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Sreeja Ravi
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Sreeja Ravi | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Voice artist |
| Spouse(s) | Raveendranathan |
| Children | Raveena Ravi |
| Parent(s) | Kunjukuttan Kannur Narayani |
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][2] 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. She mostly dubbed for Actress Kavya Madhavan.[3]
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.[4]
Personal life[edit]
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[edit]
Acting[edit]
In starting of her career, she acted some films like Manassu (1973), Sethubandhanam (1974) & 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 & Kalyani Priyadarshan.[5] She also appeared in Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aiswaryam (2019).
Dubbing career[edit]
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.[6]
She mostly dubbed for actresses like Kavya Madhavan, Divya Unni, Shalini, Gopika, Devayani, Sunitha, Charmila and Nayanthara, Roma.
Malayalam[edit]
Tamil[edit]
- This list is incomplete.
Ravi works as a voice actress in Telugu, Kannada & Bollywood industries, apart from the Malayalam & Tamil film industries.[7]
| Year | Language | Film | For Whom |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Kannada | Aapadbandhava | Baby Sujitha |
| Telugu | Pasivadi Pranam | Baby Sujitha | |
| 1988 | Hindi | Hatya | Baby Sujitha |
| 2003 | Three Roses | Jyothika | |
| 2004 | Telugu | Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi | Navaneet Kaur |
| 2006 | Kannda | My Autograph | Sridevika |
Dialogues or effects between songs[edit]
| Year | Title | Film | Language | Composer | Co – artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Ente ellam ellam alle" | Meesa Madhavan | Malyalam | Vidyasagar | K. J. Yesudas & Sujatha Mohan |
| 2006 | "Pooncholai Kiliye" | Keerthichakra | Malyalam | Joshua Sridhar | Karthik & Asha G. Menon |
| 2008 | "Mizhiyil Mizhiyil" | Mayabazaar | Malyalam | Rahul Raj | Srinivas & Sujatha Mohan |
Filmography as Actress[edit]
- Malayalam
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Manassu | - |
| 1974 | Sethubandhanam | - |
| 1976 | Raathriyile Yaathrakkaar | - |
| 1983 | Ee Yugam | - |
| 2019 | Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aiswaryam | Jimmy's Mother |
| 2020 | Varane Avashyamund | Cookeramma |
| 2021 | Vellakkuthira | Filming |
- Tamil
| Year | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2021 | Annaatthe | Doctor |
Tv Serials & Ads[edit]
- Dubbing
| Channel | Serial | Actress | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun TV | Soolam | Suvalakshmi | Parvathi/Amman |
| Jaya TV | Simran Thirai | Simran | |
| Surya TV | Naagakanyaka 1 | Mouni Roy | Shivanya |
| Valsalyam | Vaishali Thakkar | Damini | |
| Nandini | Nithya Ram | Nandini & Ganga |
- Ads
Awards won[edit]
- Award for best dubbing artist
See also[edit]
- List of Indian Dubbing Artists
- Raveena Ravi
- Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist
References[edit]
- ↑ Cinema-ormmakal (7 May 2011). ". Cinema Ormmakal: Dubbing Artists 1". cinema-ormmakal.blogspot.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ↑ http://www.thecompleteactor.com/discussion/comments.php?DiscussionID=1249&page=2 [dead link]
- ↑ "When Ajith sparked a huge surprise to a dubbing artist - Tamil News". 22 October 2016.
- ↑ no info
- ↑ "ഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?".
- ↑ "'എനിക്കിനിയൊരു സ്വാഭാവിക ജീവിതം ഉണ്ടാകില്ലെന്ന് ന്യൂറോ സര്ജന് അന്ന് വിധിയെഴുതി'; ശ്രീജ പറയുന്നു".
- ↑ Mollywood Dubbing Sreeja Ravi Biography, News, Photos, Videos
Notes[edit]
- 'എനിക്കിനിയൊരു സ്വാഭാവിക ജീവിതം ഉണ്ടാകില്ലെന്ന് ന്യൂറോ സര്ജന് അന്ന് വിധിയെഴുതി'; ശ്രീജ പറയുന്നു
- ഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?
- Petromax World Television Premiere Tamil Comedy Horror Film On TV
- ഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?
- ‘അത് കാവ്യ മാധവന്റെ ശബ്ദമല്ലേ’: പ്രേക്ഷകരെ സംശയത്തിലാഴ്ത്തിയ ‘കുക്കറമ്മ’ ആരെന്നോ?
- https://www.mathrubhumi.com/women/features/dubbing-artist-sreeja-ravi-share-her-experience-on-working-in-film-industry-1.4963053
- https://malayalam.samayam.com/malayalam-cinema/movie-news/facebook-post-about-dubbing-artist-sreeja-ravi-who-acted-in-varane-avashyamund-goes-viral/articleshow/74023294.cms