Legendary singer S. Janaki ends her illustrious career with soulful lullaby in Pathu Kalpanakal, watch video

Janaki, a native of Andhra Pradesh, began her career as a playback singer with Tamil movie Vidhiyin Vilayattu in 1957. In a career spanning over six decades, besides touching people’s lives with her songs, she has won several laurels too, including four National Awards.

That’s not all. She has recorded 48,000 songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Odiya, Hindi, Bengali, Tulu, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Badaga, Punjabi, Urdu, Japanese, German, Latin and Arabic languages. She has even inspired generations of musicians.

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When she recently announced her decision to quit singing, it triggered rumours about her death. The death hoax spread quickly on the internet as many were sharing their condolences over the news. The fake news prompted another legendary singer S P Balasubrahmanyam to take to social media and lash out at the rumour mongers.

“Since this morning lots of rumours about Smt. S. Janaki, the Nightingale’s health condition. All fake. I just talked to her. She is hale and healthy better than ever. Spread the good news.I dont know how some idiots do this mischief. Sadistic *^#@$÷=?. Long live the queen of Melody,” posted Balasubrahmanyam on his Facebook page.

Balasubrahmanyam and Janaki have delivered numerous hit songs together.

With the Pathu Kalpanakal, actress Meera Jasmine is making a comeback to the big screen and it also marks the first directorial venture by editor Don Max. The film is a crime thriller and stars Anoop Menon, Kaniha, Kavitha Nair, Thampi Antony, Prasanth Narayanan and Joju George.

Watch the song here:

The film is produced by Manu Padmanabhan Nair, Jiji Anchani, Jacob Koeypuram and Biju Thoranathel under the banner Shutterbugs Entertainments. Muzik247 is the official music label.