{"id":15330,"date":"2013-01-26T13:41:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T18:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=15330"},"modified":"2013-01-26T17:41:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T22:41:35","slug":"popular-south-indian-singer-s-janaki-declines-padma-bhushanaward-given-by-indian-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=15330","title":{"rendered":"Popular South Indian Singer S.Janaki Declines “Padma Bhushan”Award Given by Indian Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The well known playback singer S. Janaki has rejected the `Padma Bhushan\u2019 award given to her this year by the Government describing it \u201ctoo late to come to her\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Play Back Singer S.Janaki – pic courtesy: The Hindu<\/p><\/div>\n

The Veteran south Indian playback singer has declined to accept the Padma Bhushan award as she feels that the honour has come late in her five\u2014and\u2014half\u2014decade long career.
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\nHowever, 75\u2014year old Janaki, who has over 20,000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi to her credit, said she had no grouse against the Government.<\/p>\n

Speaking to media persons at a marriage ceremony in Srikrishnapuram near Palakkad on Saturday she said that she is \u201crejecting the Padma Bhushan award given by the Government. But I am not finding fault with any one for this late recognition. I have no grouse against the Government. I was happy that the Government has honored me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI refuse the Padma award… I have been singing for the last 55 years. I consider the recognition of my fans in various languages as the highest award,\u201d she said<\/p>\n

She said that she sung thousands of songs in different languages, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. There were appreciations from large number of people including Keralites. I consider it as the highest award from the people of different parts of the country.<\/p>\n