S JANAKI GARU IS NO MORE

1. PERSONAL LIFE

Full Name: Sistla Janaki 

Born: 23 April 1938, Repalle, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh

Parents: Sistla Narasimha Sastry & Sistla Ranganayaki

Family: Married to Sistla Venkataramani. Son: Sistla Murali Krishna

Trained In: Carnatic music under Aswathama Garu

2. CAREER JOURNEY

Debut: 1957 - Telugu film Vidyadharudu

Breakthrough: 1960s with Tamil & Telugu songs under K.V. Mahadevan, G.K. Venkatesh

Peak Years: 1970s - 1990s with Ilaiyaraaja, M.S. Viswanathan, A.R. Rahman, K. Chakravarthy

Total Songs: 50,000+ songs across 17 languages 

  Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tulu, Sinhala, English & more

Dubbing Artist: Gave voice for actresses like Sridevi, Jayaprada, Radha, Suhasini . 

AWARDS & HONORS OF S. JANAKI GARU

Award | Count / Year - 

National Film Award | 4 times

Padma Bhushan | 2013

Nandi Award | 33 times  

Filmfare Award South | 3 times

Karnataka Rajyotsava | 1992

Tamil Nadu Kalaimamani | 1991