Jikki

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{{Short description|Indian singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image = PGKrishnaveni.jpg
| caption = Jikki in late 1940s
| name = P. G. Krishnaveni
| birth_name = P. G. Krishnaveni
| alias = Jikki
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|11|3}}
| birth_place = Chennai
| origin = [[Chandragiri]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[Andhra Pradesh]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2004|8|16|1935|11|3}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| instrument = Vocalist
| genre = [[Film music]] ([[playback singer|playback singing]]), [[Indian classical music]]
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1948–2004
| website =
}}
'''Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni''' (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as '''Jikki''', was an Indian [[playback singer]] from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She sang around 10,000 songs in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Kannada]], [[Malayalam]], [[Hindi]], and [[Sinhala language|Sinhalese]] languages. Her mother tongue was Telugu. She spoke Tamil fluently.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.chennaionline.com/chennaicitizen/2004/08jikki.asp |title=Chennai Online |publisher=ChennaiOnline.com |date=27 March 2010 |access-date=11 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327041422/http://archives.chennaionline.com/chennaicitizen/2004/08jikki.asp |archive-date=27 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life==
Jikki was born in [[Chennai]] on 3 November 1935. Her parents Gajapathi Naidu and Rajakanthamma, a Telugu family, had moved from [[Chandragiri]], near [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]] in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai for their livelihood.

Her uncle, Devaraju Naidu, worked as a music composer with the celebrated Kannada theatre legend and movie pioneer [[Gubbi Veeranna]] and this introduced the young good-looking girl to the music and film world.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/08/20/stories/2004082002330400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103231943/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/08/20/stories/2004082002330400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2007 |title=Her tantalising voice will live forever ... |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=20 August 2004 |access-date=26 October 2016 |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref>

==Career==
Krishnaveni began her career as a child artist in 1943 and played a minor role in a [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] movie named ''Panthulamma'', directed by [[Gudavalli Ramabrahmam]]. In 1946, she appeared in the movie ''[[Mangalasutram]]'', a remake of a Hollywood movie ''Excuse Me''.<ref name=hindu /> She was already being noted for her musical prowess and her lilting mellifluous voice although she did not undergo any orthodox classical training in music at that stage.

A chance came her way to sing for the successful [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''Gnanasoundari'' in 1948 for which music was composed by the then doyen of film music, [[S. V. Venkatraman]]. The song was the super hit "Arul Thaarum Deva Maathaavey Aadhiyey Inba Jothi" for Kumari Rajamani who acted as the young girl growing into the young woman, [[M. V. Rajamma]] the heroine taking over the song with P. A. Periyanayaki singing as the scene advanced in time. This was the turning point in her life and changed the child actress Krishnaveni into a regular playback singer, Jikki, with offers of work for not only Tamil and Telugu films, but also for Kannada and Malayalam films.<ref name=hindu />

She met her husband to be, [[A. M. Rajah]], in 1950 when he was introduced in the Tamil film ''[[Samsaram (1950 film)|Samsaram]]'' as a new playback singer by Gemini's [[S. S. Vasan]]. He then introduced her to the Hindi film world by getting her to sing for his production ''Mr.Sampath'' in 1952. [[P. B. Srinivas]] also sang his first song in this film in a chorus. She also sang Sinhalese songs as well at that stage since the Sinhalese films were produced in Madras during those years.<ref name=hindu />

Together with [[P. Leela]], she reigned supreme in the South Indian film world in the early part of the 1950s, till [[P. Susheela]] took over the center stage from late 1950s. Though they were in competition, they were fond of each other and behaved like two sisters and sang many songs together.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/41475 |publisher=dbsjeyaraj.com |title=P. Leela, 'Forgotten' Singer .. |date=3 June 2015 |access-date=2016-10-26}}</ref>

=== Music composers she sang for ===
{{columns-list |colwidth=15em|
* [[S. V. Venkatraman]]
* [[G. Ramanathan]]
* [[C. R. Subburaman]]
* [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]]
* [[S. Hanumantha Rao]]
* [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
* [[G. Govindarajulu Naidu]]
* R. Sudharsanam
* R. Govardhanam
* [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
* [[Susarla Dakshinamurthi|S. Dakshinamurthi]]
* C. N. Pandurangan
* Adepalli Rama Rao
* [[Emani Sankara Sastry]]
* [[Master Venu]]
* K. Vara Prasada Rao
* T. A. Kalyanam
* M. S. Gnanamani
* [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
* [[Pendyala Nageswara Rao]]
* G. Aswathama
* [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]]
* [[T. G. Lingappa]]
* [[P. Adinarayana Rao]]
* [[P. S. Diwakar]]
* [[T. R. Pappa]]
* [[A. M. Rajah]]
* [[T. V. Raju]]
* [[C. S. Jayaraman]]
* [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]]
* Vedha
* [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
* [[T. K. Ramamoorthy]]
* [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
* [[G. Devarajan]]
* [[M. Ranga Rao]]
* [[Vijaya Bhaskar]]
* [[M. S. Baburaj]]
* [[K. Raghavan]]
* [[L. P. R. Varma]]
* K. G. Moorthy
* [[T. Chalapathi Rao]]
* [[R. K. Shekhar]]
* Brother Lakshmanan
* Jeevan
* [[Ilaiyaraja]]
* [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
* [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]]
* [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
* [[Shankar–Jaikishan]]
* [[C. Ramchandra]]
* [[Mani Sharma]]
}}

===Playback singers she sang with===
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She sang memorable duets with all of the leading male singers, mostly with [[A. M. Rajah]] and others such as [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]], [[Thiruchi Loganathan]], [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]], [[C. S. Jayaraman]], [[P. B. Sreenivas]], [[T. A. Mothi]], [[S. C. Krishnan]], [[V. N. Sundharam]], [[A. L. Raghavan]], [[R. B. Ramachandra]], [[Pithapuram Nageswara Rao]], [[Madhavapeddi Satyam|M. Sathyam]], [[M. S. Rama Rao]], [[S. P. Balasubramaniam]], [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] and [[Mano (singer)|Mano]].

She also sang duets with female singers, most notably with [[P. Leela]] and others like [[P. A. Periyanayaki]], [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]], [[T. V. Rathinam]], [[P. Suseela]], [[A. P. Komala]], [[Radha Jayalakshmi]], [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]], [[K. Jamuna Rani]], [[S. Janaki]], A. G. Rathnamala, K. Rani , [[Vani Jairam]] and [[K. S. Chithra]]

The singing actors she sang with were [[M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar]], [[K. R. Ramaswamy (actor)|K. R. Ramaswamy]], [[P. Bhanumathi]], S Varalaxmi and [[J. P. Chandrababu]].

==Personal life==

[[File:A. M. Rajah - Jikki (P. G. Krishnaveni).jpg|thumb|Jikki with her husband, [[A. M. Rajah]]]]

She was married to the successful playback singer and music director [[A. M. Rajah]]. Their duets have been hits. Jikki sang many songs under her husband's direction that are still played by radio stations. A. M. Raja and Jikki have sung for live programmes in other countries such as U. S. A., Malaysia and Singapore.

A mother of six children, Jikki lost her husband when he slipped and fell between the tracks while boarding a train. The accident happened at [[Valliyur]] railway station in [[Tirunelveli district]] on 8 April 1989, when both of them were on the way to perform a concert in a temple in [[Kanyakumari district]]. After his death she stopped singing for some time. She came out of retirement and sang for [[Ilaiyaraja]]. She also started a music troupe with her two sons and performed in many countries including the United States, Malaysia and Singapore.<ref name=hindu />

==Personality==
Once when she sang five songs for a Tamil film, she asked the producer Valampuri Somanathan to reduce her remuneration because he had given her the opportunity to sing so many songs in a single movie, such was her dedication for singing.<ref name=hindu />

==Death==
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She had been suffering from breast cancer and had surgery, but the cancer spread to her kidneys and eventually liver. Several attempts were made to save her life by her close friend and singer [[Jamuna Rani]] which were supported by donations through musical nights and medical and financial support from the governments of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]].

The then Tamil Nadu chief minister [[J.Jayalalitha]] and the Andhra Pradesh chief minister [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] had granted Jikki 100,000 rupees from the Dr. MGR trust and 200,000 rupees respectively after hearing of her illness and her difficulty in meeting the treatment expenses.

She died on 16 August 2004 in [[Chennai]].<ref name=hindu />

==Awards and honours==
She was honoured with "Ugadi Puraskaram" by Madras Telugu Academy and Government of Tamil Nadu awarded her "Kalai Ma Mani".{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

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==Filmography==
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Jikki sang in 98 Telugu and 71 Tamil films.

===Telugu===
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* ''Palletoori Pilla'' (1950)
* ''[[Shavukaru]]'' (1950)
* ''Samsaram'' (1950)
* ''[[Patala Bhairavi]]'' (1951)
* ''Navvite Navaratnalu'' (1951)
* ''Dharmadevata'' (1952/I)
* ''Palletooru'' (1952)
* ''Prema Lekhalu (Aah) (1953)
* ''Bratuku Theruvu'' (1953)
* ''Devadasu'' (1953)
* ''Pardesi'' (1953)
* ''Pratigna'' (1953/I)
* ''Rechukka'' (1954)
* ''Todu Dongalu'' (1954)
* ''Donga Ramudu'' (1955)
* ''[[Rojulu Marayi]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Anarkali]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Ardhangi]]'' (1955)
* ''Chiranjeevulu'' (1956)
* ''Bhale Ramudu'' (1956)
* ''[[Edi Nijam]]'' (1956)
* ''Jayam Manade'' (1956)
* ''Kanakatara'' (1956)
* ''Penki Pellam'' (1956)
* ''[[Suvarna Sundari]]'' (1957/I)
* ''[[Maya Bazaar]] (Tamil, 1957)
* ''Bhale Bava'' (1957)
* ''[[Panduranga Mahatyam]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Sarangadhara]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Thodi Kodallu]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Chenchu Lakshmi]]'' (1958/I)
* ''Mangalya Balam'' (1958)
* ''Krishna Leelalu'' (1959)
* ''Raja Makutam'' (1959/I)
* ''Pelli Kaanuka'' (1960)
* Krishna Prema (1960)
* ''Sahasra Siracheda Apoorva Chinthamani'' (1960)
* ''Shantinivasam'' (1960)
* ''[[Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam]]'' (1960)
* ''Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam'' (1961)
* ''[[Batasari]]'' (1961)
* ''Sabash Raja'' (1961)
* ''Thirudathe'' (1961)
* ''[[Bhishma (1962 film)|Bhishma]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Gulebakavali Katha]]'' (1962)
* ''Siri Sampadalu'' (1962)
* ''Tirupathamma Katha'' (1963)
* ''[[Lava Kusha]]'' (1963/I)
* ''Sampoorna Ramayanam'' (1971)
* ''Shrimanthudu'' (1971)
* ''Vattathukkul Chathuram'' (1978)
* ''[[Aditya 369]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Ninne Pelladatha]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Murari (film)|Murari]] (2001)
}}

===Tamil===
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* ''[[Gnana Soundari (Citadel film)|Gnanasoundari]] (1948)
* ''[[Muthal Thethi]]'' (1955)
* ''Anarkali'' (1955)
* ''Aravalli'' (1957)
* ''Manthiri Kumari'' (1950)
* ''Naan Petra Selvam'' (1950)
* ''[[Pathala Bhairavi]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Singari]]'' (1951)
* ''Avan'' (1953)
* ''Asai Magan'' (1953)
* ''Edhir Paaradhadu'' (1954)
* ''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari'' (1954)
* ''[[Illara Jothi]]'' (1954)
* ''Ethiparathathu'' (1954)
* ''[[Vaira Malai]]'' (1954)
* ''Nalla Thangai'' (1955)
* ''Gulebagavali'' (1955)
* ''[[Pennarasi]]'' (1955)
* ''Gomathiyin Kaadalan'' (1955)
* ''Mangaiyar Thilagam'' (1955)
* ''[[Kalyanam Seydhukko]]'' (1955)
* ''Paasa Valai'' (1956)
* ''Alibabavum 40 Thirudarkalum'' (1956)
* ''Amara Deepam'' (1956)
* ''[[Kokilavani]]'' (1956)
* ''Madurai Veeran'' (1956)
* ''Pennin Perumai'' (1956)
* ''Raja Rani'' (1956)
* ''Thaikku Pin Tharam'' (1956)
* ''Thangamalai Ragasiyam'' (1957)
* ''Karpuku Arasi'' (1957)
* ''[[Maya Bazar]]'' (1957)
* ''Nilai Malai Thieruden'' (1957)
* ''Samaya Sanjeevi'' (1957)
* ''Malliga'' (1957)
* ''Chakravarthy Thirumagal'' (1957)
* ''Mudhalai'' (1957)
* ''Puthumai Pitthan'' (1957)
* ''Senkottai Singam'' (1958)
* ''Thirumanam'' (1958)
* ''Vanggi Kotai Valiban'' (1958)
* ''Neelavukku Neranja Manasu'' (1958)
* ''[[Uthama Puthiran (1958 film)|Uthama Puthiran]]'' (1958)
* ''Pathi Bakthi'' (1958)
* ''Annaiyin Aanai'' (1958)
* ''Naadodi Mannan'' (1958)
* ''Kathavarayan'' (1958)
* ''Illarame Nallaram'' (1958)
* ''Manjal Magimai'' (1959)
* ''Sivagangai Cheemai'' (1959)
* ''Enga Veetu Mahalakshmi'' (1959)
* ''Kalyana Parisu'' (1959)
* ''Aaval Yaar'' (1959)
* ''Baaga Pirivinai'' (1959)
* ''Thaay Makalukku Kattiya Thaali'' (1959)
* ''[[Nalla Theerpu]]'' (1959)
* ''Ondru Pattal Undu Vazhvu'' (1960)
* ''Anbukor Anni'' (1960)
* ''Meenda Sorgam'' (1960)
* ''[[Raja Desingu]]'' (1960)
* ''Thozhan'' (1960)
* ''Vidi Velli'' (1960)
* ''Punar Janmam'' (1961)
* ''Naan Vanagum Deivam'' (1963)
* ''Arunagiri Nadhar'' (1964)
* ''Bommai'' (1964)
* ''[[Sorgam'' (1970)
* ''Thaenum Paalum]]'' (1971)
* ''Pugunda Veedu'' (1972)
* ''Naan Yen Pirandhaen'' (1972)
* ''Puthumadha Bandham'' (1974)
* ''Enakoru Mahan Pirappaan'' (1975)
* ''Vatathukkul Sathuram'' (1978)
* ''Kannil Theriyum Kathaigal'' (1980)
* ''Avan'' (1985)
* ''Dharmam Vellum'' (1989)
* ''[[Paattukku Oru Thalaivan]]'' (1989)
* ''Pangali'' (1992)
* ''[[Senthamizh Pattu]]'' (1992)
* ''Aboorva Shakthi 369'' (1992)
* ''Aasai'' (1995)
* ''Murati'' (2002)
* ''Anbu'' (2003)
}}
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://spicyonion.com/singer/jikki-movies-list/page/5/ |title=Jikki}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Jikki discography}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/08/20/stories/2004082002330400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825085450/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/08/20/stories/2004082002330400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 August 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Her tantalising voice will live forever ... |access-date=18 November 2013}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0422692}}
*{{Cite web |url=https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/jikki-playback-singer// |title=Jikki — Playback Singer |author=Sahadevan Vijayakumar |language=ta |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170516131552/https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/s-c-krishnan-playback-singer/ |archive-date=16 May 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}

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Balasubramaniam

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| name = Balasubramaniam பாலசுப்ரமணியம் బాలసుబ్రహ్మణ్యం ಬಾಲಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯಂ ബാലസുബ്രഹ്മണ്യം
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| meaning = Young [[Subramaniam]]
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'''Balasubramaniam''' or '''Balasubramanian''' ({{lang-ta|பாலசுப்ரமணியம்}}; {{lang-te|బాల సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం}}; {{lang-kn|ಬಾಲಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯಂ}}; {{lang-ml|ബാലസുബ്രഹ്മണ്യം}}) is a male [[given name]] in [[South India]] and [[Sri Lanka]]. Due to the [[Indian name#South Indian names|South Indian tradition]] of using [[patronymic surname]]s it may also be a [[surname]] for males and females. Balasubramaniam is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] words ''balu'' meaning "young" and [[Subramaniam]] (itself derived from the Sanskrit words ''su'', meaning "auspicious" and ''brahmanyam'', translated loosely as "auspicious effulgence of the Supreme Spirit"). By extension, it refers to the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] god [[Murugan]] as a child or young man, the way the term [[Bala Krishna|Balakrishna]] refers to the young [[Krishna]].

In Telugu, the name is written as '''Balasubrahmanyam''' or '''Balasubramanyam''', closer to the Sanskrit root word. In Kannada, the name is transliterated as '''Balasubrahmanya''' or '''Balasubramanya'''.

==Notable people==
===Given name===
* [[Balasubramanian (Ambasamudram MLA)|Balasubramanian]], Indian politician
* [[Balasubramaniem]] (born 1966), Indian cinematographer
* [[A. Balasubramaniam]] (born 1971), Indian artist
* [[D. Balasubramaniam]], Indian actor
* [[G. N. Balasubramaniam]] (1910–1965), Indian musician
* [[K. Balasubramanian]], Indian politician
* [[Krishnakumar Balasubramanian]], Indian actor
* [[Kudavayil Balasubramanian]], Indian archaeologist
* [[P Balasubramaniam]] (1960–2013), Malaysian police officer
* [[P. Balasubramanian]], Indian politician
* [[R. Balasubramaniam]], Indian actor
* [[Ramachandran Balasubramanian]] (born 1951), Indian mathematician
* [[S. Balasubramanian]] (born 1936), Indian journalist
* [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] (1946–2020), Indian musician
* [[S. R. Balasubramaniam]], Indian politician
* [[Shankar Balasubramanian]] (born 1966), British chemist
* [[Sirpi Balasubramaniam]] (born 1936), Indian poet and academic
* [[V. P. Balasubramanian]], Indian politician

===Surname===
* [[B. Deniswaran|Balasubramaniam Deniswaran]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
* [[B. Muthuraman|Balasubramanian Muthuraman]], Indian businessman
* [[B. Neminathan|Balasubramaniam Neminathan]] (born 1922), Ceylonese politician
* [[Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi]] (1922–2003), Indian physician
* [[Balasubramanian Sundaram]], Indian chemist
* [[Malar Balasubramanian]] (born 1976), American physician
* [[Rajeev Balasubramanyam]] (born 1974), British author

==See also==
* {{In title|Balasubramaniam}}
* {{In title|Balasubramanian}}
* {{In title|Balasubramaniem}}
* {{In title|Balasubramanyam}}
* {{In title|Balasubrahmanyam}}

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