“My father was home then, and I was a six-month-old baby. Ravi was born into a family of dubbing artistes - his grandfather Kolathu Iyer dubbed for a film titled My mother still jokes that he pinched me that day to make me cry and record that particular sequence,” he laughs. Devanarayanan has also worked on the Tamil dialogues in big Kamal Haasan films including His father Devanarayanan assisted him back then and went on to become one of the most established dubbing artistes in the industry.
Kur uthipunal, among others, besides being the Tamil voice for Telugu superstar Nageshwara Rao. “He was an all-rounder in the film industry he even composed songs,” recalls Ravi. His first outing on his own was the Hariharan-starrer It was during one such film that Ravi started his journey as an assistant.
Pookal Vidum Thoothu, and he hasn’t looked back since. “I got noticed during the release ofīaasha I lent voice to Rajini’s brother.