* In 2005, Special Jury Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music. * In 2002, Cinema 'Achiever Award' by the government of Kerala * In 1986, Kalai Mamani by Government of Tamil Nadu * In 1956, second prize in competitions held by AIR (All India Radio) from the former Indian President Dr. She is also a close relative of carnatic classical vocalist, Garimella Balakrishna Prasad. She is now settled in Chennai, lives with her son Murali Krishna, who acted in few films and has an audio business of his own and his wife Uma Murali Krishna, a classical dancer (Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi) they have two daughters Amruthavarshini and Apsara. She is the inspiration for many upcoming female playback singers.ĭr. Chithra, Swarnalatha, Sujatha, Jency, P B Srinivas and of course S P Balasubramanyam. Susheela, Vani Jayaram, K J Yesudas, L R Eeswari, P. Her contemporaries include Ghantasala, Dr.Rajkumar, P. She has sung more than 30,000 songs, in all languages in South India, as well as in Hindi, Sinhalese, Bengali, Oriya, English, Sanskrit, Konkani, Tulu, Saurashtra, Baduga, Japanese and German.Ī devotee of Lord Krishna and Shirdi Sai Baba, she has also recorded Hindu devotional music on Meera.

She also wrote many songs for Tamil and Telugu movies. Janaki went on to become one of the most favourite singers of Ilayaraja, and a phase ensued when she sang at least 2-3 songs per movie in all the four South Indian languages.She sang in almost every movie in 1980s and 1990s. Subsequently, she performed in the Telugu movie MLA. Chalapati Rao in the Tamil movie Vidhiyin Vilayattu in 1957. She started her career in movies by singing songs composed by T.

Chandrashekar and joined AVM Studios as a singer. She later moved to Chennai on the advice of her uncle Dr. She learned music from Sree Paidiswamy, a nadaswaram Vidwan. She was interested in music from early age and started performing at the age of three. Janaki was born into a Telugu Brahmin family in Pallapatla, Repalle village, in Guntur, Madras Presidency, now part of Andhra Pradesh state. Janaki forms a successful combination with singer S P Balasubramanyam and composer Ilaiyaraaja, which are considered one of the most popular combinations in South India.ĭr. Within a career of more than five decades, she sang over 20,000 songs and has won four National Film Awards and 31 different State Film Awards. Janaki is also an occasional lyricist and a composer. She has sung in many Indian languages, most of them in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She is renowned for her voice modulation abilities and is popularly referred to as the Melody queen of South India. She is a Telugu by birth, but has gained popularity in the whole of South India. Janaki is a legendary, award-winning, Indian female playback singer.

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