Age, Biography and Wiki
Jikki (P. G. Krishnaveni) was born on 3 November, 1935 in Chennai, is an Indian singer. Discover Jikki's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
| Popular As |
P. G. Krishnaveni |
| Occupation |
Singer |
| Age |
68 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
3 November, 1935 |
| Birthday |
3 November |
| Birthplace |
Chennai |
| Date of death |
16 August, 2004 |
| Died Place |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Nationality |
India
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Jikki Height, Weight & Measurements
At 68 years old, Jikki height not available right now. We will update Jikki's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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| Parents |
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| Husband |
Not Available |
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Jikki Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jikki worth at the age of 68 years old? Jikki’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. She is from India. We have estimated Jikki's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
artist |
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Timeline
Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh.
She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhalese, and Hindi languages.
Jikki was born in Chennai on 3 November 1935.
Her parents Gajapathi Naidu and Rajakanthamma, a Telugu family, had moved from Chandragiri, near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai for their livelihood.
Her uncle, Devaraju Naidu, worked as a music composer with the celebrated Kannada theatre legend and movie pioneer Gubbi Veeranna and this introduced the young Jikki to the music and film world.
Krishnaveni began her career as a child artist in 1943 and played a minor role in a Telugu movie named Panthulamma, directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam.
In 1946, she appeared in the movie Mangalasutram, a remake of a Hollywood movie Excuse Me.
She was already being noted for her musical prowess and her lilting mellifluous voice although she did not undergo any orthodox classical training in music at that stage.
A chance came her way to sing for the successful Tamil film Gnanasoundari in 1948 for which music was composed by the then doyen of film music, S. V. Venkatraman.
The song was the super hit "Arul Thaarum Deva Maathaavey Aadhiyey Inba Jothi" for Kumari Rajamani who acted as the young girl growing into the young woman, M. V. Rajamma the heroine taking over the song with P. A. Periyanayaki singing as the scene advanced in time.
This was the turning point in her life and changed the child actress Krishnaveni into a regular playback singer, Jikki, with offers of work for not only Tamil and Telugu films, but also for Kannada and Malayalam films.
She met her husband to be, A. M. Rajah, in 1950 when he was introduced in the Tamil film Samsaram as a new playback singer by Gemini's S. S. Vasan.
Together with P. Leela, she reigned supreme in the South Indian film world in the early part of the 1950s, till P. Susheela took over the center stage from late 1950s.
Though they were in competition, they were fond of each other and behaved like two sisters and sang many songs together.
• Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
He then introduced her to the Hindi film world by getting her to sing for his production Mr.Sampath in 1952.
P. B. Srinivas also sang his first song in this film in a chorus.
She also sang Sinhalese songs as well at that stage since the Sinhalese films were produced in Madras during those years.
