Illuminated Artiste of the Month: Chinmayi Sripada

She is a fresh yet celebrated artiste of B-Town. The name might sound new, but it is her voice that is heard behind various blockbuster tracks including "Titli" from Chennai Express and "Zehnaseeb" from Hasee Toh Phasee. Despitebeing young in age compared to the rest of her contemporaries, she has managed to make a name for herself in the music industry in a very short span of time. Put your hands together as BollyCurry takes you on a mini journey of the beautiful Illuminated Artiste, Chinmayi Sripada.

Sripada is not only a singer by profession; she is the founder and CEO of a local translation company and works as a voice actor cum singer in South Indian films, the industry she hails from before joining Bollywood. After winning Sun TV's singing competition Saptasawarangal, Sripada became a household name and was given the opportunity to work under the legendary music composer, A. R. Rahman.

No soon, Sripada became a leading playback singer in the South Indian industry and quickly followed it with her next big move to Bollywood. Her debut tracks were both from the movie Guru in 2007 - "Mayya Mayya" and "Tere Bina".

Thereafter, Sripada returned to her South Indian line of music until 2013 when her luck changed again. This time, she was back with a bang and there was no looking back. Bollywood's music industry embraced Srpiada with warm hands and one after the other, she delivered hit after hit. Without further delay, let's quickly take a sneak peak into Sripada's Bollywood playlist and appreciate her contributions in Bollywood.


Film: Guru
Singer(s): Chinmayi Sripada, Keerthi Sagathia, Toller
Music Composer(s): A. R. Rahman

"Dekho Aayi Holi Rang Layi Holi"

Film: Mangal Pandey: The Rising
Singer(s): Chinmayi Sripada, Aamir Khan, Udit Narayan, Madhushree, Srinivas
Music Composer(s): A. R. Rahman

"Main Rang Sharbaton Ka"

Film: Phata Poster Nikla Hero
Singer(s): Chinmayi Sripada, Atif Aslam
Music Composer(s): Pritam Chakraborty

"Ay Sakhi"

Film: Ranjhanaa
Singer(s): Chinmayi Sripada
Music Composer(s): A. R. Rahman

"Titli"

Film: Chennai Express
Singer(s): Chinmayi Sripada, Gopi Sunder
Music Composer(s): Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani

"Zehnaseeb"

Film: Hasee Toh Phasee
Singer(s): Chinmayi Sripada, Shekhar Ravjiani
Music Composer(s): Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani

"Mast Magan"

Film: 2 States
Singer(s): Chinmayi Sripada, Arijit Singh
Music Composer(s): Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendosa


 Did You Know:

•  A. R. Rahman is her only inspiration.
• She has won three Filmfare Awards, and three State Awards in the Tamil Industry for playback singing.
• She always dreamt of working with Shah Rukh Khan, which became true with "Titli".
• She is looking forward to working with Vishal-Shekhar some more.

BollyCurry's best wishes are with Chinmayi Sripada. At the age of 29, she has received a favourable amount of name and fame. Already possessing some of the chart topping songs of 2014 in her kitty, we hope that she continues to share this immense musical talent of hers with the world for decades to come.