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.
Sreeja Ravi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kannur, Kerala, India |
| Occupation(s) | Voice artist, actress |
| Spouse | Raveendranathan |
| Children | Raveena Ravi |
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
editSreeja 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
editActing
editIn 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
editShe 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
editTamil
edit- This list is incomplete.
Ravi works as a voice actress in Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood industries, apart from the Malayalam and Tamil film industries.[citation needed]
| Year | Language | Film | For 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
edit| Year | Title | Film | Language | Composer | Co-artist | Dubbed 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
editMalayalam
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Manassu | ||
| 1974 | Sethubandhanam | ||
| 1976 | Raathriyile Yaathrakkaar | ||
| 1983 | Ee Yugam | ||
| 2019 | Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aishwaryam | Jimmy's Mother | |
| 2020 | Varane Avashyamund | Cookeramma | |
| 2021 | Vellakkuthira | ||
| 2022 | Rorschach | Lekha | |
| 2023 | Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham | Nabeesa | [5][6] |
| 2018 | Anoop's mother | [7] | |
| 2024 | Bharathanatyam | Rugmini Bharathan Nair | [8] |
Tamil
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Family Padam |
TV serials and ads
edit- Dubbing
| Channel | Serial | Actress | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun TV | Soolam | Suvalakshmi | Parvathi/Amman |
| Velan | Seetha | Uma | |
| Raja Rajeswari | Malavika Avinash / Abitha | Raji | |
| Athi Pookal | Sandhya | Karpagam | |
| Jaya TV | Simran Thirai | Simran | |
| Surya TV | Naagakanyaka 1 | Mouni Roy | Shivanya |
| Valsalyam | Vaishali Thakkar | Damini | |
| Nandini | Nithya Ram | Nandini & Ganga |
- Ads
Awards
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (March 2023) |
- Award for best dubbing artist
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Cinema-ormmakal (7 May 2011). ". Cinema Ormmakal: Dubbing Artists 1". cinema-ormmakal.blogspot.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "no info". Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "ഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?".
- ^ "'എനിക്കിനിയൊരു സ്വാഭാവിക ജീവിതം ഉണ്ടാകില്ലെന്ന് ന്യൂറോ സര്ജന് അന്ന് വിധിയെഴുതി'; ശ്രീജ പറയുന്നു".
- ^ "Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham trailer is out". Cinema Express. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ Madhu, Vignesh (4 May 2023). "Sreeja Ravi Interview: Anyone can dub, but performing in front of the mic is a different challenge". Cinema Express. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "It's a wrap for Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, and Kunchacko Boban's '2018' based on the Kerala floods". The Times of India. 16 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ Features, C. E. (26 July 2024). "Saiju Kurup's Bharathanatyam announces release date with first look". Cinema Express. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Romeo Trailer: Vijay Antony-starrer Promises Fun Ride To Win Over His Wife's Love". News18. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
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