Sreeja Ravi
| Sreeja Ravi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Voice-dubbing Artist |
| Spouse(s) | Ravindranathan |
| Children | Raveena Ravi |
Sreeja Ravi (Śrījā Ravi) is an Indian voice-dubbing artist who has lent her dubbing voice to over 1500 films in total and also performed voices for numerous commercial ads. She started her dubbing career in the year 1975 for the movie Utharayanam, Directed by G Aravindan .[1][2]
She can speak English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam and also Kannada, as she used those six major Indian languages to perform dubbing roles in foreign productions.[3]
She appeared in a small role in Kandukonden Kandukonden as a programmer who is pregnant with whom Tabu talks about the difficulties in finding a house.She has also dubbed for Famous Actresses from Simran , Jyothika to Anushka Shetty.[3] Sreeja has received Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist four times, the highest by any Malayalam dubbing artist. She has a daughter Raveena Ravi who is also a famous upcoming - present dubbing artist.
Personal life
She is 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 Ravindran. The couple has a daughter Raveena Ravi who is also a dubbing artist presently in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.
Selected filmography
As a dubbing artist
- Malayalam
- Tamil
| Tamil Film | Dubbed for |
|---|---|
| Sathi Leelavathi | Heera |
| Kadhalukku Mariyadhai | Shalini |
| Kannukkul Nilavu | Shalini |
| Amarkalam | Shalini |
| Piriyadha Varam Vendum | Shalini |
| Kadhal Sugamanathu | Sneha |
| Kadhal Kottai | Devayani |
| Ninaithen Vandhai | Devayani |
| Thotta Chinungi | Devayani |
| Marumalarchi | Devayani |
| Gokulathil Seethai | Suvalakshmi |
| Love Today | SuvaLakshmi |
| Nerukku Ner | Simran |
| Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga | Kausalya |
| Dhinamdhorum | SuvaLakshmi |
| Kanave Kalaiyadhe | Simran |
| Unnudan | Kausalya |
| Paattali | Devayani |
| Eazhaiyin Sirippil | Kausalya |
| 3 Roses | Rambha |
| Anandham | Rambha |
| Kavalan | Mithra Kurian and Phone portion of Asin |
| Neerparavai | Church Mother |
| Ivan Veramathiri | Charmila (Surabi's Mother) |
| Dhill | Laila |
| Badri | Bhoomika |
| Thenkasi Pattanam | Aswathi |
| Enakku 20 Unakku 18 | Trisha's Friend |
| Minnale | Raji Iyer (Reemasen's Friend) |
| Ice | Priyanka Trivedi |
| Anbae Un Vasam | Rathi |
| Sangamam | Vindhya |
As an actress
- Malayalam
- Manassu (1973)
- Sethubandhanam (film) (1974)
- Raathriyile Yaathrakkaar (1976)
- Ee Yugam (1983)
- Tamil
- Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) - Tabu's pregnant colleague
- Nanban (2012) - Doctor
- Jeeva (2014)
- Veeram (2014)
- Paayum Puli (2015)[4]
- Vedalam (2015)[5]
- Yeman (2017) as wife to thiyagarajan
- Irumbu Thirai (2018 film)
- Kaali (2018)
Awards won
- Kerala State Film award - Aniyathipravu (1997)
- Kerala State Film award - Various films (1998)
- Kerala State Film award - Minnaminnikoottam (2008)
- Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Dubbing Artist - Dhill (2002)
- Kerala State Film award - Ayaal (2013)
See also
References
- ↑ http://cinema-ormmakal.blogspot.com/2011/05/dubbing-artists-1.html
- ↑ http://www.thecompleteactor.com/discussion/comments.php?DiscussionID=1249&page=2
- 1 2 http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/325112/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu8GokRXIQo
- ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/veteran-dubbing-artist-sreeja-about-her-experience-working-with-thala-ajith-in-amarkkalam-and-vedalam-tamil-news-169755.html