Savitha Radhakrishnan | |
Other Names: | Savitha Reddy |
Birth Name: | Savitha Radhakrishnan |
Nationality: | Indian |
Occupation: | Voice actor / dubbing artist |
Yearsactive: | 1986–present |
Savitha Radhakrishnan is a voice actor in the South Indian Cinema Industry.
Savitha 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.[1] [2] She has majorly lent her voice in Tamil and Telugu languages extending to Kannada (movies and advertisements) and a bit of Hindi (advertisements) and in Malayalam ads and movies for Tamil-speaking characters that include Lakshmi Rai for Annan Thambi and Gauthami Nair for Diamond Necklace.
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.[3] 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 Savitha. 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.[4] Her major works are Thulladha 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.[5]
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.[6]