S. Janaki
Indian singer (1938 –2026)
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- Sistla Sreeramamurthy Janaki (23 April 1938 – 11 July 2026) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer.
- She was one of the greatest and most influential singers in the history of Indian music.
- The language in which she sang the most songs in her career was Kannada, followed by Malayalam.
- Janaki began her singing career with the Tamil film Vidhiyin Vilayattu (1957) at the age of 19 and recorded songs in six different languages in the same year.
- However, she returned in 2018, singing for the Tamil film Pannaadi .
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WikipediaSistla Sreeramamurthy Janaki (23 April 1938 – 11 July 2026) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She was widely referred to as Janaki amma and Nightingale of Deccan. She was one of the greatest and most influential singers in the history of Indian music.
Janaki has recorded over 48,000 songs in films, albums, television, and radio, which includes solos, duets, chorus and title tracks in 20 Indian languages, predominantly in her mother tongue Telugu, including Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Sanskrit, Odia, Tulu, Urdu, Punjabi, Badaga, Bengali, Konkani, as well as in foreign languages such as English, Japanese, German, and Sinhala. She was one of the most versatile singers in India. The language in which she sang the most songs in her career was Kannada, followed by Malayalam. She was widely acclaimed as the "Queen of Expression and Modulation".
Janaki began her singing career with the Tamil film Vidhiyin Vilayattu (1957) at the age of 19 and recorded songs in six different languages in the same year. Her career spanned over six decades until 2016, when she announced her retirement from singing for films and stage appearances. However, she returned in 2018, singing for the Tamil film Pannaadi. She was active in the music industry for 60 years.
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