S. Janaki
Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely referred to as Janaki Amma and "Nightingale of South India" or "Nightingale of India". She is 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, including Telugu,Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Sanskrit, Odia, Tulu, Urdu, Punjabi, Badaga, Bengali, Konkani, as well as in foreign languages such as English, Japanese, German, and Sinhala. She is 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 is 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.
Janaki has won 4 National Film Awards and 33 different State Film Awards. She is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Mysore, the Kalaimamani award from the Tamil Nadu State Government, and the Rajyotsava Prashasti award from the Government of Karnataka. In 2013, she refused to accept the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award of the Government of India. Janaki said that she deserves the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the Government of India for her contributions to music.
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