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Profile of 'Mirchi' Suchitra
 This
young Radio Jockey has captured the imagination of the people of Chennai
in a short time.
When Radio Mirchi's FM
station was launched a few months ago, it very much started as an
underdog, faced as it was with the intense competition from television
major Sun TV's Radio Suryan.
However, vivacious and
enterprising RJs like Suchitra, known affectionately as Suchi, took the
staid city by storm with some lively and innovative forms of radio
anchoring. Within a few weeks, Suchi and Sujatha became household names in
Chennai, thanks to their sparkling wit, spontaneity and intelligent
conversation with fans across the city.
Basically, she works as
an RJ with Radio Mirchi, where she hosts the breakfast show called 'Hello
Chennai'. The show is from Monday to Saturday, 7 to 11 a.m., Live. The
show deals with city happenings, national/international newsworthy
snippets, sports, business, and it comes to Chennaivasis in a fun-format,
easy-to-digest style.
However, that is only one
side of her. Suchi, having become an instant hit, with the youth in
particular, film producers and music directors are keen to make use of her
multi-faceted talents.
Thus, she has now started
singing for films.
Suchi has sung in Laysa
Laysa (Ennai Polave - a duet with Chitra), Kaakha Kaakha (Uyirin Uyire -
another hit duet with KK), Punnagai Poove (Venus Venus Pennae - a duet
with Devan) and has now sung her first solo for Jay Jay, the much-hyped
Reema-Sen number on the crowded Vishakapatnam railway station platform!
Incidentally, she has
also done a cameo as Radio Mirchi RJ Suchitra in the same film. She enjoys
writing, having contributed articles to The Hindu and Economic Times for a
while now. She won this year's Commonwealth Broadcasting Association's
highly commended International Award in short-story writing which has
helped renew her commitment to write for children.
That's all we can reveal
as of now. The rest in person during her Live Chat on Thursday, October 9,
2003, at 6.30 p.m.
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