S. Janaki
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| Born | April 23, 1938 | |
| Origin | Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. | |
| Genre(s) | Playback singing and Religious music | |
S. Janaki (born April 23, 1938) is a major Indian singer, with her magnificent voice, captured the hearts of millions of people through various language including Telugu , Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada . She was born in Pallapatla, Repalle village, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.
Janaki has a unique capability to change her voice and sing in a range of tones. She is also a good lyricist and a good music composer. A devotee of Lord Krishna and Shirdi Sai Baba, she spends a lot of time praying and has also released devotional music cassettes on Meera.
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[edit] Early days and career
Janaki showed interest in music at a tender age and started singing at the age of three. She started learning music from Sree Paidiswamy. She moved to Chennai on the advice of her uncle Dr. Chandrashekar and joined as a singer in AVM Studio and started her career with Tamil films in 1957 in the film 'Vidhiyin Vilayattu' under the music director T. Chalapati Rao. Later, she got a chance in a Telugu film MLA.
She wrote many songs for Tamil and Telugu films. She has sung about 20,000 songs in her career, in almost all languages in South India as well as in Hindi, Sinhalese, Bengali, Oriya, English, Sanskrit, Konkani, Tulu, Saurashtra, Baduga, Japanese and German.[citation needed] Major singers along with her are P. Susheela, Vani Jayaram, Madhuri, K J Yesudas, K S chithra,S P Balasubramanyam and Jayachandran.
[edit] Family
Her husband is late Sri.V.Rama. She lives with her son Murali Krishna, an actor, and daughter-in-law Uma Murali Krishna, a classical dancer (Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi) and two granddaughters Amruthavarshini and Apsara.
[edit] Major awards
- In 1956, second prize in competitions held by AIR (All India Radio) from the former Indian President Dr. Rajendra Prasad at the .
- In 1986, Kalai Mamani by Government of Tamil Nadu
- In 1987, Sur singar award
- In 2002 , Cinema 'Achiever Award' by the government of Kerala
- In 2005, Special Jury Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music.
- National Film Awards four times for the best Playback singer by Government of India
- State Film awards fourteen times for the best Playback singer by Government of Kerala
- State Film awards seven times for the best Playback singer by Government of Tamil Nadu
- State Film awards ten times for the best Playback singer by Government of Andra Pradesh
[edit] National awards
- 1976, Film Name: 16 vayadhinile, Language: Tamil, First line of the song: "Senthoora Poove"
- 1980, Film Name: Oppol, Language: Malayalam , First line of the song: "Ettumanoorambalathil"
- 1984, Film Name: Sithara, Language: Telugu , First line of the song: "Vennello godari andham"
- 1992, Film Name: Thevar Magan, Language: Tamil, First line of song: "Inji Idippazagha"
