Savitha Radhakrishnan
{{short description|Indian voice actor}}
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| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Voice actor / dubbing artist
| yearsactive = 1986–present
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Savitha Radhakrishnan is an Indian voice actor.
Career
Radhakrishnan made her debut as a child voice actor in a film for Sujitha and continued for many movies as a voice actor in both Tamil and Telugu movies. She later as a teen dubbed for female lead actress Vinodhini for a Tamil movie Annai Vayal (1992). Her major break was with Jeans lending her voice to Aishwarya Rai's character.{{Cite news |title=Dubbing is big business today in Kollywood |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Dubbing-is-big-business-today-in-Kollywood/articleshow/52222891.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111225028/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Dubbing-is-big-business-today-in-Kollywood/articleshow/52222891.cms |archive-date=11 November 2019 |access-date=2019-10-07 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{cite magazine |date=18 March 2001 |title=அதிர்ஷ்ட தேவதைகளின் குரல்! |url=https://archive.org/download/kalki2001-03-18/kalki2001-03-18.pdf |magazine=Kalki |language=ta |pages=12–15 |access-date=21 July 2023}} An M.B.A. graduate who majored in advertising from Annamalai University, she first received attention when the Indian cinema director Shankar selected her to lend her voice for the then Miss World Aishwarya Rai in Jeans.{{Cite web |date=2001-11-24 |title=Screen The Business Of Entertainment-Regional-Telugu-Spotlight |url=http://www.screenindia.com/20011109/rtelu.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011124165351/http://www.screenindia.com/20011109/rtelu.html |archive-date=24 November 2001 |access-date=2019-10-07}} In Telugu, her first work was for Simran in Kalisundam Raa and later she went on to lend her voice for Simran in all most all her movies. She has lent her voice for Aarthi Agarwal from her debut film Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, "I got the Nandi award for this movie," recalls Radhakrishnan. She lent voice for Trisha's first Telugu film, Varsham, Richa's in Nuvve Kavali, and for Asin in Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, she lent her voice a lot for Simran, Jyothika and Trisha.{{Cite web |title=Ever Unseen But Never Unheard |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2016/apr/23/ever-unseen-but-never-unheard-927739.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007135855/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2016/apr/23/Ever-Unseen-But-Never-Unheard-927739.html |archive-date=7 October 2019 |access-date=2019-10-07 |website=The New Indian Express|date=23 April 2016 }} Her major works are Thullatha Manamum Thullum, Kushi, Priyamanavale, Panchathantiram, Dhool, Chandramukhi, and Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. In the movie Deiva Thirumagal she lent her voice for Amala Paul whereas her daughter lent her voice for Sara Arjun.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-03 |title=7 POPULAR DUBBING ARTISTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT |url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment/movies/tamil/dubbing-artists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007141401/https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment/movies/tamil/dubbing-artists/ |archive-date=7 October 2019 |access-date=2019-10-07 |website=BookMyShow |language=en-US}}
She lent her voice for Jyothika in the Tamil film Chandramukhi, and subsequently dubbed for Kangana Ranaut in Chandramukhi 2. She has dubbed for Simran and Jyothika in the same film, 12B. She had also lent her voice for the actress playing Nina's character in Chitti serial. In Parthiban Kanavu she lent her voice for Sneha for one of her dual appearances.{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=Subha J. |date=2011-12-17 |title=Over to the voices… |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/over-to-the-voices/article2723614.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2019-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604083728/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/over-to-the-voices/article2723614.ece |archive-date=4 June 2021 |issn=0971-751X}}
List of movies dubbed
Accolades
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2805632}}
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Category:Annamalai University alumni
Category:Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)