Subramanian Jaya Jananiy, also known as Cuddalore Janani and S. J. Janani, is a Film Composer, Singer-Songwriter, Carnatic Vocaslist, Playback Singer, Hindustani & Western Classical Vocalist, Music Producer, Record Producer, Multifaceted Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist &

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based in

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, Tamil Nadu.Her Master's Voice
Srinivasa Ramanujam ''

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'' 7 October 2014 Retrieved on 12 November 2017 She was bestowed with

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in 2001 by

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. Jananiy is honoured with the prestigious

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Award by the Government of Tamilnadu for the year 2018. Earlier, she was also awarded with Kalai Ilamani Award in 2003 by

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. Jananiy is trained in

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and

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. She is also a keyboardist and pianist and plays violin,

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and guitar for

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. Jananiy is an ''A Grade Artiste'' at

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Early life and education

Jananiy was born in

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, Tamil Nadu, to Shanti and V. Subramanian. She completed her education up to

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at St. Mary's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore where she was awarded with ''Best Vocalist Award'' each year. While at St. Mary's Matriculation, Jananiy was also nominated for ''Pogo Amazing Kid Award'' conducted by

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at the national level in music category. In 2006, her family relocated to

where she completed her

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from Adarsh Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School. She received her

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degree from Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Sec. School with distinction in

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.S. J. Jananiy Cover Story in Museek Mag
''Museek Mag'' issue :- October 2016 page 50-51 Retrieved on 12 November 2017 In 2009, Jananiy entered

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where she graduated in Economics in 2012. She received her Master of Arts and

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degrees in

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from

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. As of 2017, Jananiy was doing PhD in Music from Queen Mary's College.Subramanya Jaya Jananiy's career and profile
Retrieved 12 November 2017

Music style and influence

Jananiy has been a disciple of a prominent Carnatic vocalist,

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (né Muralikrishna; 6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sang ...

.When Balamuralikrishna Sang for his disciple
Manigandan K R ''

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'' 18 August 2015 Retrieved 12 November 2017 She also got trained under

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, Injikudi Ganesan, Rukmini Ramani, Chidambaram Shanmukham, Geetha Srinivasan & Guru Lakshmi. Jananiy has completed Grade 8 in

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as well as Grade 8 in Vocal from

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, under Augustine Paul and V. Giridharan. She continued ATCL in Western Classical Vocal at

. Jananiy learnt

under the discipleship of Pandit Kuldeep Sagar and completed Senior Diploma from

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Career

Jananiy started her career at age of 5 by performing in her first stage show in

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. Over the years, Jananiy has performed in more than 1000 stage shows of Carnatic Classical Vocal, Fusion,

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and

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and also gave more than 100 Carnatic Classical

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''

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'' 16 January 2017 Retrieved 12 November 2017 At age of 8, she was recognized as ''Saadhanai Naayaki'' (achiever) by

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weekly magazine, ''

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''. ''

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'', a

daily newspaper, named her ''Eazhu vayadhu Isai kuyil'' (seven years old

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) and

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, a prominent Tamil poet and lyricist titled her ''Nee En Magal'' (my daughter from then) in an interview to a Tamil weekly ''

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''. Jananiy's debut album, ''Natha Oli'', was released in 1999. ''Natha Oli'' was fusion of Carnatic Classical Vocal and keyboard. The music director of the album was Kumardeva and it was released by JSJ Audio. After the release of her first album, she regularly participated in the ''Thiruvaiyyaru Thyagabrahma Utsavam'' and performed at ''Thiruvaiyaru Tamil Isai Mandram''. Jananiy also performed at ''Kodai Vizha Festival'' organized by

. In 2001, Jananiy was awarded with ''

'' in the field of Classical Music (vocal), by then

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. In 2002, her second album ''Poongatru '' was released in collaboration with

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), commonly known as SPB or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is widely regarde ...

L. Vaidyanathan Lakshminarayana Vaidyanathan (; ; 9 April 1942 – 19 May 2007) was an acclaimed musicologist, music director and composer, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition. Vaidyanathan was born in Chennai to V. Lakshminarayana, and Seethalak ...

directed the music and lyrics were written by Kaviperarasu Vairamuthu. On 14 November 2002, Jananiy participated in ''Children's Day Function'' at

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, New Delhi and performed Endaro Mahanubhavulu for

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, then

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. In 2003, Jananiy was bestowed with ''Kalai Ilamani Award'' from

for her excellence in classical music. The same year, she did

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under the direction of

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, for a Tamil film, ''

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''. In 2007, Jananiy's third album, ''Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam & Kandha Sashti Kavacham'', was released. The album was collection of devotional songs with Carnatic music. The album was released by M. Balamuralikrishna and

. After release of the album, Jananiy became disciple of Balamuralikrishna. In 2007, Jananiy collaborated with her uncle and released the concept-series ''Classic Waves''. The music for this series was

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, arranged and produced by Jananiy herself. ''Classic Waves 2'' and ''3'' were released in 2010 and 2011 respectively while 4 volumes of ''Classic Marvel'' series were released in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. Jananiy received ''Yuvakala Bharathi'' from Bharat Kalachar in 2011. Later in 2011, Jananiy participated with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia in a

Jugalbandi A jugalbandhi or jugalbandi is a performance in Indian classical music, especially in Hindustani classical music but also in Carnatic, that features a duet of two solo musicians. The word jugalbandi means, literally, "entwined twins." The duet c ...

concert for the ''Music festival Au Fil des Voix'' at Alhambra Concert Hall in Paris, France. In 2012, Jananiy composed and produced music for

's contemporary album, ''Kandar Shashti Kavacham and Subrahmanya Bhujangam''. The album was released by EMI Virgin. Later in December that year, Jananiy collaborated again with Balasubrahmanyam along with Hariharan and

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for ''Mahakavi Bharathiar's Vande Mataram''. She was also the composer, arranger and conductor of music for this album. Jananiy made the musical arrangements and produced music for ''Carnatic Symphony-Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival'' that was held in

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, Ohio, in 2014 as well as in 2017. She was awarded with ''Sangitha Kovidha'' from Gayathri Fine Arts & Lakshmi Kuppuswamy Trust, New Delhi in 2015. She also received ''Bharathi Award'' from Vidiyal Charitable Trust & The Dawn Cultural & Social Association later that year. Jananiy composed music for the Tamil Movie ''Prabha'' that got launched in 2015. As of 2024, she has released 90 albums in various genres apart from

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and private songs. S. J. Jananiy has scored the music and five original soundtracks for the Indian Tamil Feature Film

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that was released on 21 June 2024.
''Times Now'' Retrieved 18 June 2024 This Movie was directed by the award-winning Bhaskar Sakthi, and this movie is based on the South Indian Nativity-based story. S. J. Jananiy has collaborated with the

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to record the Strings Ensemble for the soundtracks and for the background score for this Movie. The five soundtracks are in five various genres such as a Tamil folklore melody, an Indian Classical melody, an emotional philosophical song that is sung by “Thenisai Thendral”

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who is an iconic Music Director and Singer, a folk-based philosophical peppy song that is sung by

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. Jananiy has sung three songs. The Oppaari Song (a folk song that is performed during the death ceremony) in Strings Ensemble is a highlighting song of the Movie. The cameraman for this Movie is Theni Eswar, and the Editor is Nagooran Ramachandran. Rameshvaidya has phenomenally written the lyrics for the five soundtracks. This beautiful message conveying Rail Movie is produced by M.Vediyappan of Discovery Cinemas.

Awards and recognition

from

(2001) * ''Pannisaiselvi'' from Tamil Isai Mandram,

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on (2002) * ''Best Achiever'' from Manitha Urimai Kazhagam by N. Rangaswamy,

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(2002) * ''Kalai Ilamani'' from

(2003) * ''Bala Arul Isai Vaani'' from EKP School of Arts,

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(2003) * ''Sundara Varshani'' from Aalala Sundara Sabha,

(2003) * ''Thenisai Vaani'' from Vani Vilasa Sabha,

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(2004) * ''Pogo Amazing Kid'' from

(2005) * ''Vocational Service Award'' from Rotary Club of Cuddalore Central on (2007) * ''Young Achiever Award'' from Rotary Club of Madras Northwest (2007) * ''Bala Swarna Jwala Award'' from Journal of School Social Work,

(2007) * ''Rising Star – Idea Jalsa National Award'' from Indian Music Academy (2009) * ''Vidivelli Achiever Award'' from Lions Club of Madras Peripheral City (2009) * ''Yuvakala Bharati'' from Bharath Kalachar (2011) * ''Cuddalore Isaikuyil'' from Saraswathi Gana Sabha,

(2009) * ''Isai Vaani'' from Jaya Educational Trust, Thirunindravur (2010) * ''Best Artist Award – Classical Music'' from

(2012) * ''Maharajapuram Santhanam Endowment Prize'' from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (2012) * ''Best Junior Vocalist Award'' from Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha, Vani Mahal (2013) * ''Tamizhisai Kalaimani'' from Mahakavi Bharathi Narpani Mandram (2014) * ''OSA Prize for MA Indian Music'' from

(2014) * ''Smt.Chandra Kuppuraj Memorial Prize for MA Indian Music'' from

(2014) * ''Union Prize for MA Indian Music'' from

(2014) * ''Voletti Venkateswaralu Endowment Prize'' from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (2014) * ''Sanghitha Kovidha'' from Gayathri Fine Arts & Lakshmi Kuppuswamy Trust, New Delhi (2015) * ''Bharathi Award'' from Vidiyal Charitable Trust & The Dawn Cultural & Social Association,

(2015) * ''1st Rank – MA Indian Music" & "Best Student in rendering Raga Hindolam'' from

(2015) * ''Isai Arasi'' from Trinity Arts Festival of India (2015)

Discography

References

External links

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