Actor · Telugu cinema
Sowcar Janaki
Sowcar Janaki movies: 59 Telugu films on file, 1950–2016. Earliest on file: Shavukar (1950). Latest release: Babu Bangaram (12 August 2016).
- Films on file
- 59 (59 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1950–2016
- Born
- 12 December 1931 · December birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 21 August 2026
- Selected films on file
- Geetanjali, Ravoyi Chandamama, Yevade Subramanyam
- Record
- Q3523662 on Wikidata
Career on file
Sowcar Janaki appears in 59 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1950 to 2016. The earliest of them is Shavukar (1950), and the most recent release is Babu Bangaram (2016). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Geetanjali (1989), Ravoyi Chandamama (1999) and Yevade Subramanyam (2015). Other recent releases on file are Soukhyam (2015), Kanche (2015) and Abhimanyu (2003).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 20 films with Sowcar Janaki, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (13) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (10). Among directors, Dasari Narayana Rao cast Sowcar Janaki most often, in four films; next are Tatineni Prakash Rao (3) and A. Sanjeevi (2). Music on seven of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (5) and K. Chakravarthy (4) next. Saradhi Studios produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 47 different directors, 31 music directors and 111 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 44 of them; they average 153 minutes, and the longest is Charana Daasi at 196 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (14), 1960s (13), 1970s (10), 1980s (11), 1990s (5), 2000s (2) and 2010s (4).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.