February 4, 2023
1 min read

Vani Jayaram, voice behind 10K songs, no more

One of the immortal voices of the South Indian film industry, Vani Jayaram rendered songs in 19 languages.

Days after her fans celebrated the President conferring the Padma Bhushan on noted singer Vani Jayaram, she passed away at her home in Chennai.

She was 78 years old. The cause of her death is not yet known.

One of the immortal voices of the South Indian film industry, Vani Jayaram rendered songs in 19 languages. She was living at her Haddows Road home in Chennai. Her husband Jayaram passed away in 2018. Since then, she had been living alone.

Vani Jayaram won three National Awards and sang more than 10,000 songs in 19 languages, including in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Gujarati, Odia, Marathi, Haryanvi, Assamese, Tulu and Bengali. She had won state government awards from Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh.

Born at Kalaivani in Vellore to a traditional Tamil Iyengar family of classical musicians, Jayaram was initiated into the world of music by Ranga Ramanuja Iyengar and later, Kadalur Srinivasa Iyengar, T.R. Balasubramanian, and R.S. Mani.

She was employed at the State Bank of India and she quit the job after she started training for Hindustani music under Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan of the Patiala Gharana. Jayaram was regarded as one of the very few South Indian singers who had an in-depth knowledge in Hindustani classical music and was at ease in belting out Hindi, Gujarati and Haryanvi songs.

Her first music album was a duet with Kumar Gandharva composed by Vasant Desai.

A highly accomplished musician, Vani Jayaram was at ease with old music directors as well as the new generation. She was a favourite for both Ilaiyaraaja and A.R. Rahman.

Previous Story

India aligns green energy push with G20 Presidency

Next Story

Sri Lanka celebrates I-Day amid financial crunch

Latest from India News

Mystery Behind Engine Shutdown

The AAIB has yet to confirm which pilot touched the switches, but voice matching experts are now reviewing the cockpit audio…reports Asian Lite News Investigators probing the deadly crash of Air India

EAM Jaishankar Heads to China for SCO meeting

This will be the External Affairs Minister’s first visit to China since ties soured after the Galwan clash in June 2020, though he has met his Chinese counterpart at multilateral events…reports Asian

UAE rolls out red carpet for Indian start-ups

MoU signed with IIT Bombay’s SINE as CEPA Start-up Series aims to accelerate market access for Indian ventures In a bid to bolster cross-border entrepreneurship and innovation, the UAE-India CEPA Council (UICC),

Fuel switch mystery in Air India horror crash

Cockpit voice recordings, fuel switch anomalies and a possible overlooked advisory emerge in early findings The preliminary investigation into the crash of Air India flight AI171, which went down shortly after take-off

Stokes Declares War

Stokes acknowledged that the high quality of both teams would likely lead to a balanced series, complete with its share of highs and lows for both sides….reports Asian Lite News With the
Go toTop

Don't Miss

Gaza death toll surpasses 12,000

Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa also said that security

Nightingale falls silent

One of India’s most loved voices, Lata Mangeshkar was the