Ami Trivedi has opened up about the experience of dubbing for Sai Pallavi in the Hindi version of ‘Ramayana: Part 1′. The voice artiste discussed the effort required to recreate the actress’ performance while preserving the emotional depth and divine qualities associated with Sita.In a recent interview, she spoke about her interactions with Sai Pallavi, the director’s instructions and some of the most challenging sequences.Ami Trivedi began working as a voice artiste at the age of 17. Over the years, she has voiced several popular international characters, from Harry Potter to Lois Lane in ‘Superman’ (2025). Her latest assignment, however, involved a different kind of responsibility. She had to match Sai Pallavi’s expressions, dialogue delivery and emotional range without imposing her own interpretation.
Ami Trivedi says dubbing for Sai Pallavi was a divine placement
Speaking to Variety about how she secured the opportunity, Ami Trivedi revealed that her audition went smoothly. Her voice appeared to complement Sai Pallavi’s performance, a quality that director Nitesh Tiwari and producer Namit Malhotra also noticed. However, watching the actress’s original portrayal made her more conscious of the responsibility.“Auditioning for Sai Pallavi’s character seemed like a divine placement. Somehow, the voice matched on the mic. Nitesh Tiwari and Namit Malhotra said the same to me. When I saw her performance, I thought I had an added pressure of doing justice to her approach. She did it so beautifully. Her performance was effortless. Everything felt extremely beautiful. So, it was easy for me to get into her scenes. I wanted to make sure I delivered on her expectations.“
Sai Pallavi shared her thought process behind scenes
Ami Trivedi revealed that conversations with Sai Pallavi helped her understand the emotions behind several sequences. The actress explained what went through her mind while performing particular scenes. These insights helped the dubbing artiste understand the original performance beyond the spoken dialogues.“The discussions pertained to sticking to the character. Again, fortunately, my voice matched Sai’s. Also, most of it was instructions from the director on how to perform the scenes. I even interacted with her and she told me what used to go on in her mind while performing scenes. That information was very helpful to me.”
Why portraying Sita was a major responsibility
The voice artiste identified maintaining Sita’s divine qualities as one of her biggest challenges. She wanted to follow Sai Pallavi’s portrayal closely while ensuring that her voice performance did not distort the character’s emotional identity.“Sita is divine and there are many sentiments involved with her. I wanted to stay true to the character. I had to stay in the outline of the portrait Sai had created. I didn’t want to go up or down on the level of my performance. I didn’t want to sound wrong while portraying the character,” she explained.
Ami Trivedi recalls Ayodhya exit and Ravan confrontation scenes
One particular sequence required her to capture several emotions simultaneously. It features Sita addressing the citizens while leaving Ayodhya. According to Ami Trivedi, Nitesh Tiwari provided detailed instructions to ensure that every emotional shift came through in the dubbing.“There is a scene when they are leaving Ayodhya and Sita is addressing its citizens. Nitesh Tiwari was very specific about it. There are many emotions in that scene. She gets teary-eyed, but at the same time, she is a queen, a princess and a warrior. She is also very kind. Sai Pallavi portrays all those nuances in her performance. At one point, she also has a crack in her voice. I had to put that crack in the voice in my performance, too.“She also highlighted the confrontation between Sita and Ravan, portrayed by Yash, following her abduction. The sequence demanded considerable emotional variation from the character.“The scene with Ravan (Yash), when he captures her and takes her away. She addresses him and says, ‘My Ram will come.’ That scene had many emotional highs and lows.”
Ami Trivedi says she avoided her own interpretation of Sita
Ami Trivedi believes that a dubbing artiste must remain faithful to the original actor’s performance. Rather than introducing a personal understanding of Sita, she concentrated on reproducing Sai Pallavi’s expressions and emotional delivery.“You only need to understand your character. When I am performing as Sita, my own performance isn’t important. As a dubbing artiste, it’s important that I do justice to the performance of the actor. I made sure I got into her (Sai Pallavi’s) skin. I didn’t want to have my own interpretation of the character.”Meanwhile, ‘Ramayana: Rise Of A Legend’ arrived in theatres on November 5, generating considerable interest among audiences. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravan and Ravi Dubey in a key role. It collected Rs 64.85 crore net in India on its opening day as reported by Sacnilk. The film surpassed the opening-day collection of Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Animal’, but remained behind ‘Dhurandhar 2’, which had earned Rs 102 crore net on its first day.