Rajahmundry, Madras Presidency, India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1949–present
Spouse
Sankaramanchi Srinivasa Rao
(m. 1947)
Relatives
Vaishnavi (granddaughter)[1]
Family
Krishna Kumari (sister)
Awards
Kalaimamani (1969) Padma Shri (2022)
Sankaramanchi Janaki (born 12 December 1931), widely known as Sowcar Janaki, is an Indian actress known for her works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada language films. Janaki has appeared in close to over 390, films, predominantly in Telugu. She also performed on stage in over 300 shows and was a radio artist during her earlier years. She is the recipient of two Nandi Awards, a Kalaimamani and India's fourth-highest civilian award Padma Shri.[2] Her younger sister, Krishna Kumari, is also a noted actress.[3]
^"Shavukar Janaki Returns". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^"Gen Bipin Rawat, Sowcar Janaki, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella among Padma awardees: Full list". The News Minute. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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Sankaramanchi Janaki (born 12 December 1931), widely known as SowcarJanaki, is an Indian actress known for her works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and...
Shavukaru bought wide fame to the lead actress Janaki and people began referring to her as SowcarJanaki after the film's release. The film was remade...
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Sab John. The film stars Mammootty, along with Raghuvaran, Vinodini, SowcarJanaki, Vaishnavi, Riza Bava and Jagathy Sreekumar playing supporting roles...
is the granddaughter of actress SowcarJanaki. Vaishnavi's mother Yagnna Prabha is the elder daughter of SowcarJanaki. In 1996, she married cinematographer...
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film starred Rajkumar as a boxer along with Savitri, Padmapriya and SowcarJanaki. Veteran Tamil-Telugu actress Savitri plays one of the title role of...
Vasan and S. S. Balan. It is a remake of 1967 Tamil film Bama Vijayam. SowcarJanaki, Kanchana and Jayanthi star as the female leads, reprising their roles...
directed by K. Balachander and produced by SowcarJanaki. It is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film Uttar Falguni. Janaki also stars alongside Gemini Ganesan,...
drama film directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, SowcarJanaki, Jayanthi, Nagesh, V. S. Raghavan, S. N. Lakshmi and others. The story...
written by Balamurugan. The film starring Jaishankar and Muthuraman with SowcarJanaki, Lakshmi, Nagesh and Sachu in supporting roles. Kamal Haasan appears...
name by Vijay Sasanur, stars Dr. Rajkumar, Jayapradha, K. S. Ashwath, SowcarJanaki and Umashree. The music was composed by Hamsalekha, while the cinematography...
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film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, B. Saroja Devi and SowcarJanaki, while Kamal Haasan was a child artist. It was released on 14 January...
Gemini Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, A. V. M. Rajan, Srikanth, K. R. Vijaya, SowcarJanaki, Nagesh and Thengai Srinivasan. The film was edited and directed by...
the film. It was remake of Tayaramma Bangarayya, a 1979 film starring SowcarJanaki and Kaikala Satyanarayana. The remake rights of this film are now owned...
Rao. The film stars Krishna and Sridevi, with Jaggayya, Kanta Rao, SowcarJanaki and Master Arjun in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1985 Hindi...
by V. B. Rajendra Prasad. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Manjula and SowcarJanaki. It is a remake of the 1972 Telugu film Manavudu Danavudu, and loosely...
Veeramachaneni Sarojini, and directed by Savitri. The film stars Jaggayya, SowcarJanaki and Jamuna. It revolves around a rich man falling in love with a tribal...
Balachander. The film stars Rahman (credited as Raghu) and Geetha, with SowcarJanaki, Jayachitra, Janagaraj and Sithara (in her Tamil cinema debut) in supporting...
drama film directed by Tapi Chanakya. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, SowcarJanaki with music composed by Master Venu. The film was produced by C. V. R...
film stars M. G. Ramachandran (in his 100th film), Jayalalithaa and SowcarJanaki, with S. A. Ashokan, Manohar, Cho and V. S. Raghavan in supporting roles...
based on the play Sri Krishna Vijayam written by Vaali. The film stars SowcarJanaki, Jaishankar, Jayachitra and Thengai Srinivasan. It was released on 13...
Tayaramma Bangarayya is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language film starring SowcarJanaki as Tayaramma and Kaikala Satyanarayana as Bangarayya. Chandra Mohan...
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