Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. S. Janaki (born April 23, 1938) is a legendary, award-winning female playback singer. She is a Telugu by birth, but has gone on to become a household name in the whole of South India. She is renowned for her superb voice modulation powers, which allows her to aptly adapt to anybody ranging from a small child to an elderly woman. She has sung in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. Janaki is also a lyricist and a composer. She has worked with almost all the music directors of her time. Janaki and S P Balasubramanyam form the most popular singing combination in South India. Janaki started singing at the age of 19. She later moved to Chennai on the advice of her uncle Dr. Chandrashekar and joined AVM Studios as a singer. She started her career in movies by singing songs composed by T. Chalapati Rao in the Tamil movie Vidhiyin Vilayattu in 1957. Subsequently, she performed in the Telugu movie MLA. Janaki went on to become one of the most favourite singers of Ilayaraja, and a phase ensued when she sang at least 2-3 songs per movie in all the four South Indian languages.