Chinmayi Quick Info
Height 5 ft 5 in
Weight 58 kg
Date of Birth September 10, 1984
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Spouse Rahul Ravindran

Chinmayi is an Indian singer, voice actor, TV presenter, and radio jockey who has predominantly lent her vocals to songs in films made in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Tulu languages. She has also recorded several songs in languages such as Hindi, Marathi, and Kannada. As of June 2022, she had recorded more than 1,000 songs in 8 different languages. As of June 2022, she had won 3 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, 4 Nandi Awards, 4 Filmfare Awards South, and 2 South Indian International Movie Awards. Over the course of her career, she has also worked as a voice/dubbing artist in more than 75 Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Marathi films. She has hosted/presented competitive singing-based TV shows like Airtel Super Singer (2006, 2008), Airtel Super Singer Junior (2007), Chhote Ustaad (2010), and Sangeetha Mahayuddham (2010).

Born Name

Chinmayi Sripada

Nick Name

Chinmayee, Indai Haza

Chinmayi as seen in an Instagram Post in May 2020
Chinmayi as seen in an Instagram Post in May 2020 (Chinmayi / Instagram)

Sun Sign

Virgo

Born Place

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Residence

She splits her time between Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, and Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Nationality

Indian

Indian

Education

Chinmayi, after her high school graduation, joined the University of Madras, a public state university in Chennai. She attained a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from there.

Occupation

Singer, Voice Actor, TV Presenter, Radio Jockey

Chinmayi as seen in an Instagram Post in January 2019
Chinmayi as seen in an Instagram Post in January 2019 (Chinmayi / Instagram)

Family

  • Father – Sripada
  • Mother – T. Padmhasini
  • Others – Dr. Sripada Pinakapani (Paternal Grandfather) (Doctor, Administrator, Professor, Musician, Padma Bhushan awardee) (d. March 2013), Rohit Ravindran (Brother-in-Law) (Professional Photographer), Vasumathi Ravindran (Mother-in-Law), Ravindran (Father-in-Law)

Genre

Indian Classical, Filmi, Carnatic, Pop

Instruments

Vocals

Labels

  • Times Music
  • WorldWide Records
  • Nadham Music Media
  • Sruthilaya Audio Recording Co.

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 5 in or 165 cm

Weight

58 kg or 128 lbs

Chinmayi as seen in an Instagram Post in April 2019
Chinmayi as seen in an Instagram Post in April 2019 (Chinmayi / Instagram)

Boyfriend / Spouse

Chinmayi has dated –

  1. Rahul Ravindran (2013–Present) – Chinmayi began dating Indian actor, director, and screenwriter Rahul Ravindran in June 2013. The couple got married on May 5, 2014, and have a pair of twins – a boy named Sharvas and a girl named Driptah (b. June 2022).

Race / Ethnicity

Asian (Indian)

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

  • Slender frame
  • Ever-changing hairstyle
  • Charming smile
  • Radiant face

Brand Endorsements

In 2012, Chinmayi’s first TV commercial, for Dheepam Oil, was released in all 4 major South Indian languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada).

Chinmayi as seen in an Instagram Post in December 2018
Chinmayi as seen in an Instagram Post in December 2018 (Chinmayi / Instagram)

Chinmayi Facts

  1. A child prodigy, Chinmayi earned the CCRT (Centre for Cultural Resources and Training) (an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India) Scholarship for Young Talent for Carnatic Music at the age of 10.
  2. In 2000, she was honored with a ‘Gold’ medal by All India Radio (the national public radio broadcaster of India) for her proficiency in singing ghazals (a form of amatory poem/ode). 2 years later, she was awarded a ‘Silver’ medal for her proficiency in Hindustani classical music.
  3. She was academically strong as well and had held jobs, during her school life, with IT-based companies like Sify and studentconcepts.org.
  4. Her career kicked off after she won a competitive singing-based TV show called Saptasawarangal. Soon after this, she was introduced to the legendary music composer A. R. Rahman and her playback singing career began when she lent her voice to a track titled Oru Dheivam Thanta Poove, composed by Rahman, for the 2002 Indian Tamil-language musical war film Kannathil Muthamittal.
  5. In the mid-2000s, in parallel with her singing career, she used to work as a radio jockey on Aahaa FM 91.9 in Chennai, on a breakfast show called Aahaa Kaapi Klub.
  6. In 2011, she launched the Chinmayi Sripada App which made her the first female singer in the world to have an exclusive app for both iOS and Android devices.
  7. Besides her prolific singing career, she is also an accomplished entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company called Blue Elephant.
  8. She is also a versatile dancer and mostly practices Odissi, a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of the eastern Indian coastal state of Odisha.
  9. A polyglot, she is fluent in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, English, Marathi, Bengali, and German.

Featured Image by Chinmayi / Instagram

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