Chinmayi's
Music
Training
Born
on
September
10,
1984
in
Mumbai,
Chinmayi
comes
from
Musical
family.
Her
mother
T
Padmhasini
taught
her
Carnatic
music
and
Hindustani
classical
music.
She
received
the
CCRT
Scholarship
for
Young
Talent
for
Carnatic
Music
from
the
Government
of
India
at
10.
Chinmayi's
Debut
On
Small
Screen
She
won
the
gold
medal
from
All
India
Radio
for
Ghazals
in
2000
and
the
Silver
for
Hindustani
Classical
Music
in
2002.
But
it
was
her
stint
on
Sun
TV's
singing
reality
show
Saptasawarangal,
which
brought
her
much-needed
popularity
and
offers
from
the
film
industry.
Chinmayi's
Entry
Into
Films
Following
her
victory
on
Saptasawarangal,
singer
Srinivas
introduced
her
to
Oscar
winning
musician
AR
Rahman,
who
roped
her
for
the
song
'Oru
deivam
thanta
poove'
for
the
film
Kannathil
Muthamittal.
Chinmayi
Is
Polyglot
Then
onwards
there
is
no
look
back
for
this
polyglot,
who
speaks
Tamil,
Telugu,
Hindi,
English
and
German
fluently.
After
her
debut
in
Rahman's
film,
she
was
flooded
with
several
offers
from
Tamil,
Telugu,
Tulu
and
Malayalam
films
and
she
was
successful
in
winning
the
heart
of
music
lovers
in
all
these
languages.
Chinmayi's
Bollywood
debut
In
2005,
she
made
her
Bollywood
debut
with
the
song
'Holi
re' in
Aamir
Khan's
film
Mangal
Pandey.
But
she
garnered
more
recognition
with
her
songs
like
'Tere
bina'
and
'Mayya'
in
the
Abhishek
and
Aishwarya
starrer
movie
Guru.
She
also
ventured
into
Kannada
with
the
song
'Beda
beda'
in
2007.
Chinmayi's
Contribution
To
Tollywood
She
is
considered
as
one
of
the
most
popular
singers
in
Tollywood.
She
has
crooned
several
songs
for
Telugu
movies
like
Kadali,
Snehituda,
Endukante...
Premanta!,
Pilla
Zamindar,
Ye
Maaya
Chesave,
Mrogindi
and
a
few
others
and
many
of
them
have
become
chartbusters.
Chinmayi
-
A
Popular
Voice
Actor
Chinmayi
is
also
a
voice
actor
in
the
South
Indian
film
industry.
In
2006,
she
first
dubbed
for
Bhumika
Chawla
for
the
Tamil
film
Sillunu
Oru
Kadhal.
Later,
she
has
dubbed
for
several
lead
actresses
like
Tamanna
Bhatia,
Sameera
Reddy,
Samantha,
Trisha
Krishnan
and
Amy
Jackson.
She
has
won
the
Nandi
Award
for
Best
Female
Dubbing
Artist
for
Ye
Maaya
Chesave
in
2010.
Chinmayi's
Voice-Over
For
Ads
She
has
given
her
voice
for
several
TV
ads.
She
has
dubbed
for
The
Chennai
Silks,
Head
and
Shoulders
and
Colgate
Active
Salt,
Sabeena
Citrus
Plus,
Sri
Devi
Textiles,
Saffola
Masala
Oats,
Estancia,
Sri
Devi
Silks,
AVR
Swarnamahal
Elite
Gallery,
Saravana
Stores
and
Dheepam
Oil.
Chinmayi
-
As
A
TV
Presenter
Chinmayi
has
served
as
a
TV
presenter
in
the
first
and
third
seasons
of
Airtel
Super
Singer
on
STAR
Vijay
and
the
first
season
of
Airtel
Super
Singer
Junior.
She
was
also
a
radio
jockey
on
Aahaa
FM
91.9
on
a
breakfast
show
titled
Aahaa
Kaapi
Klub.
Later,
she
began
compering
Star
Plus'
Chhote
Ustaad.
Chinmayi
-
The
CEO
Of
Blue
Elephant
Chinmayi
serves
as
the
CEO
of
Blue
Elephant,
a
translation
services
company
she
founded
in
August
2005.
The
company
has
ever
since
been
the
language
service
provider
for
various
Multinational
companies
like
Scope
E
Knowledge,
Ford,
Dell,
Ashok
Leyland,
Reliance
India,
to
name
a
few.
She
received
an
award
from
SAARC
Chamber
for
Women
Entrepreneurship
for
Excellence
in
a
niche
industry
for
Blue
Elephant
in
2010.
In
2011,
she
became
the
first
ever
woman
entrepreneur
from
Tamil
Nadu
to
be
selected
for
the
prestigious
FORTUNE/U.S.
State
Department
Global
Women's
Mentoring
Partnership
Program.
Rahul's
Debut
In
Films
Chinmayi's
would-be
Rahul
Ravindran
is
one
of
the
hottest
hunks
in
South
Indian
film
industry.
He
entered
into
film
industry
with
the
Tamil
movie
Moscowin
Kavery.
Later,
he
has
starred
in
movies
like
Vinmeengal
and
Soorya
Nagaram.
He
is
now
working
on
his
fourth
Kollywood
film
Vanakkam
Chennai.
Rahul's
Telugu
Movies
Rahul
forayed
into
Tollywood
with
SS
Rajamouli's
maiden
production
Andhala
Rakshasi.
Currently,
he
is
busy
shooting
for
Telugu
film
Pelli
Pustakam
and
D
Ramanaidu's
Nenem...Chinna
Pillana?