Chennai, August 21 (TNA) Legendary actress Sowcar Janaki passed away in Chennai. The 94-year-old actor Sankaramanchi Janaki, widely known as Sowcar Janaki, breathed her last due to an age-related illness at a private hospital today.
Sowcar Janaki is well known in South Indian films with an outstanding number of nearly 400 films. A recipient of Padma Shri, she has also bagged the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, two Nandi Awards and a Kalaimamani Award; she started her career in films in 1950.