TY - BOOK N2 - This work brings to light the previously uncharted history of female playback singers in the South-Indian (Telugu) film industry between 1945 and 1955. Playback singers such as R. Balasaraswati Devi, K. Jamuna Rani, Jikki Krishnaveni, P. Leela, and the singing actress P. Bhanumati's contribution to playback singing have been studied in order to arrive at a more cohesive history of Indian cinema. DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199463565 DO - doi AB - This work brings to light the previously uncharted history of female playback singers in the South-Indian (Telugu) film industry between 1945 and 1955. Playback singers such as R. Balasaraswati Devi, K. Jamuna Rani, Jikki Krishnaveni, P. Leela, and the singing actress P. Bhanumati's contribution to playback singing have been studied in order to arrive at a more cohesive history of Indian cinema. T1 - Her majestic voiceSouth Indian female playback singers and stardom, 1945-1955 / AU - Indraganti, Kiranmayi, ET - First edition. CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - ML2075 ID - 756957 KW - Motion picture music KW - Motion picture music KW - Women singers KW - Women singers SN - 9780199086559 TI - Her majestic voiceSouth Indian female playback singers and stardom, 1945-1955 / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199463565.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199463565.001.0001 ER -