
Voice Over · Hindi
Hindi voice over services
Native Hindi voice actors for corporate video, eLearning, advertising, documentary and more. We work with Standard Hindi and regional dialects, all recorded in broadcast-quality studios.
600M+
Speakers
Official
Language of India
48h
Delivery
Are you a Hindi voice actor?
We're always adding new voices to our roster. Send us your demos and we'll consider you for upcoming Hindi projects.
About Hindi voice over
Find the right Hindi voice for your project
Hindi opens one of the planet's biggest audiences, and modern Hindi media moves fluidly between Hindi and English. The craft is choosing the right blend for the brand — pure Hindi for authority, Hinglish for youthful energy.
We produce Hindi for advertising, streaming and OTT, eLearning and app localisation, and it usually anchors a wider India rollout that we extend into Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and more.
The first decision in a Hindi script is how much Sanskrit is in it. Formal, government and educational Hindi draws heavily on Sanskrit vocabulary; the Hindi people actually speak day to day is far closer to everyday Hindustani and shares most of its common words with Urdu. The two ends of that range sound like different registers of seriousness, and choosing the wrong one is the most common failure we see. A public-information film written in colloquial Hindi reads as unserious; a consumer advert written in Sanskritised Hindi reads as a government notice. Tell us the audience and the purpose and we will tell you where on that range the script should sit.
And in urban advertising, the answer is usually that the script is not purely Hindi at all. Mixing English into Hindi is the normal register of the cities — in conversation, on air and in advertising — and a script that scrupulously avoids it sounds stilted rather than correct. How much English is appropriate varies sharply by audience: a campaign for metro audiences carries far more than one aimed at smaller cities and rural markets, where the same mix reads as showing off. This is a positioning decision, and it is worth taking deliberately rather than inheriting it from whoever wrote the first draft.
Hindi is also spoken with clear regional colour, and the one your voice actor carries says something. Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh speech is what national broadcast treats as the standard. Mumbai Hindi is its own recognisable variety and carries the associations of the film industry with it. For dubbing in particular, India has an established industry with its own conventions and a large pool of experienced talent, and the expectations of the audience are correspondingly high. Tell us the market and the format and we will cast for both.
If you are weighing how much English belongs in the script, ask us before it goes to translation. We will read what you have, tell you where it should sit for your audience, quote the job itemised, and record a free casting of Hindi voices on your own copy so you can hear the register rather than guess at it. Get a Hindi voice over quote or tell us the shape of the job and we will return options.
India dubs heavily, and that has built a deep pool of experienced voice talent — but it also means the audience is used to hearing skilled synchronised performance rather than a plain read. For anything that will sit against picture, that raises the standard rather than the price. Tell us the format at the outset, because casting for lip-sync dubbing and casting for narration produce different shortlists.
And if the campaign runs in more than one Indian language, commission them together. Hindi rarely travels alone: the same content frequently needs Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi or Punjabi alongside it, and running them as one project keeps the terminology, the register and the timing consistent across the set. Booked separately, months apart, they drift. Ask us for the full set and we will quote it as one job with one project manager.

Voice over rates
Professional Hindi voice-over recordings
From £400
/ €500 / $550
per hour in the recording studio
That hourly rate is the Basic Studio Fee: the recording session itself, with the voice actor, the casting, the direction, the studio and the engineer included. Any buyout — the usage fee — is added on top and quoted separately: it depends on the markets the recording runs in, the media it runs on and how long you licence it for. Every line is itemised, and all of it carries our Price Match Promise.
Ideal where the content is short: corporate video, IVR and internal updates.
- Up to 150 words
- 1 revision included
- Files as .wav or .mp3
- 48h turnaround
Everything handled for you — the option for eLearning modules, campaigns and long-form work.
- Any word count
- Casting + script review
- Post-production included
- Dedicated project manager
Trusted by global brands
How can we help you?
Your project manager works out everything for you
Brief review
We read the script with you, settle the tone and pin down the audience, because those three decisions drive every one that follows.
Casting
We shortlist on how Sanskritised the script is — formal shuddh Hindi or the everyday Hindustani people actually speak — and send demos to match.
Recording & production
You choose the voice; we schedule the Hindi session, run it, and hand back finished audio rather than raw takes.
Delivery
Finished files in the format you asked for, delivered on the date agreed.
Usually back with you within 24 to 48 hours
A dedicated producer looking after your project
Professional native Hindi voice actors
Every take recorded to broadcast standard
Script staying in English but aimed at an Indian audience or brand? We also cast English with an Indian accent — native English delivery with an authentic Indian colour.
Content types
Hindi voice over for every kind of content
Whatever you're making, we cast the right voice in Hindi. Explore by use case.
Two ways in: browse Hindi voice over by content type above, or go deeper on a specific project below.
Not sure which fits? Tell us about your project and we'll recommend the right voice.
In-depth guides
Popular Hindi projects, in depth
Dedicated pages with detailed guidance and native voices for the Hindi projects we're asked for most.
Most common questions
Should our Hindi script use English words, or avoid them?
It depends on the audience, and it is a positioning decision rather than a correctness one. Mixing English into Hindi is the normal register in metro advertising and broadcast, and a script that avoids it entirely sounds stiff. For rural and smaller-city audiences the same mix reads as affected. We will recommend where to sit based on the market you are addressing, and keep it consistent across the project rather than varying by paragraph.
What is the difference between formal Hindi and everyday Hindi?
Mainly how much Sanskrit vocabulary the writing draws on. Government, educational and institutional Hindi uses a great deal; everyday spoken Hindi is much closer to common Hindustani and shares most of its ordinary words with Urdu. The two read as very different levels of seriousness, and the mismatch is the most common problem we see in scripts. Tell us the purpose and the audience and we will place the script correctly before recording.
Should our Hindi read be pure Hindi or Hinglish?
It depends on the audience — youth and lifestyle brands often use Hinglish, while formal content stays purer Hindi, and we match it to your brand. Share the script and we'll advise in the quote.
Which type of Hindi do I need?
Standard Hindi is the safer choice for national or global reach, since it is understood consistently across India and beyond. Regional accents — for example those influenced by Punjabi, Marathi or Rajasthani speech patterns, among others — can give a message a more local feel where that matters more than broad reach.
Can Hindi voice actors perform in regional dialects?
Yes. Our Hindi voice actors can perform in both Standard Hindi and a variety of regional dialects, and we help match the choice to your audience and purpose during casting.
How quickly can a Hindi voice-over project be delivered?
Many shorter jobs are delivered inside 24–48 hours; for longer runtimes we schedule around the Hindi talent and confirm the delivery date before recording.
How much does a Hindi voice over cost?
Most Hindi enquiries turn out to be India enquiries, and that changes the arithmetic. Hindi reaches the north well and the south barely at all, so a national campaign usually needs Tamil, Telugu, Bengali or Marathi alongside it — and finding that out at quote stage costs nothing, while finding it out after launch costs the campaign. We price the set, with the session fee and usage licence itemised and our Price Match Promise attached.
Do you offer Hindi dubbing, subtitling and translation as well?
Yes, and for India it is usually several languages rather than one, which is precisely when a single team stops being a convenience and starts being the only way the terminology stays consistent.
Why choose GoLocalise for Hindi voice over services?
The register question in Hindi is real and most briefs are silent on it. Formal Hindi draws its vocabulary from Sanskrit and sounds official; conversational Hindi borrows freely from Urdu and English and sounds like a person. Advertising almost always wants the second and government material almost always requires the first. We settle it before the session, with a native director in the room.
What file formats do you deliver Hindi voice overs in?
Delivery of your Hindi voice over is in the format you specify — WAV, MP3, AIFF or similar — at broadcast quality, either as stems or a final mixed file.
What kinds of projects use Hindi voice over most?
Hindi is in constant demand for FMCG and mobile advertising, OTT and entertainment, fintech and banking, public-information and health campaigns, and large-scale e-learning. As one of the world's most spoken languages, it's central to reaching India's fast-growing consumer market and the global Indian diaspora.
Do you also cover other Indian languages or Hinglish?
Yes. Alongside Hindi we cast native talent across many Indian languages, and we regularly record Hinglish — the Hindi-English mix used in youth and urban advertising — where that fits your audience. Tell us your target markets and we'll cast accordingly.
What do you need from us to quote Hindi voice over?
Less than people expect: the script, or the draft of it, its total running time or word count, where the recording will be used, and the date you need it by. If the script is not signed off yet, send the draft anyway — we would rather quote on what exists than wait for a version that eats your deadline. A named project manager comes back with an itemised quote, normally within four working hours.
How quickly will we hear back, and who will we be dealing with?
More than half of enquiries get a reply within thirty minutes during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm UK time), and the itemised quote normally follows within four working hours. After that you have one dedicated project manager who owns the job from brief to final file — not a ticket queue, and not a different name on every email. If it is easier, call +44 207 095 5730 and ask for them by name.
We are still pitching and the budget is not signed off. Can we still get a Hindi quote?
Yes, and it is one of the commonest reasons people get in touch. Tell us it is for a pitch and you get a figure you can put in front of your own client, itemised so it stands up to being picked apart, with no obligation and no follow-up sales calls if the pitch goes elsewhere. If it lands, the quote still holds and we already know the project.
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The complete solution to localise your content
Voice over
- State-of-the-art studios
- Neumann microphones
- On-hand sound engineers
- 1,000+ voice actors
Translation
- 100+ languages covered
- Tailored to your needs
- Stringent quality control
- Dedicated project managers
Subtitling
- Experienced subtitlers
- Industry-standard software
- Burn-in and graphic editing
- Open and closed captions
Transcription
- Improve accessibility
- Reach a wider audience
- Boost SEO and video views
- Maximise video engagement



