What is Kalakar?
Kalakar is a captioning tool that auto-generates subtitles in over 20 South Asian and regional languages. It operates via a web application and offers plugins for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve Studio on macOS and Windows. The vendor claims up to 97% accuracy in major supported languages.
What are the features of Kalakar?
- Multilingual transcriptionGenerates captions in languages including Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Arabic, Persian, and English.
- Caption templatesProvides dozens of customizable styles, some named after specific creators like Mr Beast or Ali Abdal.
- NLE pluginsIntegrates with Premiere Pro (all versions) and DaVinci Resolve Studio (version 21.1 onward).
- Export formatsOutputs captions as SRT files, VTT files, or alpha channel renders for use in external editing software.
- Audio enhancementProcesses audio to reduce noise patterns such as traffic, white noise, crowds, and hiss.
- TranslationConverts transcriptions from supported languages into English and over 70 other languages on paid plans.
What are the use cases of Kalakar?
- Professional video editingEditors using Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve can generate captions externally and import them locally as SRT files or alpha channels.
- Noisy location recordingCreators filming in environments with harsh traffic or crowd noise can process the raw audio before captioning.
Kalakar Pricing Information:
- Free$0 per month; includes all languages, 5 minutes of testing with full templates, 5 GB cloud storage, maximum 2-minute video length, 3 audio enhancement credits, and watermark-free rendering limited to basic templates.
- Editor Plan$6.99 per month; adds 2 hours of transcription, 20 GB cloud storage, maximum 2-minute video length, 50 audio enhancement videos, custom font upload, unlimited batch upload, and 1080p / 30 FPS rendering.
- Creator Plan$9.99 per month; adds 5 hours of transcription, 60 GB cloud storage, maximum 5-minute video length, unlimited audio enhancement, 4K / 60 FPS rendering, green/blue screen renders, 2 hours of translation, subtitle exports (.srt / .vtt), SRT rendering, and audio-only uploads.
- Studio Plan$24.99 per month; adds 12 hours of transcription, 150 GB cloud storage, maximum 30-minute video length, alpha channel rendering, transcript exports (.docx / .txt / .md), 5 hours of translation, and team collaboration with additional members at $5.00 per member per month.









