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Also known as G. Krishnaveni, Jikki Krishnaveni

Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhalese, and Hindi languages.

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Person
Gender
Female
Country
India
Active from
1935
Active to
2004

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date of death
2004-08-16
date of birth
1935-11-03
name in native language
జిక్కి
start of work period
1948-00-00
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Jikki Krishnaveni
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  • Early life
  • Career
  • Personal life
  • Death
  • Awards and honours
  • Filmography
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Discography
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Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhalese, and Hindi languages.

==Early life== Jikki was born in Chennai on November 3rd, 1935. Her parents, Gajapathi Naidu and Rajakanthamma, a Telugu family, had moved from Chandragiri, near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai for their livelihood.

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