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Legendary playback singer S Janaki announced that she is going to quit singing.

Started career as a playback singer in the Tamil movie Vidhiyin Vilayattu in 1957, Janaki lent her voice to several evergreen hits in the south films. 

She chose a lullaby track Ammapoovinu from 10 Kalpanakal movie as her last song. Announcing her decision, Janaki said, “It will be my final song. I will not be recording anymore nor will I be singing at any functions.”

Revealing about the reason behind quitting, Janaki said, “I am old now and I have sung in many languages. I would like to now rest, relax and leave my career behind.”

When asked about the reason behind choosing a Malayalam song as her last, the 78 year old singer said, “It wasn't a pre-determined effort to choose a Malayalam song as my final one. I got the offer at a time when I was contemplating on calling it a day. It's a lullaby, so, it's close to my heart.”

Janaki lent her voice to around 48000 songs in her entire career in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Oriya. She won 4 National Awards and 32 state film awards. Adding to it, she refused to accept Padma Bhushan in 2013, saying that it had “come too late”.

Janaki moving away from singing is something that is worrying her nationwide fans big time. Other than playing back her old songs, there is nothing left to do.