Sreeja Ravi

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Sreeja Ravi
Born
Kannur, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Voice artist, actress
SpouseRaveendranathan
Children Raveena Ravi

Sreeja Ravi is an Indian voice artist who has lent her dubbing voice to over 2000 films in total and also performed voices for numerous commercial ads. She started her dubbing career in the year 1975 for the movie Uttarayanam , directed by G. Aravindan. [1] She is the winner of four time Kerala State Film Award, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and two Kerala Film Critics Awards for dubbing.[ citation needed ]

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Sreeja can speak Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, English and also Kannada, as she used those six major Indian languages to perform dubbing roles in foreign productions. [2]

Personal life

Sreeja was born to Kunjukuttan, who was a mechanical engineer and Kannur Narayani, who was a theater and dubbing artist. After her father's death in 1972, the family moved to Chennai. Her mother started working as a dubbing artist and has acted in a few movies and dramas. Sreeja used to go to studios with her mother and eventually started dubbing. She has eight siblings, out of which two are no more. Her siblings are Manomohan, Madanmohan, Sreedharan, Prakashbabu, Rasiklal, Jyothish Kumar, Dr Vijayalakshmi Rajan Singh and Premasudha Krishnankutty.

She is married to Raveendranathan. The couple has a daughter, Raveena Ravi, who is also a dubbing artist in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu.

Career

Acting

In the start of her career, she acted in films like Manassu (1973), Sethubandhanam (1974) and Raathriyile Yaathrakkaar (1976).

She appeared in a small role in Kandukonden Kandukonden (2000) as a programmer who is pregnant, with whom Tabu talks about the difficulties in finding a house.

She played the character of Cookeramma in Anoop Sathyan's Varane Aavashyamundu (2020) along with Shobhana, K.P.A.C. Lalitha, Dulquer Salman and Kalyani Priyadarshan. [3] She also appeared in Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aiswaryam (2019).

Sreeja Ravi was introduced as a dialogue writer and was involved in the dubbing direction for the Tamil and Malayalam dubbed version of Shaakuntalam directed by Gunasekhar, where she did dub for Gautami and Aditi Balan in Tamil.

Dubbing career

She started her dubbing career on films like Thambu and Uttarayanam as crowd voice. Then slowly started to give voice for child artists. Her first film for give voice to heroine was Ilaneer. But Kattathe Kilikkoodu was make her popular on Malayalam film industry. In it she dubbed for Revathi and Master Prashobh. [4]

She mostly dubbed for actresses like Kavya Madhavan, Divya Unni, Shalini, Gopika, Devayani, Sunitha, Charmila, Nayanthara and Roma.

Malayalam

Tamil

This list is incomplete.
YearFilmFor whom
1984 Anbulla Rajinikanth Master Tinku
1985 Japanil Kalyanaraman
1987 Poovizhi Vasalile Baby Sujitha
Rettai Vaal Kuruvi Gopi's daughter (Climax scene)
Manathil Uruthi Vendum Baby Vasanthi
1988 Paadatha Thenikkal Baby Sujitha
1989 Sandhya Raagam Baby Rajalakshmi
1992 Vanna Vanna Pookkal Vinodhini
Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen Monisha Unni
1993 I Love India Shenbaga
Gentleman Subhashri
1995 Sathi Leelavathi Heera
Criminal Manisha Koirala
Thotta Chinungi Devayani
1996 Kadhal Kottai
Mahaprabhu Vineetha
Netaji Lisa Ray
Gokulathil Seethai Suvaluxmi
1997 Pudhayal Roopa Sree
Vivasaayi Magan Devayani
Kaadhali
Raman Abdullah Ashwini
Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga Kausalya
Vaimaye Vellum Rachna Banerjee
Love Today Suvaluxmi
Nerukku Ner Simran
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai Shalini
1998 Ninaithen Vandhai Devayani
Pudhumaipithan
Marumalarchi
Udhavikku Varalaamaa
Ponmanam Suvaluxmi
Santhosham
Kavalai Padathe Sagodhara
En Aasai Rasave
Dhinamdhorum
Unnudan Kausalya
Kaadhale Nimmadhi Jividha Sharma
Desiya Geetham Rambha
Kadhal Kavithai Kasthuri
1999 Amarkalam Shalini
Kanave Kalaiyadhe Simran
Ponnu Veettukaaran Preetha Vijayakumar
Pooparika Varugirom Malavika
Oruvan Pooja Batra
Sangamam Vindhya
Kallazhagar Ashwini
2000 Vaanathaipola Kausalya
Eazhaiyin Sirippil
Maayi Suvaluxmi
Paattali Devayani
Ennavale Ashwini
Kannukkul Nilavu Shalini
2001 Piriyadha Varam Vendum
En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maathiri Vindhya
Friends Vijayalakshmi
Badri Bhumika Chawla
Kanna Unnai Thedukiren Suvaluxmi
Minnale Raji Iyer (Reemasen's Friend)
Kasi Aishwarya, Kaveri
Anandham Rambha
Dhill Laila
Parthale Paravasam Radhika Chaudhari
Alli Thandha Vaanam Neha
Vadagupatti Maapillai Reshma
2002 Alli Arjuna Richa Pallod
Kamarasu Laila
Thenkasi Pattanam Aswathi Menon
En Mana Vaanil Kavya Madhavan
2003 3 Roses Rambha
Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Trisha's Friend
Kadhal Sugamanathu Sneha
Anbe Un Vasam Rathi Arumugam
Ice Priyanka Trivedi
Yes Madam Vindhya
2005 Majaa Anu Prabhakar
2011 Kavalan Mithra Kurian and Phone portion of Asin
2012 Neerparavai Church Mother
Ivan Veramathiri Charmila
2018 Mohini Rama
2019 Ayogya Pavitra Lokesh
2020 Vanmurai Charmila

Ravi works as a voice actress in Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood industries, apart from the Malayalam and Tamil film industries.[ citation needed ]

YearLanguageFilmFor whom
1987 Kannada Aapadbandhava Baby Sujitha
Telugu Pasivadi Pranam
1988 Hindi Hatya
2003 Three Roses Jyothika
2004 Telugu Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi Navaneet Kaur
2006 Kannada My Autograph Sridevika

Dialogues or effects between songs

YearTitleFilmLanguageComposerCo-artistDubbed for
2002"Ente ellam ellam alle" Meesa Madhavan Malayalam Vidyasagar K. J. Yesudas & Sujatha Mohan Kavya Madhavan
2006"Pooncholai Kiliye" Keerthichakra Joshua Sridhar Karthik & Asha G. Menon Gopika
2008"Mizhiyil Mizhiyil" Mayabazaar Rahul Raj Srinivas & Sujatha Mohan Sheela Kaur

Filmography as actress

Malayalam

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 Manassu
1974 Sethubandhanam
1976 Raathriyile Yaathrakkaar
1983 Ee Yugam
2019 Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aishwaryam Jimmy's Mother
2020 Varane Avashyamund Cookeramma
2021Vellakkuthira
2022 Rorschach Lekha
2023 Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Nabeesa [5] [6]
2018 Anoop's mother [7]
2024 BharathanatyamRugmini Bharathan Nair [8]

Tamil

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain Valsala
2012 Nanban Doctor
2014 Jeeva
Veeram
2015 Paayum Puli Jayaseelan's mother
Vedalam Nurse
2017 Yeman Wife of Karunakaran
2018 Irumbu Thirai Kathiravan's mother
Kaali Bharath's Mother
Maniyaar Kudumbam Narthanga Swamy's mother
2019 Petromax Kamala
2021 Doctor Varun's mother
Annaatthe Doctor
2022 Gatta Kusthi Keerthi's mother
2023 Theera Kaadhal Amma
2024 Romeo Leela's mother [9]
Maharaja Aasifa's mother

TV serials and ads

Dubbing
ChannelSerialActressCharacter
Sun TV Soolam Suvalakshmi Parvathi/Amman
Velan Seetha Uma
Raja Rajeswari Malavika Avinash / Abitha Raji
Athi PookalSandhyaKarpagam
Jaya TV Simran Thirai Simran
Surya TV Naagakanyaka 1 Mouni Roy Shivanya
Valsalyam Vaishali Thakkar Damini
Nandini Nithya Ram Nandini & Ganga
Ads
YearAdActress
2014 Nirapara Sambar Kavya Madhavan
2015 Nirapara Sambar
Nirapara Veg Pickle
Nirapara Pathiri
Nirapara Fish Masala
Nirapara Dosa Podi
Nirapara Varutharacha Masala
Nirapara Coriander Powder
Nirapara Veg Pickle Akshara Kishore

Awards

Award for best dubbing artist
YearAwardFilmFor
1997 Kerala State Film Awards Aniyathi Pravu Shalini
1998 Kerala State Film Awards Aakasha Ganga Divya Unni
Achamakuttiyude Achayan Chippy
The Godman Vani Viswanath
2001 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Dhil Laila
2003 Kerala Film Critics Awards Manassinakkare Nayanthara
2007 Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal Lakshmi Gopalaswami
2008 Kerala State Film Awards Minnaminnikkoottam Roma
2013 Ayaal Ineya

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