S. Janaki

                 Present – 1957 

Hindi , Telugu , Malayalam , Tamil , Kannada Etc.

               Sishtla sreeramamurthy janaki (born apr twenty three, 1938), ordinarily referred to as s. janaki, is associate indian playback singer. illustrious for her voice modulation skills, she has sung in several indian languages, most often in telugu, kannada, malayalam, tamil, and hindi.

               Throughout a career spanning quite 5 decades, she has recorded over 20,000 songs, won four national film awards and thirty one completely different state film awards. her association with singer s. p. balasubramanyam and musician ilaiyaraaja is among the foremost in style musical mixtures in south india. she is lovingly higher called, "the nightingale of the south". she could be a recipient of associate degree unearned doctorate and therefore the kalaimamani award from province regime. 

             In 2013, the govt. of india declared the padma bhushan award for her, at the age of seventy four. the singer refused to just accept the award, as a result of it came too late and since south indian artists weren't given their due recognition. she is honored by those folks, who wish to hear her voice, instead.

Life

             S. janaki was born in a very telugu speaking brahmin family in pallapatla, repalle village, in guntur, (present day andhra pradesh).her father sishtla sreeramamurthy was an educator associated an written material doctor. her father worked in sircilla in karimnagar district. she was fascinated by music from early age and began functioning at the age of 3. she learned music from sree paidiswamy, a nadaswaram vidwan for less than one year. she additionally learned few songs from varanasi balaramayya in kovvur. she was impressed from film music and accustomed render songs of lata mangeshkar, p. leela, jikki and p. susheela on stage before coming into films.

Awards And Honours 

National Film Awards : 

1977 - Best female playback singer - (song: "senthoora poove") 16 vayathinile, tamil film 

1981 - Best female playback singer - (song: "ettumanoorambalathil") oppol, malayalam film

1984 - Best female playback singer - (song: "vennello godari andham") sithara, telugu film

1992 - Best female playback singer - (song: "inji iduppazhagha") devar magan, tamil film

State Awards : 

Nandi award for best female playback singer - 10 times 

Tamil nadu state film award for best female playback - 7 times

Oriya state film award for best female playback singer - 1 time

Kerala state film award for best singer - 11 times

Other Awards : 

1986 - Kalaimamani from the government of tamil nadu 

1997 - Filmfare south lifetime achievement award

2002 - Cinema 'achiever award' from the government of kerala

2005 - Special jury swaralaya yesudas award for outstanding performance in music

2009 - Honorary doctorate from the university of my sore for contributions to kannada cinema

2011 - "Basava bhushan" award from karnataka

2012 - Evergreen voice of tamil nadu by vijay musical awards

2013 - Maa music life time acheivement award by maa music awards