Sreeja Ravi


Sreeja Ravi is an Indian voice artist and actress in Tamil and Malayalam Films, who dubbed over 2000 films and commercial advertisements. She started her dubbing career in the year 1975 for the movie Uttarayanam, directed by G. Aravindan. 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.

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, Sethubandhanam and Raathriyile Yaathrakkaar.
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 played the character of Cookeramma in Anoop Sathyan's Varane Aavashyamundu along with Shobhana, K.P.A.C. Lalitha, Dulquer Salman and Kalyani Priyadarshan. She also appeared in Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aiswaryam.
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

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.
She mostly dubbed for actresses like Kavya Madhavan, Divya Unni, Shalini, Gopika, Devayani, Sunitha, Charmila, Nayanthara and Roma.

Filmography as voice actress

Malayalam

Tamil

YearFilmFor whom
1984Anbulla RajinikanthMaster Tinku
1985Japanil KalyanaramanMaster Tinku
1987Poovizhi VasalileBaby Sujitha
1987Rettai Vaal KuruviGopi's daughter
1987Manathil Uruthi VendumBaby Vasanthi
1988Paadatha ThenikkalBaby Sujitha
1989Sandhya RaagamBaby Rajalakshmi
1992Vanna Vanna PookkalVinodhini
1992Unna Nenachen Pattu PadichenMonisha Unni
1993I Love IndiaShenbaga
1993GentlemanSubhashri
1995Sathi LeelavathiHeera
1995CriminalManisha Koirala
1995Thotta ChinungiDevayani
1996Kadhal KottaiDevayani
1996MahaprabhuVineetha
1996NetajiLisa Ray
1996Gokulathil SeethaiSuvaluxmi
1997PudhayalRoopa Sree
1997Vivasaayi MaganDevayani
1997KaadhaliDevayani
1997Raman AbdullahAshwini
1997Kaalamellam Kadhal VaazhgaKausalya
1997Vaimaye VellumRachna Banerjee
1997Love TodaySuvaluxmi
1997Nerukku NerSimran
1997Kadhalukku MariyadhaiShalini
1998Ninaithen VandhaiDevayani
1998PudhumaipithanDevayani
1998MarumalarchiDevayani
1998Udhavikku VaralaamaaDevayani
1998PonmanamSuvaluxmi
1998SanthoshamSuvaluxmi
1998Kavalai Padathe SagodharaSuvaluxmi
1998En Aasai RasaveSuvaluxmi
1998DhinamdhorumSuvaluxmi
1998UnnudanKausalya
1998Kaadhale NimmadhiJividha Sharma
1998Desiya GeethamRambha
1998Kadhal KavithaiKasthuri
1999AmarkkalamShalini
1999Kanave KalaiyadheSimran
1999Ponnu VeettukaaranPreetha Vijayakumar
1999Pooparika VarugiromMalavika
1999OruvanPooja Batra
1999SangamamVindhya
1999KallazhagarAshwini
1999PaattaliDevayani
2000VaanathaipolaKausalya
2000Eazhaiyin SirippilKausalya
2000MaayiSuvaluxmi
2000EnnavalleAshwini
2000Kannukkul NilavuShalini
2001Piriyadha Varam VendumShalini
2001En Purushan Kuzhandhai MaathiriVindhya
2001FriendsVijayalakshmi
2001BadriBhumika Chawla
2001Kanna Unnai ThedukirenSuvaluxmi
2001MinnaleRaji Iyer
2001KasiAishwarya, Kaveri
2001AnandhamRambha
2001DhillLaila
2001Parthale ParavasamRadhika Chaudhari
2001Alli Thandha VaanamNeha
2001Vadagupatti MaapillaiReshma
2002Alli ArjunaRicha Pallod
2002KamarasuLaila
2002Thenkasi PattanamAswathi Menon
2002En Mana VaanilKavya Madhavan
20033 RosesRambha
2003Enakku 20 Unakku 18Trisha's Friend
2003Kadhal SugamanathuSneha
2003Anbe Un VasamRathi Arumugam
2003IcePriyanka Trivedi
2003Yes MadamVijayalakshmi
2005MajaaAnu Prabhakar
2011KavalanMithra Kurian and Ammukutti Asin
2012NeerparavaiChurch Mother
2012Ivan VeramathiriCharmila
2018MohiniRama
2019AyogyaPavitra Lokesh
2020VanmuraiCharmila

Ravi works as a voice actress in Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood industries, apart from the Malayalam and Tamil film industries.
YearLanguageFilmFor whom
1987KannadaAapadbandhavaBaby Sujitha
1987TeluguPasivadi PranamBaby Sujitha
1988HindiHatyaBaby Sujitha
2003HindiThree RosesJyothika
2004TeluguSeenu Vasanthi LakshmiNavaneet Kaur
2006KannadaMy AutographSridevika

Dialogues or effects between songs

Filmography as actress

Malayalam

Tamil

TV serials and ads

;Dubbing
ChannelSerialActressCharacter
Sun TVSoolamSuvalakshmiParvathi/Amman
Sun TVVelanSeethaUma
Sun TVRaja RajeswariMalavika Avinash / AbithaRaji
Sun TVAthi PookalSandhyaKarpagam
Jaya TVSimran ThiraiSimran
Surya TVNaagakanyaka 1Mouni RoyShivanya
Surya TVValsalyamVaishali ThakkarDamini
Surya TVNandiniNithya RamNandini & Ganga

;Ads
YearAdActress
2014Nirapara SambarKavya Madhavan
2015Nirapara SambarKavya Madhavan
2015Nirapara Veg PickleKavya Madhavan
2015Nirapara PathiriKavya Madhavan
2015Nirapara Fish MasalaKavya Madhavan
2015Nirapara Dosa PodiKavya Madhavan
2015Nirapara Varutharacha MasalaKavya Madhavan
2015Nirapara Coriander PowderKavya Madhavan
2015Nirapara Veg PickleAkshara Kishore