After she sang Chinna Chinna Aasai for the then debutant music director Ilaiya Raja Minmini said she did not get any more songs from another iconic music director. And this music director was none other than the maestro Raja.
The singer was active for just a very short period, from 1991 to 1994, and after she got her big break with Chinna Chinna Aasai from Roja, one would expect that she would be at her busiest.
Minmini clarified this misconception and said, in sharp contrast to the popular perception, she sang fewer songs after Chinna Chinna Aasai.
The reason was that Raja did not encourage her as she worked with Rahman who was relatively a new director those days.
At the peak of her career, Minmini had to stop singing altogether when she lost her voice. But luckily, the singer regained her voice and made a comeback to singing in movies in 2015.
She revealed that when she was ill, she would cancel all the recordings for which she was called, as she was worried about doing a bad job.
AR Rahman was the only one who refused to cancel the recording. This is how she sang Pacha Kili Paadum from Bharathiraja’s Karuthamma. She also revealed that she hadn’t sung that song.
It was recorded in bits and pieces and then weaved into a song by Rahman.
