Celebrated Singer SPB Angered over the death hoax of Illustrious Singer Janaki Amma: He expressed his anguish over the fake news, and what has been going around the social media.
S Janaki’s highest number of songs are in Kannada. Her solos and duets, with P B Srinivas, S P Balasubramanyam and Dr. Rajkumar are considered evergreen.
In response to the fake news , the famed singer S P Balasubramanyam said
“Since morning I have received about twenty calls the welfare of Janaki amma. Somebaody has on the social media or somehow said she is no more. What nonsense is it? I talked to her ans she is doing very well. You see, what happens is, people love some artists to the core, they may have a heart attack. Please use social media for positivity, don’t make fun of these things. Don’t use social media for adverse things. Long live Janaki amma, she is very safe and very healthy.”
“Why do you do all these things gentlemen? Shall I call you gentlemen,” questioned the legendary singer himself.
S Janaki, who is fondly called “The Nightingale of South India”, has won four National Film Awards and 33 different State Film Awards. She is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Mysore, the Kalaimamani award from Tamil Nadu State Government and Karnataka Rajyotsava award from Government of Karnataka. In 2013, she refused to accept Padma Bhushan, and pointed that it is too little and had come “too late” and that South Indian artists were not given their due recognition.
Widely acclaimed as one of the most versatile singers, her association with singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and composer Ilaiyaraaja is most talked about. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s her duets with P. B. Srinivas, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. J. Yesudas and Dr. Rajkumar topped the charts across all the South Indian languages.[8] She has sung in almost all the genres of songs (50’s,60’s,70’s,80’s,90’s,2000’s and even 2010’s).In October 2016, Janaki announced her retirement from singing for films and stage appearances.However, on intense pressure from the film fraternity, she made a comeback for the Tamil film Pannadi in 2018.
The doyens of playback music from the southern film industry, S Janaki and SP Balasubramanyam were regarded as one of the most memorable singing pair.