Mumbai: Dadasaheb Phalke award winner dies

Mumbai: Well-known dubbing artiste, Surendra Bhatia, 62, passed away on Thursday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. A recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award, Bhatia was founder and ex-president of the Association of Voice Artistes.In a career spanning four decades, he had done voiceovers for veteran actors not just in India, but on the international platform too. Bhatia had been the voice of Richard Attenborough, who plays John Hammond, in the Hindi version of Jurassic Park. He also dubbed for David Attenborough in BBC’s Blue Earth Series. Among the various animation characters he brought to life was Sultan in Aladdin. He was also the Hindi voice of actor Joe Mantegna, one of the kidnappers, in Baby’s Day Out. Bhatia was a film producer too and owned a studio. tnn