a native writer to adapt the idea, not the words.
3. Mark the English words. Tell Gulab whether to pronounce brand and technical terms in English style or Hindi style.
4. Check length. Hindi text is typically longer than English text for the same idea, so plan for more seconds.

Regional flavour

Gulab’s default Hindi is clean and neutral, understood from Punjab to Bihar. For a campaign aimed at a specific region, such as Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, a slightly different warmth and word choice can help, and he can adjust within the limits of standard Hindi.

Related

See media and OTT, government and NGO and education voice over, and the locations Gulab serves.