Veteran singer K Rani passes away

Veteran singer K Rani who is famous for her song ‘Anthaa Braanthi Yena’ for 'Devasau' movie, passed away last night at her daughter’s residence in Kalyan Nagar, Hyderabad. The 75-year-old singer is most popular in the olden times. She has sung more than 500 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Sinhala and Uzbek. She started her singing journey when she was 8 years old.She also registered a record by singing the national anthem of Sri Lanka.
Rani's initial films in 1951 were the Telugu language flick 'Roopavathi' and Tamil film 'Mohana Sundaram' and 'Singari'. A year later, she was singing for lead characters in films like 'Kalyani', 'Kalyanam Panni Paar', 'Pelli Chesi Choodu', 'Dharma Devadhai' and 'Dharma Devadha'. Rani's 'Antha Bhranthi Yenaa' (Telugu) and 'Ellaam Maayai Thaanaa' (Tamil), from 1953's 'Devadasu', were very popular.
She also gave a performance at Rashtrapathi Bhavan during the tenure of President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Indian National Congress leader K. Kamaraj bestowed upon her the title of "Innisai Rani". Raj Kapoor lent a hand to the rhythm when she sang Hindi songs, including 'O Maine Pyar Kia', 'Main Kya Karu Ram Mujhe Budda Mil Gaya', at a stage show.
She first performed in Sri Lankan cinema for Sujatha in 1953 under the direction of composer Ananda Samarakoon, and contributed to 'Seda Sulang' in 1955 and 'Sirimali' in 1959. She sang Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) songs and recorded Tamil Islamic songs with Nagore E. M. Hanifa.
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