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Sreeja Ravi is an Indian
voice artist Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...
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 ''Uttarayanam'' ( en, Throne of Capricorn) is a 1975 Malayalam-language film directed by G. Aravindan and written by Thikkodiyan. Aravindan debuted with this film. The film, which exposes opportunism and hypocrisy set against the backdrop of the ...
'', directed by
G. Aravindan Govindan Aravindan (23 January 1935 – 15 March 1991) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, musician, cartoonist, and painter. He was one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam. He was known for his unorthodox way of filmma ...
. She is the winner of four time
Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...
, one
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Tamil Nadu State Film Awards were given for excellence in Tamil cinema in India. They were given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The aw ...
and two
Kerala Film Critics Awards The Kerala Film Critics Association Awards are presented annually by the Kerala Film Critics Association to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Malayalam language film industry of India. The awards were instit ...
for dubbing. Sreeja can speak
Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
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Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...
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and also
Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
, as she used those six major Indian languages to perform dubbing roles in foreign productions.no info
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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 Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
. 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 Raveena Ravi is an Indian voice-over artist and actor. She was born to voice actor Sreeja Ravi and Actor/Singer Ravindranathan Krishnan. She has dubbed several television advertisements directed by Rajiv Menon in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. She ...
, who is also a dubbing artist in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu.


Career


Acting

In starting of her career, she acted some films like
Manassu ''Manassu'' is a 1973 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Hameed Kakkassery and produced by H. H. Abdulla Settu. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Adoor Bhasi and Sankaradi in the lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Baburaj. ...
(1973),
Sethubandhanam Adam's Bridge, '; ta, ஆதாம் பாலம் ' also known as Rama's Bridge or ''Rama Setu'', '; ta, ராமர் பாலம் '; sa, रामसेतु ' is a chain of natural limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, ...
(1974) & Raathriyile Yaathrakkaar (1976). She appeared in a small role in
Kandukonden Kandukonden ''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' (also released internationally under the translated title ''I Have Found It'') is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon. Based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel ''Sens ...
(2000) as a programmer who is pregnant, with whom
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talks about the difficulties in finding a house. She played the character of Cookeramma in Anoop Sathyan's
Varane Aavashyamundu ''Varane Avashyamund'' () is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Anoop Sathyan (in his directorial debut) and produced by Dulquer Salmaan. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Dulquer Salmaan, Shobana and Kalyan ...
(2020) along with
Shobhana Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. She acts predominantly in Malayalam films along with Telugu and Tamil films with few Hindi, Kannada and English films. She has won two National Fil ...
,
K.P.A.C. Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in Malyalam. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C., a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a caree ...
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Dulquer Salman Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business managemen ...
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Kalyani Priyadarshan Kalyani Priyadarshan (born 5 April 1993) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ...
. She also appeared in Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aiswaryam (2019).


Dubbing career

She started her dubbing career on films like
Thambu ''Thampu'' () is a 1978 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by G. Aravindan. Bharath Gopi, Nedumudi Venu, V. K. Sreeraman, Jalaja and the artistes of the ''Great Chitra Circus'' form the cast. The film deals with the roving str ...
and
Uttarayanam ''Uttarayanam'' ( en, Throne of Capricorn) is a 1975 Malayalam-language film directed by G. Aravindan and written by Thikkodiyan. Aravindan debuted with this film. The film, which exposes opportunism and hypocrisy set against the backdrop of the ...
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 ''Kattathe Kilikkoodu'' () is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Bharathan and written by T. Damodaran from a story by Nedumudi Venu. The film was produced by P. V. Gangadharan and stars Bharat Gopy, Mohanlal, Srividya, Re ...
was make her popular on
Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...
. In it she dubbed for
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and Master Prashobh. She mostly dubbed for actresses like
Kavya Madhavan Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in '' Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as a lead actress was in Lal Jose's '' ...
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Divya Unni Divyaa Unni is an Indian actress and classical dancer who teaches various forms of dance such as Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattom. Early life Divyaa Unni was born to Ponnethmadhatil Unnikrishnan and Kizhkemadhatil Uma Devi at Kochi, K ...
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Shalini Shalini (born 20 November 1979), also known as Baby Shalini, is a former Indian child artist and actress who predominantly worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. During the 80s, Shalini was the most successful child artist in the Malayalam film i ...
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Gopika Girly Anto, credited by her screen name Gopika (born 1 February 1984) is an Indian actress, who has predominantly starred in Malayalam films.Starting her career as a model, she ventured into acting with the Malayalam film, ''Pranayamanithooval'' ...
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, Sunitha,
Charmila Charmila (born 2 October 1974) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Apart from movies in Malayalam, she acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies. She completed almost 38 films in the Malayalam film industry. Earl ...
and
Nayanthara Diana Mariam Kurian, known professionally as Nayanthara, is an Indian actress and film producer who is known for her work in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She was in the ''Forbes India'' "Celebrity 100" 2018 list, with her total annual ...
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Malayalam

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Tamil

:This list is incomplete. Ravi works as a voice actress in
Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...
,
Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
&
Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
industries, apart from the
Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
&
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film industries.Mollywood Dubbing Sreeja Ravi Biography, News, Photos, Videos
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Dialogues or effects between songs


Filmography as Actress


Malayalam


Tamil


Tv Serials & Ads

;Dubbing ;Ads


Awards won

;Award for best dubbing artist


See also

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List of Indian Dubbing Artists This is a list of Indian dubbing artists that have Wikipedia articles and are credited for giving voice to certain roles in foreign media. It can also be for Indian media as well, but spoken in a different language, or for those that are unabl ...
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Raveena Ravi Raveena Ravi is an Indian voice-over artist and actor. She was born to voice actor Sreeja Ravi and Actor/Singer Ravindranathan Krishnan. She has dubbed several television advertisements directed by Rajiv Menon in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. She ...
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Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist The Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best dubbing in Malayalam film industry. Ideally, there is a male and female winner for the award. Until 1997, th ...
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Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films. Superlatives Most Awards # Savitha Reddy - 4 The list Here is a lis ...


References


Notes


'എനിക്കിനിയൊരു സ്വാഭാവിക ജീവിതം ഉണ്ടാകില്ലെന്ന് ന്യൂറോ സര്‍ജന്‍ അന്ന് വിധിയെഴുതി'; ശ്രീജ പറയുന്നുഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്‍റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്‍ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?Petromax World Television Premiere Tamil Comedy Horror Film On TVഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്‍റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്‍ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?
*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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ravi, Sreeja Indian voice actresses Living people Actresses from Chennai Kerala State Film Award winners Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 1964 births