S. Janaki

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జానకి
S. Janaki
File:S Janaki in Pune, India 2007.JPG
Background information
Native name జానకి
Birth name Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki
Also known as Janakiamma, Kannada kogile
Born (1938-04-23) 23 April 1938 (age 85)
Repalle, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Genres Playback Singing, Indian Classical
Occupation(s) Playback Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1957–present
Website sjanaki.net

Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki (born 23 April 1938), popularly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer, and occasional music-composer. She is one of the best-known playback singers in South India who has recorded nearly 48,000 songs in all the South Indian languages. Janaki started her career in 1957 and has spanned over five decades. She has recorded songs in more than fifteen regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada in which she has most frequently recorded.[1] She has won four National Film Awards and 31 different State Film Awards.[2] Her association with singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and composer Ilaiyaraaja is well known. In the 60s and 70s, her duets with P.B.Srinivos were some of the most romantic duets in the history of Tamil film music.[3]

S. Janaki, who is known as "The Nightingale of the South",[4] is a recipient of an honorary doctorate[5] from the University of Mysore and the Kalaimamani award from Tamil Nadu State Government. S.Janaki is called the Queen of Expressions for her ability to express different kind of emotions.

In 2013, she refused the offer of a Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India, saying that it had come "too late" and that South Indian artists were not given their due recognition.[6]

Early life

S. Janaki was born on 23 April 1938 in a Telugu-speaking family in Pallapatla, Repalle Town, in Guntur, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh).[7] She was interested in music from early age and started performing at the age of three. She learnt music from Sree Paidiswamy, a nadaswaram teacher.[citation needed]

Singing career

In her twenties, S. Janaki moved to Chennai on the advice of her uncle Dr. Chandrashekar and joined AVM Studios as a singer. She started her career in movies as a playback singer in the Tamil movie Vidhiyin Vilayattu in 1957. Subsequently, she performed in the Telugu movie MLA.[citation needed] She has also recorded devotional music of Meera.[8]

Success

Janaki was increasingly given work by music directors such as M. S. Viswanathan in Avargal, K. V. Mahadevan in Mazhai Megham), Sankar Ganesh in Aasai Manaivi and V. Kumar in Oruvanukku Oruthi.

Toughest song of Janaki's career

As Janaki has mentioned on many occasions that the toughest song of her entire singing career is the Kannada song "Shiva shiva ennada naaligeyeke" from the movie Hemavathi. The song, which is in two different ragas, Thodi and Aabhogi, was composed by L. Vaidyanathan. Janaki had prayed to her beloved god before going to record this unique song.[9][10] While talking about this song, K.S. Chitra said that Nobody can touch this song.

Personal life

S. Janaki is married to V. Ramprasad. She lives in Chennai with her son Murali Krishna.[citation needed]

Awards and honours

Awards
Awards Wins
National Film Awards
 4
Kerala State Film Awards
 11
Nandi Awards
 10
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
 6
Orissa State Film Awards
 1
Total
 32
National Film Awards
Mirchi Music Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Kerala State Film Awards
Nandi Awards
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Orissa State Film Awards
Filmfare Awards
Special Honours
Other Awards

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md8cPD2F1I8
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