{
  "id": 2368832,
  "title": "Sowcar Janaki Death: Veteran Actress Passes Away At 94; Jr NTR, Kamal Haasan Mourn Loss",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/sowcar-janaki-death-veteran-actress-passes-away-at-94-jr-ntr-kamal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T11:00:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/sowcar-janaki-death-veteran-actress-passes-away-at-94-jr-ntr-mourns-loss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Veteran actress Sowcar Janaki passed away at the age of 94 on Friday in a hospital. Her family released a press note stating she had been hospitalized due to health issues associated with old age and was receiving treatment in the ICU. The actress had a career spanning more than seven decades and over 400 films.",
  "summary": "Veteran actress Sowcar Janaki, one of the most respected performers in South Indian cinema, died on Friday at the age of 94. She passed away at 1:59 pm in a hospital, according to a press note issued by her family and shared by her PRO. The actress had been hospitalised due to health complications associated with old age and was receiving treatment in the ICU. Her death marks the end of a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}