Minmini (born P. J. Rosily) is a South Indian film playback singer. She is best remembered for the song "Chinna Chinna Aasai" from Roja, the debut work of film composer A. R. Rahman,[1] which was dubbed in Hindi as "Choti Si Asha". Most of her songs are in Tamil, most of them composed by Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman. Her Malayalam songs include "Souparnikamritha" from Kizhakkunarum Pakshi, "Oonjal Urangi", and "Neelaraavi" from Kudumbasametham. She has lent her voice to songs from films including Enga Thambi (1993), Karuththamma (1994), and Thevar Magan (1992). She made a comeback in 2015 with the song "Kanmaniye" from Mili.
Minmini had her film debut with Malayalam film Swagatham (1989), directed by Venu Nagavalli. She sang three songs in it, composed by Rajamani. She was introduced to Tamil film industry by Ilayaraja through Tamil film - Meera (1992).[2] Ilayaraja christened her Minmini, making her name more appealing to the Tamilians.[1] Minmini's first Telugu movie is "Aathmabandham" with music by Maragathamani.
Minmini has sung a few Kannada film songs in 1995 for the movies Putnanja and Betegara. Rangero holi a duet song with Mano from the movie Putnanja for Hamsalekha. In the same film she rendered humming in the song Putamalli puttamalli with Mano and Shyamala G. Bhave. She went on to work with Sadhu Kokila for the movie Betegara where she sang the song Mididiralu saviganasugalu with Mano.
Rangero Holi Song Lyrics are penned by Hamsalekha. The song is sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanya & Minmini. Rangero Holi song lyrics are from the movie Putnanja starring Ravichandran, Meena, Umashri, Lokesh, Satyajith & Others. Putnanja released in 1995 and the movie is directed by Ravichandran. and produced by Ravichandran & A. Narasimhan. The music for the movie is composed by Hamsalekha. Rangero Holi song lyrics in Kannada and English is given below.
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