Chinmayi

Chinmayi/Chinmayee/Chiinmayyi K Sripadaa is an award winning Indian playback singer who sings predominantly in Tamil. She made her singing debut in A. R. Rahman's Kannathil Muthamittal and since then has sung songs mostly in Tamil films like Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Boys, Arinthum Ariyamalum and Sandakozhi. Her songs to date are from the Hindi album, Guru, Veyil, Sivaji, Bheema, etc. She sings very well.

She also presented the first season of Super Singer on STAR Vijay that was aired between April and August 2006, the first season of Airtel Super Singer Junior February 2007 - July 2007 and the second season of Airtel Super Singer 2008. She continued to host the show until the completion of the season.

She was also a radio presenter on Aahaa FM 91.9 in Chennai, on a breakfast show titled 'Aahaa Kaapi Klub', which was aired from Monday to Saturday between 7 AM to 10 AM.

She has dubbed for several movies, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (for Bhumika Chawla), Unnale Unnale (for Tanisha Mukherjee), Satham Podathey (for Padmapriya), Dhaam Dhoom (for Kangana_Ranaut), Jeyam Kondaan (for Lekha Washington), Sakkarakatti (for Vedhika) and Vaaranam Aayiram (for Sameera Reddy).

She inherited her talent in singing from her mother who also had been her Guru, Mrs.T. Padmasani. She also maintains her own blog. Her songs and pictures can be found on additional blogs that are linked to the main one. She also lent her voice to the song Ennadhuyire for Bheema.

She sang songs in the movies Rameshwaram, Mirugam, Thozha, Nenjathai Killathey, Satrumun Kadaitha Thagaval, Thotta, and Inbaa in Tamil and Gange Bare Tunge Bare, Inthi Ninna Preethiya, and Hani Hani in Kannada.

Her first film song, the title song in Kannathil Muthamittal took the industry by storm. It was a dream debut - a brilliant composition by A. R. Rahman and superbly picturised by Mani Ratnam and well enacted by Simran and Keerthana. She has sung a few more numbers for A. R. Rahman besides other leading music directors.