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 and a Kerala State Television Award for dubbing.
Sreeja can speak Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, English, Sanskrit and also Kannada, as she used those seven 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.
Acting career 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. 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
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 This list is incomplete. Year Film For whom 1984 Anbulla Rajinikanth Master Tinku 1985 Japanil Kalyanaraman 1987 Poovizhi Vasalile Baby Sujitha Rettai Vaal Kuruvi Gopi's daughter (Climax scene) Manathil Uruthi Vendum Baby Vasanthi 1988 Paadatha Thenikkal Baby Sujitha 1989 Sandhya Raagam Baby Rajalakshmi1992 Vanna Vanna Pookkal Vinodhini Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen Monisha Unni1993 I Love India Shenbaga Gentleman Subhashri1995 Sathi LeelavathiHeera Criminal Manisha Koirala Thotta Chinungi Devayani1996 Kadhal Kottai Mahaprabhu Vineetha Netaji Lisa Ray Gokulathil SeethaiSuvaluxmi1997 Pudhayal Roopa Sree Vivasaayi Magan Devayani Kaadhali Raman Abdullah AshwiniKaalamellam Kadhal VaazhgaKausalya Vaimaye Vellum Rachna BanerjeeLove TodaySuvaluxmiNerukku NerSimranKadhalukku MariyadhaiShalini1998 Ninaithen VandhaiDevayaniPudhumaipithan Marumalarchi Udhavikku Varalaamaa Ponmanam Suvaluxmi SanthoshamKavalai Padathe Sagodhara En Aasai Rasave DhinamdhorumUnnudanKausalya Kaadhale Nimmadhi Jividha Sharma Desiya Geetham RambhaKadhal Kavithai Kasthuri1999 AmarkkalamShaliniKanave KalaiyadheSimran Ponnu Veettukaaran Preetha Vijayakumar Pooparika Varugirom MalavikaOruvanPooja BatraSangamamVindhya Kallazhagar Ashwini PaattaliDevayani 2000 Vaanathaipola Kausalya Eazhaiyin Sirippil Maayi Suvaluxmi Ennavalle AshwiniKannukkul NilavuShalini2001 Piriyadha Varam Vendum En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maathiri VindhyaFriends VijayalakshmiBadri Bhumika Chawla Kanna Unnai Thedukiren SuvaluxmiMinnale Raji Iyer (Reemasen's Friend)Kasi Aishwarya, KaveriAnandham RambhaDhill LailaParthale Paravasam Radhika Chaudhari Alli Thandha Vaanam Neha Vadagupatti Maapillai Reshma2002 Alli Arjuna Richa Pallod Kamarasu LailaThenkasi Pattanam Aswathi Menon En Mana Vaanil Kavya Madhavan 2003 3 RosesRambhaEnakku 20 Unakku 18Trisha's FriendKadhal SugamanathuSnehaAnbe Un Vasam Rathi ArumugamIcePriyanka Trivedi Yes Madam Vijayalakshmi2005 Majaa Anu Prabhakar 2011 Kavalan Mithra Kurian and Ammukutti Asin2012 NeerparavaiChurch MotherIvan Veramathiri Charmila2018 Mohini Rama2019 AyogyaPavitra Lokesh2020 Vanmurai Charmila Other Languages Ravi works as a voice actress in Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood industries, apart from the Malayalam and Tamil film industries.
Year Language Film For whom 1987 Kannada Aapadbandhava Baby Sujitha Telugu Pasivadi Pranam 1988Hindi Hatya 2003 Three Roses Jyothika2004 TeluguSeenu Vasanthi Lakshmi Navaneet Kaur 2006Kannada My Autograph Sridevika 2022Sanskrit Thaya Anumol
Dialogues or effects between songs Year Title Film Language Composer Co-artist Dubbed for2002 "Ente ellam ellam alle" Meesa Madhavan Malayalam Vidyasagar K. J. Yesudas & Sujatha Mohan Kavya Madhavan2006 "Pooncholai Kiliye" Keerthichakra Joshua Sridhar Karthik & Asha G. Menon Gopika2008 "Mizhiyil Mizhiyil" Mayabazaar Rahul Raj Srinivas & Sujatha Mohan Sheela Kaur
Filmography as actress Malayalam 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 Maid 2021 Vellakkuthira 2022 Rorschach Lekha 2023 Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Nabeesa 2018 Anoop's mother 2024 Super Zindagi LekhaBharathanatyam Rugmini Bharathan Nair 2026 Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam Rugmini Bharathan Nair
Tamil 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 Maharaja Aasifa's mother Family Padam 2025 Kadaisi Thotta Anjali Pei Kottu Raji Veera Dheera Sooran Kaali's mother Tourist Family Mangaiyarkarasi Paranthu Po Gokul's mother2026 Nee Forever Satan – The Dark TN 2026 Sivalinga's mother Kara Dhanam Gatta Kusthi 2 Keerthi's mother Vishwanath & Sons Anjali’s mother
TV serials & Webseries, Short films and ads Dubbing Year Short Film Actress notes 2024 F For Freedom Laya Simpson Kerala State Television Award for Best Dubbing Artist
Channel Serial Actress CharacterSun 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 1Mouni RoyShivanya ValsalyamVaishali ThakkarDamini NandiniNithya RamNandini & Ganga
Ads Year Ad Actress-V-Guard Industries Shobana2014Nirapara SambarKavya Madhavan2015Nirapara Sambar Nirapara Veg Pickle Nirapara Pathiri Nirapara Fish Masala Nirapara Dosa Podi Nirapara Varutharacha Masala Nirapara Coriander Powder Nirapara Veg PickleAkshara Kishore2026Kalyan Silks model
Awards
Award for best dubbing artist Year Award Film For1997 Kerala State Film Awards Aniyathi PravuShalini1998Kerala State Film Awards Aakasha Ganga Divya Unni Achamakuttiyude Achayan Chippy The Godman Vani Viswanath2001Tamil Nadu State Film AwardsDhilLaila2003Kerala Film Critics Awards ManassinakkareNayanthara2007 Paranju Theeratha VisheshangalLakshmi Gopalaswami2008 Kerala State Film Awards MinnaminnikkoottamRoma2013AyaalIneya2026Kerala State Television Award F for Freedom (Short film) Laya Simpson
See also List of Indian dubbing artists Raveena Ravi Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist
References
Notes '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?
'എനിക്കിനിയൊരു സ്വാഭാവിക ജീവിതം ഉണ്ടാകില്ലെന്ന് ന്യൂറോ സര്ജന് അന്ന് വിധിയെഴുതി'; ശ്രീജ പറയുന്നു ഈ ശബ്ദം കാവ്യ മാധവന്റേയോ ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണിയുടെയോ, അതോ...; പ്രേക്ഷകരെ കണ്ഫ്യൂഷനാക്കിയ 'കുക്കറമ്മ' ആര്?