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Vaikom Narayani Janaki (30 November 1923 [ 1 ] – 19 May 1996), also known as Janaki Ramachandran, [ 3 ] was an Indian politician, actress and activist who briefly served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for 23 days after the death of her husband M. G. Ramachandran, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu. She was the first woman to become the ...
Apr 23, 2024 · In 1956, Janaki participated in a light music competition organised by the All India Radio and secured second place. Receiving the prize from the Indian President turned out to be a significant milestone in Janaki’s career. In 1957, she debuted as a playback singer in the movies. In that year itself, she sang in five different languages.
After that Janaki did act in several films, the most famous being Velaikari, Then she slowly faded out of the film scene. Janaki had been married at an early age to Ganapathy Bhat who was also in the film field.
Apr 30, 2021 · Only twice in her career, Janaki recalls having asked directors for a role. First, for her début, and second, for a role in the Tamil remake of Meena Kumari’s Phool aur Pathar .
Janaki moved to supporting roles after 1975 and her performances in Tamil films like Cinema Paithiyam, Thee, Thillu Mullu, Vetri Vizha, Puthu Puthu Arthangal, Kaanche and her performances in Telugu language films like Bezwada Bebbuli, Tayaramma Bangaraya, Samsaram Oka Chadarangam were widely appreciated. She even acted in Hindi films in ...
Apr 14, 2016 · She made the most of her two months after she bagged the role to research on Janaki, reading up texts and gathering all the information she could to get her histrionics right. “I had only heard...
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Nov 29, 2020 · Barring a small advertisement every year on November 30 in newspapers by her family members, there is hardly anything that reminds the people of Tamil Nadu about V.N. Janaki, who was the Chief...
