Singer Chinmai, who sung for ‘Thug Life’, starring Kamal Haasan. Photo Credit: S Shivraj
The singer Chinmai is back in the limelight.
Recently his rendering of Tamil track ‘Muta Mazai’ thug Life Audio launch in Chennai is highly praised. Interestingly, Chinmai has sung the Telugu and Hindi versions of this particular track composed by AR Rahman, but not the Tamil version, sung by the singer loose, the most popular for his ‘Anand Enzemy’.
“When I sang it, it was just another performance. It was the same as I perform classics of other singers; I have sung S Janki Amma’sChitra MotherSongs in various stages in the past. I sang the Tamil version that evening because loose was not available. I was a stand-in, “she says.
She can be, but in the presence of thousands of fans and the version she placed on the stage in the entire Starcast, including Kamal Haasan, Silambarson and Trisha, has gone viral; Its official recording from music label Sargama Tamil has already seen more than 2 million times, demanding that music fans demand that it be included in the final edition of the film.
“When the loose was cast, I am sure they were going for some bizarre. Loop has a special music expression that cannot be copied by someone else. The whole thing is about its version vs. mine … It seems that we are part of a wrestling match. At all.”
Has Chinmai been banned?
She says that he has not recently made headlines. “Because, in the last seven years, my DM has been filled with misbehavior. Somewhere, my feelings have become numb after that and now, when there is a lot of praise, I like it, ‘Thank you, I think’. While I am really grateful for it, I am numb.”
Chinmai, of course, referred to the years after 2018, when it named influential people in the film and music industry as part of the #MeToo movement. This, she says, has ‘ban’ unions within the industry, thus depriving her of singing and dubbing opportunities in Tamil films. “There are 20-Plus unions in the film industry, and members are usually part of several unions. The dubbing union banned me. Director Mithran had to dub me secretly. hero. I also dubbed Leo, For which he tried to track the studio, where this work was done. When a film comes on a dubbing stage, people are running against time, and they do not have a bandwith to deal with such a ‘ban’, “she says.
Facing the results to use it in films, many musicians have chosen for other available singers. A lot of music composer tells me that they want to make me a song, but their producers will not let him go, “Chinmai, who describes the support of his family members and home owners, as his biggest support, as his biggest support,” Directors CS Amudhan and PS Mithran and PS Mithran and music composer Govind Vasatha have also given me support through this phase. Reema. ,
Musical discovery
Chinmai exploded to the Tamil music scene in 2002, with the song ‘Oru Deevam’ Kannathil MutitalA film that was directed by Mani Ratnam and was a music by AR Rahman. After more than two decades, his work thug LifeWhich is being discussed again by the same director-composer combination. How different were these two experiences? “Nothing has changed. Work experience was the same. thug LifeRahman sir sang some lines, taught me and we worked on it. “The song also shows the elements of cornatic and qawwali. He can be given only one bag of rice, but he will give you a full 15-collection menu with it.”
But his performance thug Life Audio launch, in turn, inspired music fans to discover some of their old tasks. “This happened when I did a Twitter space concert during the epidemic. Many people also requested some of my old songs and they got a lease of life then, in general, my career is defined by the track that people do not know that I have sung. If I have ever been a live concert in Chennai, I would probably not know you ‘I would not know.
Trisha, Kamal Haasan, AR Rahman, Mani Ratnam and Silambarson TR during the promotion of their upcoming film ‘Thug Life’. Photo Credit: PTI
This probably marks his music versatility; Chinmai looks very different – from a sweet ‘Sara Sara’ to an energetic ‘Mayya Mayya’. “Many of my songs have been a standalone hit, but the listeners are not able to make a connection and give it a specialty for me, although my name is in credit. If a musician asks for a certain ton, Shruti Results in change of voice and tone. Some listeners may not make the connection that it is the same singer, ”Chinmai explains, who are eager to engage more with art and music in future.
Published – May 31, 2025 03:54 pm IST
