Kalki 2898 AD, Committee Kurrollu and Pushpa 2: The Rule won two awards each, while Lucky Baskhar bagged one
Janaki amma’s voice gave contour to the heroines, their fears, their desires, their hopes and their dreams, even as Bharathiraja wrote them lion’s space on the screen
In the 1980s, when there was a massive influx of South Indian production houses into Bollywood, remaking South Indian hits into Hindi, Janaki emerged as a pan-Indian voice
Discovered by Ebrahim Alkazi and mentored by Adi Marzban, the thespian leaves behind a legacy of actors — Nana Patekar, Ashok Saraf, Neena Kulkarni, Vikram Gokhale, Reema Lagoo and Bharati Achrekar — all shaped by her vision.
The main issue before the Prasar Bharati chairperson-led study group is how to make Indian cinema globally competitive