Veteran actor Sowcar Janaki died on August 21 at the age of 94 in Chennai. The actor who starred in numerous Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films was hospitalised at a private hospital briefly before her death. Nandini Reddy, who directed her final film, paid a moving tribute to her on social media.
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Nandini posted a picture of her, actor Malvika Nair and the team of the 2023 Telugu film Anni Manchi Sakunamule posing with Janaki on the sets on her Instagram Stories. Janaki’s last Tamil film, Biskoth, her 400th film, was released in 2020. Janaki began her career in 1950 with the Telugu film Shavukaru, which earned her the moniker ‘Sowcar’. Her Tamil debut was in 1952 with TR Sundaram’s Valayapathi.
She also posted pictures of the veteran actor dubbing for her role and another of the handwritten note she sent to her on her Feed. Independent , outspoken , articulate and most benevolent….. amma we were blessed to share a small part of your journey…… farewell. Anni Manchi Sakunamule starred Santosh Sobhan and Malvika in lead roles along with Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Naresh, and Gautami. In the film, Janaki played a character named after her, an adoptive grandmother to the lead character. It was the last time she was ever seen on screen. Directed by R Kannan, the film was a parody. It was directed by LV Prasad and starred NT Rama Rao in the lead role. Janaki soon skyrocketed to stardom and was sought after for films in various languages.
She wrote, “RIP Amma,” with a folded hands emoji. “This grand old lady of Indian cinema was the most affectionate and most professional artist I have ever had the privilege of working with,” wrote the emotional filmmaker who recently directed Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s Maa Inti Bangaaram , adding, “She told us stories , cooked and fed us all while doing her work as immaculately as she spoke .
