Jikki

Jikki

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Jikki Profile

  • Name:
  • Jikki
  • Other Name:
  • Pillavalu Gajapathi Krishnaveni
  • Born:
  • November 3, 1935
  • Died:
  • August 16, 2004
  • Father:
  • Gajapathi Naidu
  • Mother:
  • Rajakanthamma
  • Spouse:
  • A. M. Rajah

Jikki Biography

Jikki was a famous female singer during the golden era of Indian music. Her real name is Pillavalu Gajapathi Krishnaveni. She was concentrated most on south Indian languages, yet has sung a few songs for Hindi as well as Sinhalese. She was married to famous singer/composer of south Indian film music - A. M. Rajah. She has rendered her voice for more than 10000 songs belonging to different languages.

 

Jikki was born in Chennai on November 3, 1935 as the daughter of Gajapathi Naidu and Rajakanthamma. Her uncle Devaraju Naidu was a music composer who exposed Jikki’s singing as well as acting talents. Jikki began her career as child artist in 1943. She played a bit role in the Telugu movie, Panthulamma directed by Guduvalli Ramabramham. In 1946 with the movie Mangalasutram, her good looks as well as singing talents were noted. She debut Tamil as a playback singer with the movie 'Gnanasoundari' in 1948. The song Arul Tharaam Deva maathaavey Aadhiyey changed her career and proved to the milestone of her life. Very soon she got offers from Kannada and Malayalam movies. As Sri Lankan movies were produced in south India, she got many singing offers from Sri Lankan film industry as well. During this time she and Leela competed one another for the top slot.

 

Her most memorable duets were along with her husband, A. M. Rajah. The Tamil movie 'Then Nilavu' was a big hit and remembered for this lovely pair’s duet songs. She has also rendered her voice to numerous compositions of her husband. Jikki lost her husband in a train mishap. He died while falling in between the tracks while boarding. It was a great shock to her and took a break from singing. Later she returned singing for Ilaiyaraja. ‘Kadali vaazha kayyalirunni’ is the most popular Malayalam song sung by Jikki.

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Updated: January 21, 2014

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