Popular South Indian playback singer Vani Jayaram breathed her last (4th Feb 2023) at Chennai. She was 78.

* The Government announced the Padma Bhushan award for the late singer this year.

* She did playback for over one thousand Indian movies and recorded over 10 thousand songs.

* she sang in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati, Haryanvi , Assamese, Tulu and Bengali languages.

* She had won National Film Awards three times and also was honoured with a lifetime achievement award by Filmfare (2013).

* She won State Government awards from the States of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisa and Gujarat. She was also the Best Female Singer at the NAFA event at New York in 2017.

Born : 30 November 1945, Vellore

Died : 4 February 2023, Chennai.

Source : AIR