Vani Jayaram

Shortly before her death, she won India's third-highest civilian award.

She trained in Carnatic and Hindustani music, and was known for her vocal reach and depth. She received the Padma Bhushan shortly before her death, on January 26, India's Republic Day. She was most active in the Malayalam and Tamil industries, having recorded songs for both until 2019.

Recipient of Padma Bhushan award recently, Vani Jayaram was 77 and crooned over 10000 songs in 19 languages.

Phone was endlessly ringing and she answered all the calls and thanked everyone who greeted her. Immediately, she said, she alerted the singer’s relatives who informed police. “It is grievous that she has departed even before getting the Padma Bhushan Award,” Stalin said in his condolence message.

She was 77 and was living all alone at a downtown apartment.

However, she did not get any response despite repeatedly pressing the calling bell. She was 77 and was living all alone at a downtown apartment. The singer's maid turned up as usual for work on Saturday.

Vani Jairam's house- help, Malarkodi, had reached her residence on Saturday morning but she did not receive any response upon knocking repeatedly.

Tamil film personalities including actors, singers and musicians expressed shock over the demise of legendary singer Vani Jayaram on Saturday.

May Her soul Rest in Peace," he tweeted. Met her and recorded for my upcoming film "Malai" last August. Singer Chinmayi Sripaada said, "Vani Jayaram is the OG. Great singer who never got her due in the film world. Several personalities in the music world and her fans expressed shock over her sudden death, on Twitter. "This is so shocking #vanijayaram, just last night I was playing her song and telling my husband how beautifully she was rendering the song in #KVishwanath sirs film.

Veteran playback singer Vani Jayaram, with more than 10000 songs to her credit in 19 languages, was found dead at her house on Haddows Road in Nungam.

She struggled to recoup after the loss and became a sort of recluse. A case was registered under Section 174 (unnatural death) of CrPC and she was taken to the Government Omandurar Hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival.Vani Jayaram struggled to cope after the death of her husband, her anchor Around 11am, her maid arrived and after repeated knocks elicited no response informed Vani Jayaram's younger sister Uma who lives in Alwarpet.

Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS): Days after being named for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award, noted singer Vani Jayaram passed away at her home in Chennai.

BJP's national executive member and actor Khushbu Sundar said in a tweet, "Vani Jayaram's was a voice that enthralled us for many years... I am extremely saddened to hear her passing away." "I had congratulated her when it was announced that she would be honoured with the Padma Bhushan award. Tamil Nadu Minister for Information and Broadcasting, M.P. Chithra said that she had presented the singer with a sari after Jayaram was bestowed with the Padma Bhushan award, adding that Jayaram had called her two days ago to thank her and had told her that she liked the sari very much. Mourning the demise of the legendary singer, who rendered songs in 19 languages, the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Tamilisai Soundararajan, said that Jayaram had found a place in the hearts of many people through her singing, adding that her death is a major loss to the music industry and her fans.

Of course, she arrived into film singing with a major splash through the sensational songs of the Hindi film Guddi which was helmed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Of ...

But the one song in the genre that has to be among the best ever delivered by Vani has to be . The skill of Ilaiyaraaja is such that he used the same singer for a similar-sounding raga (Dharmavathi/Madhuvanthi) in an altogether different way to whip up an almost opposite mood (). (By the way, even when A R Rahman used her voice, he went for the Ilaiyaraaja style book ()) . Ilaiyaraaja used her voice for the single heroine’s myriad feelings in a variety of films. Also, quite early, Vani also became the go-to singer for stage songs (songs where the heroine is singing on a stage in the film) and function songs. Ilaiyaraaja even had the quirky idea to try her voice in the sensual Through the first half of the 70s Vani’s songs were heard across all the four southern Indian film industries, and she was indeed a name to reckon with. Of course, this is open to debate, but Vani's strong classical training and her ability to travel through difficult musical phrases with rare felicity meant she was also going to make a mark in film singing which called for all the flair of classical singing without the need to be heavy. This Telugu song for the music directors Rajan-Nagendra for the film Pooja also showed that Vani could hold her own against her remarkable contemporaries S Janaki and P Susheela. (In any case, she would come back in Hindi in the early 80s to prove a point through that music tour de force Meera under the baton of the legend Pandit Ravishankar for 12 spectacular songs). The three songs she debuted with in that film --- , and to this day remain fresh and popular. It was not because she did not have the requisite talent or skill, it was perhaps due to the texture of her voice.