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Janaki, who is known as "The Nightingale of South India", [3] is a recipient of an honorary doctorate [4] In 2013, she refused to accept Padma Bhushan , the third-highest civilian award of the Government of India , saying that it had come "too late" and that South Indian artists were not given their due recognition.
S. Janaki is an Indian singer who has sung over 10,000 songs in various Indian languages. The following is a list of Tamil songs recorded by her: The following is a list of Tamil songs recorded by her:
Sistla Janaki, commonly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian singer who has sung over 10,000 songs in various Indian languages. The following is a list of Kannada songs recorded by her: The following is a list of Kannada songs recorded by her:
Ilaiyaraaja – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam- S Janaki combination gave hit after hit from the mid 1970s till the 1990s. S Janaki is the only singer who has won state awards under the oft-called top three music composers of the state (M. S. Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman). Some of her best solos in Tamil cinema are:
Many songs in Indian films are based on ragas of Indian classical music. This song list includes those that are primarily set to the given raga, without major deviation from the musical scale. This song list includes those that are primarily set to the given raga, without major deviation from the musical scale.
50 "Iddu Hogu Iddu Hogu" TG Lingappa S Janaki 51 "Chikkavanene Ivanu" Vani Jairam Muttinantha Atthige 52 "Mohana Roopa" Ramesh Naidu Poorna Chandar, Krishnamoorthy, SP Shailaja 53 "Namarede Kogile" SP Shailaja Shankar Sunder 54 "Belakali Neenu" GK Venkitesh S Janaki 55 "Baa Baa Ider Aavo" Vani Jairam 1984 Bandhana 56 "Ee Bandhana" M Ranga Rao
Commenting about the use of Ilaiyaraaja's songs in films, Archana Nathan of Scroll.in stated that "the tunes were not merely used as timestamps to date the early years of courtship between Ram (Vijay Sethupathi) and Janaki . They also serve as powerful reminders of an era in Tamil cinema when romance was synonymous with Ilaiyaraaja". [16]
Though Janaki took a leading position from 1980 with her strong association with M.S.V and Ilaiyaraja, Susheela continued to be at the top till 1985 and after 1985 was still opted by several music directors for her legendary vocals. After 1986, she became selective about film songs and continued to have hit film songs till 2005.