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Also known as Janaki, Amma, Sistla Sreeramamurthi Janaki, Sistla Janaki, Janaki Amma

Indian singer

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Within Vinony's link graph, S. Janaki is referenced by 2,642 other articles, and connects out to honorary degree, Vani Jairam and Nandi Award.

It is catalogued under topics including 1938 births, 20th-century Indian composers and 20th-century Indian women composers.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
13

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
India
Active from
1938-04-23
filmi

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
17,187
Total plays
238,170

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S. Janaki was born in Pallapatla, Repalle village, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. Janaki showed interest in music at a tender age and started singing at the age of three. She started learning music from a nadaswaram vidwan, Sree Paidiswamy. She moved to Chennai on the advice of her uncle Dr. Chandrashekar and joined as a singer in AVM Studio and started her career with Tamil films in 1957 in the film 'Vidhiyin Vilayattu' under the music director T. Chalapati Rao. Later, she got a chance in a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
India
Place of birth
Repalle
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Malayalam
Native language
Telugu
Instrument
voice
Image
S Janaki in Pune, India 2007.JPG
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date of birth
1938-04-23
name in native language
జానకి
Commons category
S. Janaki
start of work period
1957-00-00
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