India is a country obsessed with the bollywood film industry. Now a days there is a new trend in the Indian cartoon networks, that is mimicking Indian actors voices to replace a characters voice.
The most common ones are;
Zig and sharko comprises of a carnivores animal named Zig (voice of Saif Ali Khan) whose motive is to kill and eat a mermaid named Marina (Kareena). But a savior shark named Sharko (voice of Sunny Deol) always protects Marina and makes Zig fail at his every attempt to kill her. Zig is assisted by a quite small and cute crab named Bernie (Circuit) (voice of Arshad Warsi), who lives on a small lagoon with Zig.
The most common ones are;
- Sunny Deol
- Suniel Shetty
- Shahrukh Khan
- Saif Ali Khan
- Paresh Rawal
- Arshad Warsi
- Gulshan Grover
- Amrish Puri
- Akshay Kumar
- Shakti Kapoor
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Asrani
- Ajay Devgan
- Amir Khan
This idea has bought a lot of increase in the trp's of the cartoon television networks as these actors are quite well known and familiar with every Indian. This niche has also generated quite a remarkable employment and scope for Indian mimicry artists.
Another plus point is that even adults enjoy watching these cartoons, just because the characters have bollywood actor like voices.
Some cartoons which use bollywood actors voices are;
- Zig And Sharko (Nick India) Monday-Friday 6:30 PM
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Zig and sharko comprises of a carnivores animal named Zig (voice of Saif Ali Khan) whose motive is to kill and eat a mermaid named Marina (Kareena). But a savior shark named Sharko (voice of Sunny Deol) always protects Marina and makes Zig fail at his every attempt to kill her. Zig is assisted by a quite small and cute crab named Bernie (Circuit) (voice of Arshad Warsi), who lives on a small lagoon with Zig.
- Oggy And The Cockroaches (Nick India) All the time !
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Oggy and the cockroaches is a tom and jerry like series in which Oggy (voice of Shahrukh Khan) is frequently irritated by the three cockroaches in his house. Namely Joyee (aka chotu, voice of Paresh Rawal), Dee (aka motu, voice of Suneil Shetty), Marky (aka lambu, voice of Akshay Kumar). The trio constantly keeps on making Oggy's life miserable and create a lot of fun for the audience. Oggy is always helped and assisted by his elder militant brother named Jack (aka fauji, voice of Sunny Deol).
There are many such cartoons which telecast on cartoon network or nick or hungama which use mimicry artists to add up some desi masala to videsi cartoons.
