Sreeja Ravi
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Sreeja Ravi | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality |  India |
| Occupation | Voice artist |
| Spouse | Ravindranathan |
| Children | Raveena Ravi |
| Parent(s) | Kunjukuttan Kannur Narayani |
Sreeja Ravi is an Indian voice 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 and Jyothika to Anushka Shetty.[3] Sreeja has received the 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 dubbing artist and actress.
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 Ravindranathan. The couple has a daughter, Raveena Ravi, who is also a dubbing artist presently in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.
Filmography
Malayalam
80's
90's
2000's
2010's
2020's
| Year | Film | For Whom |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cochin Shadhi at Chennai 03 | Charmila |
Kannada
| Year | Film | For Whom |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Aapadbandhava | Baby Sujitha |
| 2006 | My Autograph | Sridevika |
Hindi
| Year | Film | For Whom |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Pularvettam | Baby Sujitha |
| 2003 | Three Roses | Jyothika |
Telugu
| Year | Film | For Whom |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Pasivadi Pranam | Baby Sujitha |
Tamil
As an actress
- Malayalam
- Manassu (1973)
- Sethubandhanam (film) (1974)
- Raathriyile Yaathrakkaar (1976)
- Ee Yugam (1983)
- Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aiswaryam (2019) - Jimmy's mother
- Varane Avashyamund (2020) - Cookeramma
- Tamil
- Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) - Vatsala
- Nanban (2012) - Doctor
- Jeeva (2014)
- Veeram (2014)
- Paayum Puli (2015) - Vishal's mother
- Vedalam (2015) - Nurse
- Yeman (2017) as wife to Karunakaran
- Irumbu Thirai (2018)
- Kaali (2018) - Bharath's mother
- Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018)
- Petromax (2019) - Kamala
- Vaanam Kottattum (2020) - Velumani
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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/325112/