Strange
things
keep
happening
to
the
unconventional
Ayesha
Takia.
Last
year,
she
was
meant
to
play
only
one
role
in
Anurag
Kashyap's
No
Smoking.
She
ended
up
playing
two
roles.
Ironically,
this
year,
she
plays
a
dubbing
artiste
in
Rohit
Shetty's
Sunday
and
she
will
also
be
dubbing
for
a
baby
cheetah
in
Nikhil
Advani's
animation
film.
"It's
all
so
strange," Ayesha
laughs,
"when
I
decided
to
be
part
of
Sunday,
I
just
wanted
to
have
fun
after
the
serious
Dor
and
even
more
serious
No
Smoking.
And
I
did
have
loads
of
fun.
But
initially,
we
hadn't
chosen
a
profession
for
my
character.
When
Rohit
suggested
a
dubbing
artiste,
I
jumped
at
it.
I
don't
think
any
heroine
in
our
films
has
played
a
dubbing
artiste."
Being
a
natural
mimic,
Ayesha
worked
hard
on
getting
her
voices
right
for
the
role.
"I
watched
a
lot
of
cartoons.
But
I
found
the
voices
very
shrill
and
unnatural.
I
wanted
to
bring
in
a
more
natural
tone
to
my
voice.
A
professional
dubbing
artiste
Vikas
and
the
veteran
sound
recordist
Rakesh
Ranjan
helped
me
with
getting
it
right
for
my
dubbing
artistes' role."
Ayesha
had
great
fun
doing
a
number
of
voices
in
Sunday.
But
even
more
fun
is
her
role
as
the
baby
cheetah
in
Nikhil
Advani's
animation
film.
"I
get
to
speak
for
a
cub
named
Yuvraj.
Nikhil
wanted
me
to
dub
in
my
natural
voice.
That
was
more
fun
than
assuming
an
unnatural
pitch.
What
added
to
the
fun
of
this
whole
experience
is
that
all
of
us
who
speak
in
Nikhil's
animation
film-Akshaye
Khanna,
Boman
Irani,
Govinda
and
me-sat
together
worked
on
our
dialogues
at
rehearsals
and
then
Nikhil
designed
the
film
on
our
voices."
Story first published: Friday, January 25, 2008, 12:38 [IST]