- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSistla Sreeramamurthy Janaki
- Nicknames
- Janaki Amma
- Nightingale of the South
- Queen of Expression and Modulation
- Gana Kogile
- Gana Kokila
- Nightingale of South India
- Nightingale of India
- S. Janaki was born on April 23, 1938 in Palapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India. She was a music artist, known for Pathinaru Vayathinile (1977), Thevar Magan (1992) and Manjummel Boys (2024). She was married to Ram Prasad. She died on July 11, 2026 in Mysore, Karnataka, India.
- SpouseRam Prasad(1959 - 1997) (his death, 1 child)
- Recipient of the Rajyotsava Prashasti award from the Government of Karnataka.
- Her mother tongue is Telugu, but she can fluently converse and write in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.
- Recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Mysore.
- In 2013 she refused to accept the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award of the Government of India. Janaki said that she deserves the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the Government of India for her contributions to music.
- Won 33 different State Film Awards.
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