S. Janaki has won four National Film Awards and 33 different State Film Awards.[1] Widely acclaimed as one of the most versatile singers, her association with singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and composer Ilaiyaraaja is well known. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s her duets with P. B. Srinivas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and with Dr. Rajkumar were some of the most romantic duets in the history of Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film music.[2]
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.[5]
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- ^ "Singing straight from the heart". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 5 April 2007. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ ""Kavidaye Padalaga," presented by poet and film lyricist Vairamuthu, this evening, will transform poetry into song". The Hindu. 27 July 2004. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Jayakumar, G. (18 April 2008). "Sing in your natural voice". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. from the University of Mysore.
- ^ "Kannada composers laud S Janaki for doctorate honor". Zee News. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Veteran singer S Janaki refuses to accept Padma Awards". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 27 January 2013.