The documentary was made by T Saichand, as a tribute to legendary singer Krishnaveni, popularly known as Jikki. The film is being screened to commemorate 100 years of cinema.
Krishnaveni began her career as a child artiste in 1943, and played a minor role in a Telugu movie named Panthulamma. She was slowly being noted for her musical prowess, although she did not go through any orthodox classical training in music.
in 1948, a chance to sing for the successful Tamil film "Gnanasoundari", for which music was composed by S V Venkatraman, came her way. The song was a super hit. This was the turning point in her life and changed the child actress Krishnaveni into a playback singer, Jikki, with chances pouring in from not only Tamil and Telugu films, but also Kannada and Malayalam films.
Soon, she was the top female singer of South India. Then, Gemini's S S Vasan introduced her to the Hindi film world, by getting her to sing for his production "Mr.Sampat" in 1952.
She sang Sinhalese songs as well at that stage, since Sinhalese films were produced in Madras during those years.
She, together with P Leela, reigned supreme in the south-Indian film world in the early part of the 50s. Although they were in competition, they were fond of each other, and were like sisters, having sung many songs together.
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