India, Dec. 4 -- Who gave Dobby his squeaky charm, Yoda his gravelly wisdom, or Joker his quiet menace when they spoke to Indian audiences? Vinod Kulkarnni. Who voices some of your fav anime characters when they cross the border into India? Suvela Sharma. Whose booming voice signals film awards night? Darrpan Mehta's. Who is the voice behind that Santoor, Malabar Gold or Himalaya ad? Shreya Shah. Some of the most trusted and familiar voices of our time belong to artists who might pass us, unrecognised, on the street.

The voice-over industry used to be an oligopoly - a handful of people hogging the mic (and doing terrible American accents on customer-service call recordings). But this is the decade of plenty. More people found their voice...