<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1988--1995, 2005--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Minmini (born P.J. Rosily, 12 August 1970) is a South Indian film playback singer . She is remembered especially for the song "Chinna Chinna Aasai" from Roja, the debut work of film composer A.R. Rahman . Though she is from Kerala, most of her memorable songs are in Tamil, most of them composed by Ilaiyaraaja and A.R. Rahman . Her hit Malayalam songs include "Souparnikamritha" from Kizhakkunarum Pakshi, "Oonjal Urangi", and "Neelaraavi" from Kudumbasametham . She has lent her voice to hit 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 . </P> <P> Minmini was born on 12 August 1970, as the fourth daughter of P.A. Joseph and Treeza . Minmini was known as P.J. Rosily in school . She was also fondly called Mini . Her father, P.A. Joseph, was crazy about art and artistes . Starting her career at the age of 5 with the 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 . </P> <P> 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 was admitted to RLV Music Academy in Thrippunithura . However, she could not concentrate on studies as she had many stage programmes and recordings . </P>

Minmini lost her voice in 1992 on a stage show in london