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'''Shivagnanam''', known by the stage name '''P. Madhuri''', is a [[South Indian]] [[playback singer]]. She has sung songs in [[Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], and [[Telugu language|Telugu]]. She has twice won [[Kerala State Film Award]] for best playback singer.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |title=official website of INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT OF KERALA |work=kerala.gov.in |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Shivagnanam was born in [[Tiruchirappalli]] in a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] family on 3rd November 1943. She married V. Jayaram at the age of 13 and became the mother of two kids by 16. She was a part of an amateur drama troupe when Malayalam music director [[G. Devarajan]] happened to watch one of her performances at Madras. She was introduced to films by Devarajan through ''Kadalppalam'' (1969), in which she sang the famous [[Mappila Songs|Mappila song]] "Kasthuri Thailamittu Mudi Minukki".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/07/12/stories/2010071250650400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721162050/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/07/12/stories/2010071250650400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-07-21 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2010-07-12 |title=Archive News }}</ref> Devarajan handpicked her and groomed her into one of the most successful Malayalam playback singers of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mb4eves/online/malayalam/kerala/women/articles/infocus_interview-article-142011 |title=പാട്ടിന്റെ മാധുര്യം - articles,infocus_interview - Mathrubhumi Eves |work=mathrubhumi.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124015059/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mb4eves/online/malayalam/kerala/women/articles/infocus_interview-article-142011 |archivedate=2010-11-24 }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
She mainly sings Malayalam songs. She was probably the fourth most prominent female singer after S. Janaki, P. Susheela and P Leela in Malayalam in the 1970s and mainly sang songs composed by G. Devarajan Master. She has sung a total of 552 songs in Malayalam out of which majority is under G. Devarajan. This is a record in Malayalam film industry which no other female signers can claim. She has several folk songs, comedy songs, classical songs, devotional songs, romantic songs, sad songs under her credit, but what made her more popular was her ability to sing in high pitches. She had sung for all the music directors of that time, except MS Baburaj.<br />
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