 S Janaki worked in more than 40 films with Hamsalekha and sang all-time hit solos and duets.Kannada cinema offered SJ real gems of her singing career and Vijaya Bhaskar is no exception.Though his main singers were P Susheela in 60s and Vani Jayaram and Chitra in 70s and 80s, he gave some of his best compositions to S Janaki in movies like Gejje Pooje, Bellimoda, Upasane, Seetha (1970 film); he chose her whenever the song needed some special singing.