A devotee of Lord Krishna and Shirdi Sai Baba, when she was asked how she performs she says, "The truth is that I don`t sing at all. It is Krishna, the dweller of my heart, who sings." Holder of unique capability of changing her voice has sung in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.

S Janaki ,also a lyricist and a music composer, was born on 23rd April 1938 Pallapatla, Repalle village, Guntur District of Madras Presidency (now Andhra Pradesh). At a tender age of three , S Janakishowed her interest in music and started singing. Her husband is late Sri.V.Rama. S Janaki lives with her son Murali Krishna, an actor, and daughter-in-law Uma Murali Krishna, a classical dancer (Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi) and two granddaughters Amruthavarshini and Apsara.

S Janaki started learning music from Sree Paidiswamy and continued her lessons until she was ten years old. On advice of her uncle Dr. Chandrashekar, S Janaki moved to Chennai for better opportunity and joined as a singer in AVM Studio. S Janaki received a second prize from the former President Dr. Rajendra Prasad at the competitions held by AIR (All India Radio) in 1956. S Janaki started her career with Tamil films in 1957 in the film `Vidhiyin Vilayattu` under the music director T. Chalapati Rao. After that she got a chance in a Telugu film MLA. From then on, there was no looking back for her. S Janaki has several unforgettable hit songs with the association of the maestros of music. She wrote many songs for Tamil and Telugu films. She has sung many songs, in almost all languages in South India as well as in Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Sinhalese, Bengali, Oriya, English, Sanskrit, Konkani, Tulu, Saurashtra, Baduga, Japanese and German.

She has a voice quality with which she could sing in a child`s voice or an old woman`s voice or along with a Shenai quite naturally. She has received many awards for her talent. She won national awards for best singer four times -in 1976 for the song `Senthoora Poove` in the Tamil Film `16 vayadhinile`, in 1980 for the song `Ettumanoorambalathil` in the Malayalam Film `Oppol`, in 1984 for the song` Vennello godari andham` in the Telugu film `Sithara`, 1992 for the song `Inji Idippazagha` in the Tamil Film `Devar magan`. She has won Tamil Nadu state government award 7 times, Kerala state Government awards 14 times, Andhra state government awards 10 times. She was honored with `Kalai Mamani` in 1986, `Sur singar` award in 1987, Cinema `Achiever Award` by the government of Kerala in the year 2002 and many more. Janaki is not only a musician but also a magician. Her range of singing is very wide while it encompasses the songs that are devotional, mellisonant, off-colored, rebellious and imitative. She walks mutely and pleasingly into the hearts of audience with her soulful and stirring voice. She has almost retired from the industry after husband Sri.V.Rama Prasad`s death. Janaki with her magnificent and versatile voice will remain in the hearts of music lovers for ages to come.