S. Janaki refuses Padma Bhushan - KV/MAX/JM/Rashmun

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:...."I'm saddened by the fact that north India has been given more prominence than south India. I'm extremely disappointed and I refuse to accept the award," Janaki said. The 74-year old veteran made her singing debut in 1957 Tamil film 'Vidhiyin Vilayattu'. She has crooned over 15,000 songs in a career spanning five decades across all southern languages and in Hindi.

Woww...Saw an interview of heron TV last month. So down to earth, homely-type female, still with that great voice, humility, etc..

Hard to believe that such a soft woman could show such grit.

goodcitizn wrote:There is a bias, citing singers as an example. The highest award Bharat Ratna was given to Lata Mangeshkar in 2001. In 2008, Asha Bhosle received Padma Vibhushan which is higher than P. Susheela's Padma Bhushan awarded the same year. In what way is P. Susheela who has sung in more Indian languages than anyone else and who had a superb singing voice less deserving of the higher awards? S. Janaki has been singing for decades and never received national recognition until now. She has every reason to reject it saying she deserved better recognition sooner citing such a bias.

pravalika nanda wrote:

** what humility is it that you snub a govt. award. the govt is recognizing SIs, otherwise she wouldn't have gotten it. are we going to have languae-based quotas here. yes, she's soft in the head, her gray matter is melting. this could be the early signs of dementia.

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

I agree. Sucheela should have been treated at par with Lata.

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

goodcitizn wrote:There is a bias, citing singers as an example. The highest award Bharat Ratna was given to Lata Mangeshkar in 2001. In 2008, Asha Bhosle received Padma Vibhushan which is higher than P. Susheela's Padma Bhushan awarded the same year. In what way is P. Susheela who has sung in more Indian languages than anyone else and who had a superb singing voice less deserving of the higher awards? S. Janaki has been singing for decades and never received national recognition until now. She has every reason to reject it saying she deserved better recognition sooner citing such a bias.

I agree. Sucheela should have been treated at par with Lata.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

goodcitizn wrote:There is a bias, citing singers as an example. The highest award Bharat Ratna was given to Lata Mangeshkar in 2001. In 2008, Asha Bhosle received Padma Vibhushan which is higher than P. Susheela's Padma Bhushan awarded the same year. In what way is P. Susheela who has sung in more Indian languages than anyone else and who had a superb singing voice less deserving of the higher awards? S. Janaki has been singing for decades and never received national recognition until now. She has every reason to reject it saying she deserved better recognition sooner citing such a bias.

I agree. Sucheela should have been treated at par with Lata.

why are you calling her sucheela? do you also say balamurali krichna?

truthbetold wrote:Cd,
it is unfair to compare bapu with rajesh khanna. I will oppose any move to honor bapu.gov should honor bapu only with mullapudi venkataramana,'s name attached. That is probably the best director writer combination ever in tollywood. May be in india. Their originality in creating budugu, rendu jadala seetha, and appa rao is unparalled. Their best effort is rao gopal rao's character in mutyala muggu.
The unfortunate part of their work is it remains limited to telugu speaking people. I hope someone can find a way to take these.stories to rezt of the world.

confuzzled dude wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

I agree. Sucheela should have been treated at par with Lata.

Emiti saar, emanna guDhArtham undA induloo.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:...."I'm saddened by the fact that north India has been given more prominence than south India. I'm extremely disappointed and I refuse to accept the award," Janaki said. The 74-year old veteran made her singing debut in 1957 Tamil film 'Vidhiyin Vilayattu'. She has crooned over 15,000 songs in a career spanning five decades across all southern languages and in Hindi.

Woww...Saw an interview of heron TV last month. So down to earth, homely-type female, still with that great voice, humility, etc..

Hard to believe that such a soft woman could show such grit.

bw wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:...."I'm saddened by the fact that north India has been given more prominence than south India. I'm extremely disappointed and I refuse to accept the award," Janaki said. The 74-year old veteran made her singing debut in 1957 Tamil film 'Vidhiyin Vilayattu'. She has crooned over 15,000 songs in a career spanning five decades across all southern languages and in Hindi.

Woww...Saw an interview of heron TV last month. So down to earth, homely-type female, still with that great voice, humility, etc..

Hard to believe that such a soft woman could show such grit.

keech keech maami of the south.