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Minmini is a South Indian film playback singer. Her hit songs is Chinna Chinna Aasai from Roja, composed by A. R. Rahman, "Souparnikamritha" from Kizhakkunarum Pakshi, "Oonjal Urangi" , "Neelaraavi" from Kudumbasametham. She has lent her voice to hit songs from films including Karuththamma (1994), and Thevar Magan (1992) where she worked with film composer Ilayaraaja.
[edit] Early lifeMinmini was born at Keezhmedu, near Aluva, Kochi in 1970 (12th August) as the fourth daughter of P A Joseph and Treeza, Minmini was known as P.J. Rosily in school. She was fondly called Mini. Her father P A Joseph was crazy about art and artistes. Starting her career at the age of 5 with Kalabhavan orchestra, she became a professional singer at 10. Treeza was a singer, though not a professional. Mini's elder sisters sang in the choir in their village church. Emulating them, Mini also began to sing. Her father taught her to sing in rhythm and pitch. The sisters participated in competitions while they were studying in St Francis Girl's High School, Aluva. One of the sisters, Jancy, sang in Kalabhavan's ganamela troupe. She won numerous prizes in singing competitions right from her childhood, including the first prize in light music in the 1986 state youth festival and the 1987 university youth festival, She had become a regular singer at Cochin Arts and Communication (CAC) by then. After pre-degree, Mini decided to study music. She got admission in RLV Music Academy, Thrippunithura. However, she could not concentrate on studies as she had many stage programmes and recordings. [edit] CareerMini had her debut with ‘Swagatham’ (1988) directed by Venu Nagavalli. She sang three songs in it, composed by Rajamani. She was introduced to Tamil film industry by Ilayaraja through ‘Meera’ (1991). Ilayaraja christened her Minmini making her name more appealing to the Tamilians. Her big break came in 1992 when she sang “Chinna Chinna Aasai” for the film ‘Roja’. It took Minmini to International fame, along with A.R. Rahman. The song which set a new trend in the music world was remade in Telugu & Hindi and Minmini sang them too. Minmini has sung around 2,000 film songs in seven different languages. In Malayalam she became the favourite of music directors like Johnson, Raveendran, S. P. Venkatesh, Bombay Ravi and Mohan Sithara. Some of her songs like ‘Souparnikamritha…’ (Kizhakkunarum Pakshi), ‘Oonjal Urangi…’, Neelaraavil…’ (Kudumbasametham), ‘Kakka poocha…’ (Pappayude Swantham Apoos), ‘Paathiraavayi…’ (Vietnam Colony), ‘Swayam varamai…’ (Paithrukam), ‘Vellithinkal…’ (Meleparambil Aanveedu), ‘Aarunee jinmakale peru cholamo…’ (Ghazal) and many others turned super hits. [edit] AwardsShe bagged many awards including the Singapore State Government Award, Tamil Nadu State Government Award, Film fare Award, Cinema Express Award, Film Fans Association Award (Telugu), Kerala Film Chamber Award and SUMU Award, to name a few. [edit] PersonalMinmini is Married to Joy Mathew in 1995. Joy is a keyboardist who worked in Unni Menon's troupe and later in Dubai radio station. Like Mini, Joy also got inspiration from the choir in the church in his native place, Koratty. There were rumors that Mini would never sing and that her husband had prevented her from singing. Minmini now is the mother of two – Allan Joy Mathew and Anna Keerthana. Minmini also anchors for TV channels. [edit] External links | |||||||||||||||
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