Vani Jairam
, the famous playback singer, has sung in various languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Odiya and Bengali. Born on 30th November 1945, she started her career in 1971. She has bagged the National Award for the best playback singer, thrice. She has also won the state awards for her best singing from the governments of Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Gujarat. Vani is well versed in Carnatic music and Hindustani Classical music. She was honored with the title, “South Indian Meera.” Her debut was in the Hindi movie, “
Guddi
.” Some of her hit songs are “Malligai En Mannan,” “Megamae Megamae,” and “Aezhu Swarangalukkul.” She is very dedicated. When she was given a Kannada song, which is to be sung by the throat cancer patient in the movie, she sang it perfectly and won the hearts of the people. Apart from the film songs, Vani also sang for various devotional albums. We wish Vani Jairam a happy birthday and let the almighty shower the blessings upon her!