Leela Roy Ghosh ( – 11 May 2012) was an Indian actress who specialized in voice-dubbing. She dubbed in

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and

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languages. She was also a dubbing director. Her daughter,

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, is a voice actress and singer.

Career

Ghosh was perhaps best known for being the founder and president of the dubbing studio Sound & Vision India, which is located in

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City. Her daughter Mona helped her out and they did businesses together for the company from the early 1990s until Leela's death. The company handles Indian voice-dubs (mostly Hindi) for movies that are made by

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production houses such as

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and

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. As of 2013, the dubbing studio has dubbed over more than 300 foreign films and over a thousand foreign TV programs.

Death

On 11 May 2012, Ghosh died from complications of liver transplant surgery at the age of 64.

Production staff

Dubbed content

Live action films

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Leela Roy 1940s births 2012 deaths Indian voice actresses Indian voice directors Indian women film directors 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses from Mumbai 21st-century Indian actresses 20th-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian singers Indian women playback singers Bollywood playback singers Singers from Mumbai 20th-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian women singers Women musicians from Maharashtra Year of birth missing Place of birth missing