Rajinikanth laughed and Chinni Jayanth was made.

In one episode of RUMBLE featuring Chinni Jayanth I dug into the background of this very versatile actor. Chinni started out as a mimicry artist but then there are so many of them that he stepped into comedy. The real difference between Chinni and other film comedians is while most of them can imitate what has already been done by an actor he can get under the skin of the character and show you how they would have acted in any kind of situation. That takes unique talent. Unlike many others he started comedy in college. That was different because most Kollywood film artists have never been to college. In his first film while working as a character artist he used to pass the time of day on the sets by imitating other crewmembers. He used to do it so well that his costar who was none other than Rajnikanth used to laugh at all his antics. That gave him the conviction that he could entertain people with just his comedy and soon he took to performing on stage. His first show was in the town of Virudhunagar. Many people would remember the early days of Chinni Jayanth when he started doing commercials. The very first was one where he imitated Rajnikanth in a Tortoise brand mosquito coil ad. Then one day he set out to become a producer. Revathy who was a famous leading lady in Kollywood cinema helped him tremendously. She went out of her way to support him in making a movie called Chinnapulla.

He says cinema making has now changed from being a sprint to a marathon. Your competitors have increased greatly and nobody knows who will win. He says filmmaking has also become a gamble. Chinni says his one performance at a major stage show when Rajnikanth, Kamal and Amitabh were in the audience changed his life greatly. As the show was almost entirely in Tamil he realized that the star from Bollywood was looking completely bored. That's when the organizers talked to Chinni and asked him to do something, which could entertain Amitabh Bachchan also. He went on to do a stand up version of Kaun Banega Crorepati to the delight of everyone. Taking a leaf out of Rajnikanth’s book he too always tries to inject morals into his comedy.

All in all Chinni is a fascinating person and you will enjoy listening to his priceless imitations