Quotes by Chinmayi - Page 1

I love baking.
Chinmayi /
Baking
Love I Love
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I am a trained singer in Hindustani and classical music.
Chinmayi /
Classical Music
Classical
Singer
Trained
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Of all my dubbing projects, the toughest one has been 'Eega!'
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Toughest
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I've been passionate about singing for as long as I can recall.
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Recall
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I have won many awards for my singing, and I have sung in 8 languages.
Chinmayi /
Awards
Languages
Sung
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I have sung all the songs in '96,' and I have dubbed for the film as well.
Chinmayi /
Sung
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It is quite normal these days to record a song in the absence of the composer.
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Absence
Composer
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It is difficult to have the guts to speak up about any kind of sexual assault.
Chinmayi /
Assault
Guts
Sexual
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Rahman sir has a sweet sense of humour. He chuckles a lot and is very friendly.
Chinmayi /
Friendly
Humour
Sir
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I like the continuity of singing my lines together instead of going line by line.
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Continuity
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Of course making money and being able to live life the way one desires is important.
Chinmayi /
Live Life
Making Money
Life Money Important
Desires
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The MGR Sivaji awards are organised by the PRO stalwarts in the industry whom I actually respect.
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Awards
Organised
Pro
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A man might actually brush off vulgar tweets that come to him. Women are likely to be affected by it.
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Vulgar
Brush
Tweets
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I was brought up by my mother, and she is my guru in classical singing. I have trained primarily under her.
Chinmayi /
Guru
Singing
Brought
Classical
Primarily
Trained
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I feel blessed that I got an opportunity to work with the likes of A. R. Rahman, Vishal-Shekhar among others.
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Blessed
Likes
Work Opportunity Blessed
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A song like 'Kilimanjaro,' which is such a fun, entertaining track... Singing the song was an amazing experience.
Chinmayi /
Entertaining
Amazing Experience
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No singer who sings for Rahman sir would ever say they were nervous to sing for him, especially during the session.
Chinmayi /
Session
Sings
Sir
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Music inspires me, and I'm grateful that I've been able to make a career out of something that I'm so connected to.
Chinmayi /
Connected
Grateful
Music Me Grateful
Inspires
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A dubbing artiste does a lot of repair work for an artiste who doesn't naturally speak the language they are acting in.
Chinmayi /
Naturally
Artiste
Repair
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I agree that when you sing for Bollywood, the reach is bigger. But I don't want to concentrate on any industry in particular.
Chinmayi /
Agree
Bigger
Bollywood
Industry
Particular
Concentrate
Reach
Sing
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I am grateful to Rahman sir. There is no way I can repay the graces he has extended to me by making me sing his compositions.
Chinmayi /
I Am Me Grateful
Me I Am Grateful
Extended
Graces
Repay
Sing
Sir
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Indians take great pleasure in celebrating a genius, and then go into mindless criticism once the celebrity starts doing well.
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Criticism
Mindless
Celebrating
Great Pleasure
Indians
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There is mental as well as physical fatigue. You have to cry, scream, keep on repeating the same dialogue till you get it right.
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Cry
Dialogue
Fatigue
Scream
Mental
Till
Physical
Repeating
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Also, there is a way I like to lead my life, which would adhere to certain norms. Anything that goes beyond that is not my purview.
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Life My Life Way
Life My Life Anything
Adhere
Norms
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I'd rather not have to come face to face with predators. I'd rather not be harassed. But no. Those weren't my choices to make, were they?
Chinmayi /
Harassed
Predators
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As a teen, I enjoyed Sufi music and ghazals the most. But as my career began, I drifted off to playback and other streams over the years.
Chinmayi /
Teen
Streams
Sufi
Drifted
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To me 'Varayo' is a special song, not just because it has given me seven awards so far, but the experience of singing with Unnikrishnan ji.
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Awards
Given
Seven
Singing
Song
Special
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Women know when a man touches them inappropriately. Hugging one man doesn't mean it is an invitation. Wearing nail polish isn't an invitation.
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Nail Polish
Polish
Wearing
Hugging
Invitation
Nail
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The truth is, I have an excellent team, a staff that handles Blue Elephant, my translation company, perfectly. It is like a well-oiled machine.
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Blue
Excellent
Staff
Truth Is
Elephant
Machine
Perfectly
Translation
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I started a company in 2005 for language services called Blue Elephant. We handle translation and interpretation services in over 120 languages.
Chinmayi /
Blue
Company
Handle
Interpretation
Language
Started
Elephant
Over
Services
Translation
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Apart from using it to spread the word about my translation company Blue Elephant and to talk to fans, I find social media an extremely powerful forum for charity.
Chinmayi /
Blue
Charity
Fans
Media
Powerful
Social
Social Media
Spread
Talk
Apart
Elephant
Extremely
Forum
Word
Translation
Using
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When I was offered to sing 'Tere Bina' in 'Guru' by A. R. Rahman sir, it was a surreal experience. The song clicked, and many composers took notice of me and my work then.
Chinmayi /
Guru
Surreal
Work Experience Me
Clicked
Composers
Notice
Offered
Sing
Sir
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I got recognised for my work in 'Guru' as 'Tere Bina' became extremely popular, but very few people know that I have sung major lyrical portions of the song 'Maiyya' as well.
Chinmayi /
Guru
Lyrical
Extremely
Few People
Major
Popular
Recognised
Sung
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As for song recordings - well, that's something that just happens. I've been working with music directors like Harris Jeyaraj sir, A. R. Rahman sir, and the experience is great.
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Experience Music Great
Harris
Recordings
Sir
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I come from a very strenuous, strict, disciplined classical music background. My grandfather, noted Carnatic classical exponent Dr. Sripada Pinakapani, was a Padma Bhushan recipient.
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Music
Classical Music
Grandfather
Come
Background
Classical
Disciplined
Dr
Noted
Recipient
Strenuous
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A lot of linguists in the market, especially interpreters of foreign languages, do not have a great command over the English language, especially if they are translating into English.
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English Language
Languages
Foreign Languages
Translating
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Rahman sir keeps pushing himself. He keeps trying new things, whether it is his craft, music or sound... he is always learning. He looks for opportunities to learn, even from children.
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New Things
Pushing
Craft
Sir
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Firstly, I'd say that A. R. Rahman sir is one of the biggest influences in my life. He's given me some great numbers, and I've looked at him for inputs many a time with regards to my career.
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Input
Numbers
Life Time Great
Firstly
Influences
Regards
Sir
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Every time I meet Rahman sir, it's a fan moment for me. I don't take the fact that I am working with him lightly. I get excited every time I see and work with him. But I don't embarrass him.
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Time Work Moment
Fan
Embarrass
Working
Every Time
Fact
Work Time I Am
Work Time Moment
Lightly
Meet
Moment
Sir
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There's a marked difference between a sexual predator, coercion tactics, and a man hitting on someone with the intention dating/wanting to get to know a girl he likes, however awkward, unpolished it may be.
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Awkward
Coercion
Hitting
Intention
Likes
Predator
Tactics
Difference
Sexual
However
Marked
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Lekha Washington is a very successful, award-winning product designer, and her company has made some fantastic products in the past few years. Comments from some men calling her 'failure' makes me laugh, really.
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Designer
Comments
Past Few Years
Some Men
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To be honest, until I started dubbing, I didn't realize the amount of work of a dubbing artiste puts in. Especially the artistes that dub for villains. They really stretch their vocal cords to a different dimension.
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Amount
Cords
Honest
Vocal
Vocal Cords
Artiste
Dimension
Dub
Puts
Realize
Stretch
To Be Honest
Villains
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At the end of the day, I am singing the composer's creation, and I follow the instructions given to me. What I feel may be a right take may not work for the composer or his vision on how he thinks the song should sound.
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Creation
Instructions
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Bollywood has a pretty chilled out approach. For instance, we don't wear shoes inside the studio. There is a strict behavioural protocol to be followed in the regional studios, while here in Bollywood, it is more informal.
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Approach
Bollywood
Chilled
Instance
Protocol
Shoes
Strict
Inside
Pretty
Behavioural
Followed
Wear
Informal
Studio
Regional
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I will safely say that I prefer singing a song in a stretch if I am allowed to. A lot of times, I do choose to and do sing the asthayi and antara in one take, respectively. And I give a few takes until I feel it is perfect.
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Respectively
Safely
Stretch
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The next time you watch a villain or an actor whom you know to be a non-native speaker of the language, watch the lip-sync. You'll know the amount of work that dubbing artistes have been putting in to elevate the performance of the actors.
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Next Time
Villain
Elevate
Work Time Know
Speaker
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By the time I was 14, I had seen only three Tamil films - 'Anjali,' 'Bombay,' and 'Puthiya Mugam.' And I loved the music in the films. When I found out Rahman sir was the man behind the music, I made up my mind that I wanted to sing for him.
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Bombay
Three
Behind
Time Music Man
Seen
By The Time
Loved
Films
Sing
Sir
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There is a myth that Rahman sir only works at night. He works through the day and night, so it depends what time slot you end up working with him. Besides nights, I have sung for him in the morning and at noon, too. I think he's the first composer to work at night, and that's why it's spoken about so much.
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Composer
Day And Night
Depends
Myth
Noon
Time Work Morning
Besides
Works
Nights
Work Time Morning
Sir
Slot
Spoken
Sung
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Few years ago when I visited a palliative care centre in Chennai for the first time, it completely moved me. It's an emotionally draining experience. I saw and met patients who were abandoned by their families, and there is complete sense of hopelessness. Ever since, I have been a supporter for the need for funding and awareness of palliative care.
Chinmayi /
Abandoned
Centre
Draining
Funding
Hopelessness
Supporter
Time Experience Me
Emotionally
Patients
Visited
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