Jikki / Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni on her birth anniversary

Pillavalu Gajapathi Krishnaveni, better known as Jikki, was the nightingale of yesteryear South Indian cinema. A playback singer who rendered songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, and Sinhalese, among the many films she sang for are Mannina Magalu (1973 ), Vaatsalya (1965), Nanda Deepa (1962), Rathna Manjari (1962), Bhakta Kanakadasa (1960), Jagajyothi Basaveshwara (1959), Dharma Vijaya (1959), Krishna Garudi (1958), and Rathnagiri Rahasya (1957).