# Kalakar

> Captioning software made by desi creators, for desi creators. Kalakar auto-generates accurate captions in 21 languages, including Hindi, Hinglish, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Nepali, Sindhi, Pashto, Assamese, Kashmiri, Odia, Persian, Arabic, Malay and English, with a Roman or native-script choice for 18 of them, word-level editing, caption templates, and export to MP4, SRT, VTT or alpha channel. Plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Free plan with no watermark on basic templates.

Site: https://www.kalakar.io
App: https://app.kalakar.io
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.kalakar.app
Support: support@kalakar.io

## Languages (one page each)

- [All languages](https://www.kalakar.io/captions): every supported language with script and script-choice details
- [Hindi](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/hindi): Devanagari or Roman Hindi
- [Hinglish](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/hinglish): Hindi-English code-mixing, handled under the English setting
- [Urdu](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/urdu): Urdu script (right-to-left) or Roman Urdu
- [Bengali](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/bengali): Bangla script or Roman Banglish
- [Punjabi](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/punjabi): Gurmukhi or Roman Punjabi
- [Gujarati](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/gujarati): Gujarati script or Roman
- [Marathi](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/marathi): Marathi Devanagari or Roman
- [Nepali](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/nepali): Devanagari or Roman Nepali
- [Sindhi](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/sindhi): Sindhi alphabet (right-to-left) or Roman
- [Assamese](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/assamese): Assamese script or Roman
- [Kashmiri](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/kashmiri): Perso-Arabic Kashmiri script or Roman
- [Odia](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/odia): Odia script or Roman
- [Tamil](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/tamil): Tamil script or Tanglish
- [Telugu](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/telugu): Telugu script or Tenglish
- [Malayalam](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/malayalam): Malayalam script or Manglish
- [Kannada](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/kannada): Kannada script or Kanglish
- [Pashto](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/pushto): Pashto alphabet (right-to-left) or Roman; listed as "Pushto" in the app
- [Persian](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/persian): Farsi and Dari, Persian script or Roman
- [Arabic](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/arabic): Arabic script (right-to-left) or Roman
- [Malay](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/malay): Rumi (Latin), single script
- [English](https://www.kalakar.io/captions/english): tuned for South Asian accents; also the setting for Hinglish

## Guides

- [Blog index](https://www.kalakar.io/blogs)
- [Why Hinglish captions come out wrong](https://www.kalakar.io/blogs/hinglish-captions-why-they-break)
- [Roman vs native script](https://www.kalakar.io/blogs/roman-vs-native)
- [Best captioning tools for Urdu, Hindi and desi languages](https://www.kalakar.io/blogs/the-best-captioning-tools-for-urdu-hindi-and-desi-languages)
- [Kalakar overview](https://www.kalakar.io/blogs/kalakar-overview)
- [Caption templates](https://www.kalakar.io/blogs/kalakar-caption-templates)
- [MrBeast-style captions](https://www.kalakar.io/blogs/add-mrbeast-style-captions)
- [AI audio clean](https://www.kalakar.io/blogs/ai-audio-clean)

## Key facts

- Accuracy: up to 97% on clear audio for the major desi languages (Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi and others). Pashto can be lower depending on audio quality.
- Script choice: Roman or native script, chosen at generation time, same timings either way. Hinglish is transcribed under the English setting.
- Editing: every word has its own start and end time and can be edited individually.
- Export: MP4 (H.264) at 720p, 1080p or 4K by plan; SRT and VTT; alpha-channel (Apple ProRes) render; transcript export (.docx/.txt/.md) on the Studio plan.
- Plugins: Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, including the free version of Resolve.
- Audio: built-in AI audio enhancement before transcription.
- Translation: Creator plan and above translate from any desi language into English and 70+ other languages.
- Pricing: free plan with all languages, 5 minutes of full-template testing and no-watermark renders on basic templates; paid plans in USD, INR, PKR, BDT and NPR.
- Payments: Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay. Cancel any time.

## Policies

- [Privacy policy](https://www.kalakar.io/privacypolicy)
- [Terms and conditions](https://www.kalakar.io/termsandconditions)
- [Delete account](https://www.kalakar.io/delete-account)