Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki
Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki (born 23 April 1938),
popularly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer and occasional
music-composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is one of the best-known playback
singers in South India and has recorded 48,000 songs in 17 Languages like Kannada,
Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Odiya, Hindi, Bengali, Tulu, Sanskrit, Sinhalese,
Badaga, Punjabi, Urdu, Japanese, German, Latin and Arabic languages.
Starting
in 1957, her career has spanned six decades. She has recorded songs in more
than 17 regional Indian languages and foreign languages. She has won four
National Film Awards and 33 different State Film Awards. Her association with
singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and composer Ilaiyaraaja is well known. In the
1960s, 1970s and 1980s her duets with P. B. Srinivas, S.P.Balasubramanyam and
with Dr. Rajkumar were some of the most romantic duets in the history of Tamil
and Kannada film music.
S. Janaki, who is known as "The Nightingale of the
South" is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Mysore
and the Kalaimamani award from Tamil Nadu State Government.
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
A book titled (World Record Book) Aalpanathile Thenum
Vayambum, in malayalam authored by Abhilash Pudukad, details the life and
career of Janaki.
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