Udta Teer Director Confirms AI Recreated Mukul Dev’s Voice
Aakash A Kaushik reveals how AI brought late actor Mukul Dev's changed Operation Sindoor dialogue into Udta Teer after his death.
Udta Teer has been winning audiences with its spy-comedy tone, but a fresh detail from its making is now part of the conversation: late actor Mukul Dev has a line in the film that was added after his death, and his voice was recreated with AI.
A late script change
Writer-director Aakash A Kaushik said in an interview with Bollywood Hungama that the film originally had something else in mind for the scene. When Operation Sindoor took place on May 7, 2025, the team chose to revise Mukul Dev’s dialogue so his character would mention the operation. By the time that edit happened, the actor had already passed away at 54 on May 23, 2025.
Asked whether AI was used to recreate the late actor’s voice, Aakash replied, “Yes, we did.”
- Mukul Dev died at 54 on May 23, 2025.
- Operation Sindoor took place on May 7, 2025.
- The film changed his dialogue after the operation.
- AI was used to deliver the new line in his voice.
The voice notes he still plays
Aakash said he had been speaking with Mukul Dev for a month and was stunned by his death. He still has the actor’s WhatsApp voice notes and listens to them. In one note, Mukul Dev told him the role would earn him love from across India. Aakash said he replied that he had written the part well, but the actor had performed it even better.
“I promised him that he would get a lot of love, and he did,” Aakash said. “I am sure he’s watching from above and feeling very proud of himself.”
Why this reveal matters
Posthumous AI voice work is becoming a delicate issue in entertainment, and this instance arrives with an unusually personal anchor: the filmmaker kept the actor’s voice notes and has spoken openly about the decision. It also shows how a film can respond to a real-world news moment even late in production.
For fans of the late actor, the sequence now carries added meaning. The line was not simply a tribute; it was a posthumous creative decision made by a team that still had his voice notes on hand.
Produced by Dharma Productions and Sikhya Entertainment, Udta Teer stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan in lead roles, with Rahul Bose, Ram Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Suhail Nayyar.
Source: Bollywood Bubble
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