Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938), popularly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer and occasional music-composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janakiamma" and is one of the best-known playback singers in India. She has recorded nearly 48,000 songs in films, albums, TV and Radio including solos, duets and chorus songs in more than 17 languages including those native to India mainly in Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Tulu, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Sindhi, Assamese, Konkani and also in languages such as English, Japanese, Latin, Arabic, German, Sinhala, French, Bangla, Russian and Chinese. Starting in 1957 with the Tamil film Vidhiyin Vilayattu, her career has spanned over six decades.
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23 April 1938 (age 87) Pallapatla, Repalle village, in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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