Chinmayi Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki

Full Name	Chinmayi Sripaada
Nickname(s)	Chinmayee, Indai Hazaa
Profession(s)	Playback Singer, Voice Actor, Radio Jockey, Television Presenter
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters– 168 cm in meters– 1.68 m in feet inches– 5’ 6”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms– 50 kg in pounds– 110 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	32-27-32
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	TV: ‘Saptasawarangal’ in 1999 Singing (Tamil): ‘Oru Deivam Thantha Poove’ for the movie ‘Kannathil Muthamittal’ in 2002 Singing (Bollywood): ‘Holi Re’ for the movie ‘Mangal Pandey: The Rising’ in 2005 Voice Over Actor (Tamil Film): ‘Sillunu Oru Kadhal’ for Bhumika Chawla Voice Over Actor (Telugu Film): ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ for Sameera Reddy Voice Over Actor (Bollywood Film): ‘Ek Deewana Tha’ for Amy Jackson
Awards, Honours, Achievements	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards: 2002: Best Female Playback for the song “Oru Deivam Thantha Poove” (Kannathil Muthamittal) 2007: Best Female Playback for the song “Sahana” (Shivaji) 2010: Best Female Playback for the song “Kilimanjaro” (Enthiran) Vijay Awards: 2009: Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Vaarayo Vaarayo” (Aadhavan) 2011: Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Sara Sara” (Vaagai Sooda Vaa) Filmfare Awards South: 2009: Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Vaarayo Vaarayo” (Aadhavan) 2011: Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Sara Sara” (Vaagai Sooda Vaa) 2016: Best Female Playback Singer for the song “Oonjalil Aadi” (Action Hero Biju) Other Awards: 2000: All India First from All India Radio for Ghazals 2011: Award from SAARC Chamber for Women Entrepreneurship for Excellence 2015: Mercedes Benz – Ritz Woman of Merit award 2016: Indian of the Year: CNN IBN : Chennai Micro
Personal Life
Date of Birth	10 September 1984
Age (as in 2018)	34 Years
Birthplace	Mumbai, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Virgo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
School(s)	• The Children’s Garden School, Chennai • Hindu Senior Secondary School, Indira Nagar, Chennai
University	University of Madras, Chennai
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Dancing, Reading, Work Out, Travelling
Controversy	On 9 October 2018, she accused Vairamuthu (a Tamil author, poet, and lyricist) of sexual harassment, which became a part of #MeToo India Campaign. According to her, the incident happened back in 2005 or 2006, when she went to Switzerland with her mother for the recording of an album. After the recording, everyone had left, only she and her mother were asked to stay back. Then, the organizer of the event came and asked her to see Vairamuthu in a hotel in Lucerne, but she refused.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Rahul Ravindran
Marriage Date	5 May 2014
Family
Husband/Spouse	Rahul Ravindran (Actor)
Children	None
Parents	Father– Name Not Known Mother– T. Padmhasini (Singer, Musicologist)
Siblings	None
Favourite Things
Favourite Food(s)	Rasgulla, Chaat
Favourite Film	Kadhal 2 Kalyanam
Favourite Song(s)	Deivam Thantha Poove, Tere Bina, Titli (sang by her)
Favourite Book	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Favourite Music Director	A. R. Rahman
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Tata Hexa
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts about Chinmayi

She belongs to a family with a rich musical background. Her paternal grandfather, Dr. Sripada Pinakapani was a Padma Bhushan awardee.

She was raised by a single parent (her mother) as her father had left the family when she was just one-and-a-half year old. In her childhood, her mother was her singing guru. She taught her Hindustani Classical Music and Carnatic Music.

Chinmayi in her Childhood

She spent a few years of her childhood in Mumbai and then shifted to Chennai with her mother, at the age of 6. There, she started her schooling.

She has inherited the music skills from her mother and started her musical journey at an early age.

At the age of 14, she won a singing competition show, “Saptasawarangal;” which was aired on Sun TV. Throughout the competition, singer Srinivas liked her voice so much that he took her with him to meet A. R. Rahman.

She made her singing debut in 2002 at the age of 15 with the National Award winning movie ‘Kannathil Muthamittal.’ She sang ‘Oru Deivam Thantha Poovae’ for the movie and came into the limelight with her very first film song. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman.

She made her Bollywood singing debut with the song ‘Holi Re’ for the film “Mangal Pandey: The Rising” in 2005. Since then, Chinmayi has lent her voice in several Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada films.

In 2005, she became the founder and CEO of ‘Blue Elephant;’ a language services company.

She has hosted Star Vijay’s reality show ‘Super Singer’ and Star Plus’ show ‘Chote Ustaad.’

She has been a Voice Over Actor for almost 50 films in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi.

She has also been a Radio Jockey for a show, “Aahaa Kaapi Klub” on Aahaa FM 91.9 in Chennai.

In 2011, she was chosen for the Fortune/US State Department Global Women’s mentoring partnership program. She was one out of 26 women and the first woman from Tamil Nadu to be selected for the same.

In the same year, she launched a mobile app, “Chinmayi Sripada.” After this, she became the first female singer in the world to have an exclusive app on Android and iOS devices.

About Chinmayi’s App

Her first advertisement was for Dheepam Oil in 2012.

In 2013, she sang the hit song ‘Titli’ from Rohit Shetty‘s film “Chennai Express.” The song featured Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

She is well-versed with German that she had learned from the Goethe Institut Max Mueller Bhavan, Tamil Nadu.

Except for her native language, i.e., Tamil, she also speaks in English, Marathi, Hindi, Malayalam, German, and Telugu.

She is the best friend to actress Samantha Akkineni.

Chinmayi with Samantha Akkineni

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