Vani Jairam

Considered To Be A Child Prodigy Vani Jairam Is Known To Have Recognized The Different Ragas Of Indian Classical Music Before The Age Of Five. Her Voice Was First Heard On All India Radio Madras At The Age Of Eight. The Fifth Daughter In A Family Of Six Daughters And Three Sons Vani Always Secretly Yearned For A Career In Film Playback Singing. After Her Marriage To Jairam She Settled In Bombay A City Where She Also Saw Her Dream Come True. In 1970 She Realized Her Childhood Ambition Of Becoming A Film Playback Singer When The Veteran Hindi Film Music Director Vasant Desai Chose Her Voice For The Hindi Feature Film Guddi. She Recorded Three Songs For That Film. Bol Re Papi Hara Her Song From The Film Based On The Hindustani Raga Miyan Malhar Instantly Made Her An Household Name In The Different Corners Of India. The Song Was Awarded Tansen Samman For Best Classical-Based Song In A Hindi Film The Lions International Best Promising Singer The All India Cinegoers Association And The All India Film-Goers Association Awards For The Best Playback Singer In 1971. Vani Recorded Her First Tamil Song For The Tamil Film Thaiyum Seiyum For S.M.Subbaiah Naidu In The Year 1973. Besides Hindi And Tamil Vani Jairam Has Numerous Recordings In Other Languages Of India. These Include Gujarati Marathi Marwari Hariyanvi Malayalam Kannada Telugu Oriya Bengali And Tulu. For Her Work In These Languages She Has Been Awarded Many Prestigious Awards Among Which Are Best Female Playback Singer For States Of Gujarat 1975 Tamil Nadu 1980 And Orissa 1984 . Vani Jairam Was Chosen For The Indian President's National Award For Best Female Playback Singer Of 1975 For Her Work In M.S. Viswanathan's Aboorva Ragangal Tamil . Her Songs In The Pt. Ravi Shankar Scored Film Meera Brought Her The Film World 1979 Cine Herald 1979 And Filmfare 1980 Awards For Best Playback Singer In Hindi. Shankarabharanam Telugu The Film Scored By K.V. Mahadevan Gave Vani Jairam Her Second National Award As Best Playback Singer Of 1980. Once Again She Was Awarded Her Third National Award For Best Playback Singer Of 1991 For K.V. Mahadevan's Swati Kiranam. She Is Also The Youngest Artiste To Be Awarded The Sangeet Peet Samman. Vani Jairam Studied Karnatak Music Under The Tutelage Of Kadalur Srinivasa Iyengar T.R. Balasubramanian And R.S. Mani. Her Hindustani Light-Classical Music Guru Was Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan. read less