Sync Sound in Asia
In Hong Kong, sync sound was not widely used until the 1990s, as the generally noisy environment and lower production budgets made such a method impractical.
Most Bollywood films from the 1960s onwards do not employ this technique and for that very reason the 2001 films Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai were noted for the use of Sync sound. More recently it was used on Rock On. The common practice in Bollywood is to 'dub' over the dialogues at the Post-Production Stage. Industry people such as sound designers and mixers Resul Pookutty and Baylon Fonseca are endeavoring to change this.
The very first Indian talkie Alam Ara (1931) saw the very first use of Sync Sound in India, and subsequent Indian films were regularly shot in Sync Sound with the silent Mitchell Camera, until the 1960s. With the arrival of the Arri 2C, a noisy but more practical camera particularly for outdoor shoots, 'dubbing' became the norm and was never reversed.
Use of this technique has increased in recent times with development in film techniques and instrumentation like Arri Blimp camera. This system has been used in Hindi movie Jodhaa Akbar.
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