Biography

Chinmayi Sripaada is a professional singer based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. She is an award-winning playback singer. Her debut film song, the title song of Kannathil Muthamittal, took the industry by storm. A brilliant composition by AR Rahman, her debut was like a dream. The song featured Keerthana and Simran. Since then, she has sung in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. She also presented the first three seasons of Super Singer on STAR Vijay and hosted Chote Ustaad on Star Plus. She was a radio jockey on Aahaa FM 91.9 in Chennai, for 'Aahaa Kaapi Klub', a breakfast show aired Monday to Saturday between 7 to 10 am. She has been a voice-over actor for more than 50 films in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi. She inherited her talent in singing from her Guru and mother, Mrs T. Padmhasini. Chinmayi has won several awards as a playback singer including two Tamil Nadu State Awards, two Filmfare Awards, and one Andhra Pradesh State Government Award. She won also won 12 awards for Best Female Playback Singer in 2011 for her song, ‘Sara Sara Saara Kaathu’. Chinmayi is the CEO and founder of Blue Elephant, a language service company established in 2005. She was one of only 26 women from Tamil Nadu to be selected for the Fortune/US State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership program in 2011. She also received the SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneurship Council award for achievement in niche business in 2010.