Jikki remembered through her song lyrics..

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This lady was a singer par excellence, her combo with the great AMR was indeed fabulous!

It is such sad news for TFM music lovers

May her soul rest in peace by the grace of GOD!

My deepest condolences to her family, friends & fans (

To pay tribute to this veteran singer, shall we list all her songs, well some of it to begin with?


Raghu

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G. Krishnaveni, Jikki is a great soul and I am sure her soul is now in peace. She was a good singer and a nice human being. Her voice can be modulated in any length and breadth, as required by the MD. She is good in almost 5 languages that she sang, namely Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. I think she can read and write in all these languages. Her main strength of singing during 50s and 60s was her ease in language finer details. Probably MD S Venkatraman was her mentor in earlier days, though G Ramanathan used her in movies nicely like Tukuthooki, Uttamaputhirana and Manthrikumari. In SV's music Jikki's voice has more variety- Manohara's Inba nalithe (a high pitch fast paced song with big chorus- LRE's first main chorus voice). Once Jikki in her interview told that LV Prasad director and SV, MD wanted this song to be recorded in two hours or something like that for Kumari Kamala with Natarajan. It was taught by SV to Jikki in 10 minutes and recorded in two hours. That was her talent.

Though her solo songs are good, I like her duets or groups songs. The combination of TMS and Jikki is my favourite. Kannil vandu minnal pol from Nadodimannan is my all time favo. If you MGR movies, the song just before climax will be always fast catching number. In the old movies, many times, he will use Jikki song. SMS subbaiah Naidu in Nadodi mannnan, Echu pillakkum in Madurai veeran (GR), Sarasarani kalyani in Desing Raja (GR), Jigu Jigu in Kathavarayan (GR) and so on.

In her solo, I like Unnai kanN theudthe in KaNavane KaNkaNta theivam for Lalitha. Of course in AM Raja's music, Tullatah manmum is OK. However, it was a remake of Lata Mangeskar song. I like Urengum thedinen in Then Nilavu (AM Raja as MD).
Her duet with JP Chandrabau is also fantastic- Thanthana (Mahadevi) and Jigu Jigu in Kathavarayan. She also sang with SC Krishnan in many hilarious songs like Alibaba, Telugu remake movies songs etc.

Her duet with P.Leela in Vanji Kottai valiban is heartbreaking song and with P. Susheela in uttamaputhiran, CS Jeyaraman in Pudumaipithan and sreekazhi in Tirudathe are memorable.

I thank the almighty for sending such a talented and good soul to the world of Tamil film song.
B.P. Thiagarajan

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My heart felt condolence to the family of The melody Queen Jikki. There can be no replacement for the special voice of Jikki Madam.

K.Jeeva

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Did she pair with PS in "Sundari Sowndari niranthariyE" in "Thookku thooki"?

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Thanks to B P Thiagarajan for his posting.
Kannum Kannum kalanthu inbam kondaduthey was sung by Jikki with Leela? Wow! what a song!!

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May her soul rest in peace. what a great loss to TFM.
i love the unforgettable evergreen song 'Thullaatha Manamum'.
Jikki is one of my fav singer.
i simply like the way she sang 'Yen Intha Iravu'.
My 1st song I sang in a school singing competition was her 'Iru Vizhi Parugum Virunthu'....

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dear all,

Did not Jikki sang along with AMR, the song, 'Vaadikai maranthathu eno ..'?

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Ravi (@ 192.147.58.6) or anyone else,

can you tell me the name of the movie that has the Telugu version of Thesulaavudhe? any online links?

thanks.

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here is more news about the great

http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainme...?n=jikki17.txt

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I can't find any way to appropriately offer condolences, as I am not real familiar with Jikki, but I can sense the sorrow of losing a soul as well-loved as this Jikki from my fellow DFers.