Sreeja Ravi
{{short description|Indian voice artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
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Sreeja Ravi is an Indian voice artist and actress in Tamil and Malayalam Films,who has lent her dubbing voice to over 2000 films in total and also performed voices for numerous commercial ads. in She started her dubbing career in the year 1975 for the movie Uttarayanam, directed by G. Aravindan.{{cite web |url=http://cinema-ormmakal.blogspot.com/2011/05/dubbing-artists-1.html |title=. Cinema Ormmakal: Dubbing Artists 1 |last=Cinema-ormmakal |date=7 May 2011 |website=cinema-ormmakal.blogspot.com |access-date=1 February 2019}} 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 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/325112/ |title=no info |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-date=15 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215010041/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/325112/ |url-status=dead }}
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 Raveendranathan. The couple has a daughter, Raveena Ravi, who is also a dubbing artist in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu.
Career
=Acting=
In 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.{{Cite web |url=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 |title=ഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?}} 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
{{anchor|List of other language films dubbed by Sreeja Ravi}}
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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/women/features/dubbing-artist-sreeja-ravi-share-her-experience-on-working-in-film-industry-1.4963053 |title='എനിക്കിനിയൊരു സ്വാഭാവിക ജീവിതം ഉണ്ടാകില്ലെന്ന് ന്യൂറോ സര്ജന് അന്ന് വിധിയെഴുതി'; ശ്രീജ പറയുന്നു}}
She mostly dubbed for actresses like Kavya Madhavan, Divya Unni, Shalini, Gopika, Devayani, Sunitha, Charmila, Nayanthara and Roma.
Filmography as voice actress
=Malayalam=
{{Main|List of Malalayalam films dubbed by Sreeja Ravi}}
= Tamil =
: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|date=April 2023}}
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| Year | Language | Film | For whom |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"| 1987 | Kannada | Aapadbandhava | rowspan="3" | Baby Sujitha |
| Telugu | Pasivadi Pranam | ||
| 1988 | rowspan="2"|Hindi | Hatya | |
| 2003 | | Three Roses | Jyothika | |
| 2004 | Telugu | Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi | Navaneet Kaur |
| 2006 | Kannada | My Autograph | Sridevika |
==Dialogues or effects between songs ==
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| | Year
! | Title ! | Film ! | Language ! | Composer ! | Co-artist ! | Dubbed for | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Ente ellam ellam alle" | Meesa Madhavan | rowspan="3" |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
=Malayalam=
=Tamil=
TV serials and ads
;Dubbing
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Channel | Serial | Actress | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4"|Sun TV | Soolam | Suvalakshmi | Parvathi/Amman |
| Velan | Seetha | Uma | |
| Raja Rajeswari | Malavika Avinash / Abitha | Raji | |
| Athi Pookal | Sandhya | Karpagam | |
| Jaya TV | Simran Thirai | Simran | |
| rowspan="3"|Surya TV | Naagakanyaka 1 | Mouni Roy | Shivanya |
| Valsalyam | Vaishali Thakkar | Damini | |
| Nandini | Nithya Ram | Nandini & Ganga |
;Ads
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| Year | Ad | Actress |
|---|---|---|
| 2014
| rowspan="8"|Kavya Madhavan | ||
| rowspan="8"|2015 | ||
| Nirapara Veg Pickle | ||
| Nirapara Pathiri | ||
| Nirapara Fish Masala | ||
| Nirapara Dosa Podi | ||
| Nirapara Varutharacha Masala | ||
| Nirapara Coriander Powder | ||
| Nirapara Veg Pickle |
Awards
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=March 2023}}
;Award for best dubbing artist
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| Year | Award | Film | For |
|---|---|---|---|
| |1997 | |||
| rowspan="3"|1998
| rowspan="3"|Kerala State Film Awards | |||
| Achamakuttiyude Achayan
| Chippy | |||
| The Godman | |||
| |2001
|Dhil | |||
| |2003
| rowspan="2"|Kerala Film Critics Awards | |||
| |2007 | |||
| |2008
| rowspan="2"| Kerala State Film Awards |Roma | |||
| |2013 |
See also
References
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Notes
- [https://www.mathrubhumi.com/women/features/dubbing-artist-sreeja-ravi-share-her-experience-on-working-in-film-industry-1.4963053 'എനിക്കിനിയൊരു സ്വാഭാവിക ജീവിതം ഉണ്ടാകില്ലെന്ന് ന്യൂറോ സര്ജന് അന്ന് വിധിയെഴുതി'; ശ്രീജ പറയുന്നു]
- [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 ഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?]
- [https://socialtelecast.com/petromax-world-television-premiere-tamil-comedy-horror-film-on-tv-check-date-time-channel/ Petromax World Television Premiere Tamil Comedy Horror Film On TV]
- [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 ഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?]
- [https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2020/02/08/dubbing-artist-sreeja-ravi-acted-in-varane-avashyamund-movie.amp.html ‘അത് കാവ്യ മാധവന്റെ ശബ്ദമല്ലേ’: പ്രേക്ഷകരെ സംശയത്തിലാഴ്ത്തിയ ‘കുക്കറമ്മ’ ആരെന്നോ?]
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- 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
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