Mini had her debut with ‘Swagatham’ (1988) directed by Venu Nagavalli. She sang three songs in it, composed by Rajamani. She was introduced to Tamil film industry by Ilayaraja through ‘Meera’ (1991). Ilayaraja christened her Minmini making her name more appealing to the Tamilians.

Her big break came in 1992 when she sang “Chinna Chinna Aasai” for the film ‘Roja’. It took Minmini to International fame, along with A.R. Rahman. The song which set a new trend in the music world was remade in Telugu & Hindi and Minmini sang them too.

Minmini has sung around 2,000 film songs in seven different languages. In Malayalam she became the favourite of music directors like Johnson, Raveendran, S. P. Venkatesh, Bombay Ravi and Mohan Sithara. Some of her songs like ‘Souparnikamritha…’ (Kizhakkunarum Pakshi), ‘Oonjal Urangi…’, Neelaraavil…’ (Kudumbasametham), ‘Kakka poocha…’ (Pappayude Swantham Apoos), ‘Paathiraavayi…’ (Vietnam Colony), ‘Swayam varamai…’ (Paithrukam), ‘Vellithinkal…’ (Meleparambil Aanveedu), ‘Aarunee jinmakale peru cholamo…’ (Ghazal) and many others turned super hit
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She bagged many awards including the Singapore State Government Award, Tamil Nadu State Government Award, Film fare Award, Cinema Express Award, Film Fans Association Award (Telugu), Kerala Film Chamber Award and SUMU Award, to name a few.

Minmini is Married to Joy Mathew in 1995. Joy is a keyboardist who worked in Unni Menon's troupe and later in Dubai radio station. Like Mini, Joy also got inspiration from the choir in the church in his native place, Koratty. There were rumors that Mini would never sing and that her husband had prevented her from singing. Minmini now is the mother of two – Allan Joy Mathew and Anna Keerthana. Minmini also anchors for TV channels.