# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sowcar-janaki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:57:35.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sowcar-janaki"
name: "Sowcar Janaki"
slug: "sowcar-janaki"
description: "Sankaramanchi Janaki, widely known as Sowcar Janaki, is an Indian actress known for her works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films. In a career spanning over seven decades, Janaki has appeared in nearly 400 films. 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. Her younger sister, Krishna Kumari, was also a noted actress."
tagline: "Indian actress (born 1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S_Janaki_.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.21
  momentum:             7.555831265508684
  historical:           9.889841333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417310/"
    handle:    "nm0417310"
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    title: "سوكار جاناكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ছৌকৰ জানকী"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "শওকর জনকী"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಸಾಹುಕಾರ್ ಜಾನಕಿ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ᱥᱳᱣᱠᱟᱨ ᱡᱟᱱᱚᱠᱤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "சௌகார் ஜானகி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "షావుకారు జానకి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساوکر جانکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3523662"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584415"
    title: "Sowcar Janaki"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump