K. Jamuna Rani
Indian singer
Kakinada Jamuna Rani (17 May 1930 or 1938 – 30 July 2026), better known as K. Jamuna Rani was an Indian playback singer who sung over 6,000 songs in Telugu, Sinhalese, Tamil, Kannada , Hindi, and Malayalam languages.
Life and career
K. Jamuna Rani was born in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India on 17 May 1938, to K. Varadarajulu and violinist K. Droupathy.
She first contributed her voice to film at the age of 7 or 15 for the Telugu movie Tyagayya (1946). By 13 or 21 , Rani was vocalising for lead characters in films like Valayapathi and Kalyani. She had a hit score with Aasaiyum En Nesamum from the Tamil film Gulebakavali in 1955.
Rani first sang in Sri Lankan cinema for Sujatha in 1953 under the direction of composer Ananda Samarakoon. She subsequently contributed to Warada Kageda (1954), Seda Sulang (1955), Mathalan (1955), Suraya (1957) and Vana Mohini (1958). 'Jeevana Mea Gamana Sansare' which she sang with A. M. Rajah for the movie 'Seda Sulang' is one of the all-time favourite Sinhala cinema songs in Sri Lanka.
She had few songs in the early 1970s. After a hiatus, she came back to Tamil songs in Nayakan (1987) and Annan Ennada Thambi Ennada (1992).
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