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{{Short description|2013 Indian Telugu film by Daya K}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox film
| name = Alias Janaki
| image = Alias Janaki.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Official poster
| director = Daya K
| writer = '''Dialogue:'''<br />Vamsi Krishna Gadwala <br />Vashishta Sharma
| producer = [[Panjaa|Neelima Tirumalasetti]]
| starring = {{Ubl|Rahul Venkat|[[Anisha Ambrose]]}}
| cinematography = [[Sujith Sarang]]
| editing = Sreejith Sarang
| music = Shravan
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2013|7|26}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Alias Janaki''''' is a 2013 Indian Telugu language romantic drama film directed by Daya K and starring newcomers Rahul Venkat and [[Anisha Ambrose]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=15 June 2013 |title=The real DEAL |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/the-real-deal/article4817307.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824090236/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/the-real-deal/article4817307.ece |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Alias Janaki |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/previews/alias-janaki/articleshow/21483250.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824090149/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/previews/alias-janaki/articleshow/21483250.cms |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chowdhary |first=Y. Sunita |date=13 July 2013 |title=Etcetera: Good going |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/etcetera-good-going/article4911874.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824095231/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/etcetera-good-going/article4911874.ece |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Hindu}}</ref> The film released theatrically and online on 26 July 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alias Janaki releasing today |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/alias-janaki-releasing-today/articleshow/21360457.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601042704/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/alias-janaki-releasing-today/articleshow/21360457.cms |archive-date=1 June 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Alias Janaki censored with U/A certificate |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/alias-janaki-censored-with-u/a-certificate/articleshow/21117686.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824090150/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/alias-janaki-censored-with-u/a-certificate/articleshow/21117686.cms |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2013 |title=ఆన్‌లైన్‌లోనూ రిలీజ్ కానున్న అలియాస్ జానకి |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/alias-janaki-to-be-released-online-2350 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824090234/https://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/alias-janaki-to-be-released-online-2350 |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=Sakshi}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*Rahul Venkat as Janaki Ram
*[[Anisha Ambrose]] as Chaitra
*[[Sri Ramya]] as Priyadarshini
*[[Nagendra Babu|Naga Babu]] as Janaki Ram's father
*[[Tanikella Bharani]] as Janaki Ram's superior officer
*[[Sivannarayana Naripeddi]] as Kashi
* Sandhya Janak as Kashi's wife
*[[Shatru (actor)|Shatru]] as Mysa
}}

== Production ==
The film began production starring Rahul Venkat ([[Chiranjeevi]]'s cousin)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Another mega hero in the making |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/another-mega-hero-in-the-making/articleshow/20760992.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824090151/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/another-mega-hero-in-the-making/articleshow/20760992.cms |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Star family status has {{as written|i|t's [sic]}} cons: Rahul Venkat |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/star-family-status-has-its-cons-rahul-venkat/articleshow/20785413.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824095232/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/star-family-status-has-its-cons-rahul-venkat/articleshow/20785413.cms |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> and [[Nisha Aggarwal]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nisha is now Alias Janaki |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nisha-is-now-alias-janaki/articleshow/12981685.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824090313/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nisha-is-now-alias-janaki/articleshow/12981685.cms |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Nisha Aggarwal is now Alias Janaki |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nisha-aggarwal-is-now-alias-janaki/articleshow/12964036.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824095147/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nisha-aggarwal-is-now-alias-janaki/articleshow/12964036.cms |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Nisha Aggarwal bags Alias Janaki |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nisha-aggarwal-bags-alias-janaki/articleshow/12901886.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824095156/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nisha-aggarwal-bags-alias-janaki/articleshow/12901886.cms |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Aggarwal was later replaced with debutante [[Anisha Ambrose]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anisha Ambrose: I never thought of being an actor |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-anisha-ambrose-i-never-thought-of-being-an-actor/20130724.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824090233/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-anisha-ambrose-i-never-thought-of-being-an-actor/20130724.htm |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=Rediff}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
Music by newcomer Shravan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=23 June 2013 |title=Sounds of melody |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/sounds-of-melody/article4840592.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601043214/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/sounds-of-melody/article4840592.ece |archive-date=1 June 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Hindu}}</ref> Karthik Pasupulate of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave the music a rating of thee out of five stars and said that "Debutante music director Shravan has packed in a refreshing new vibe in the album".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alias Janaki |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/music-reviews/alias-janaki/articleshow/21159871.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601042525/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/music-reviews/alias-janaki/articleshow/21159871.cms |archive-date=1 June 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Times of India |last1=Pasupulate |first1=Karthik }}</ref> The soundtrack was released through [[Aditya Music]].<ref name = "Alias Janaki Spotify">{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/44EvH7Pio8GlObfHJo92YZ | website = [[Spotify]] | title = Alias Janaki | access-date = 18 June 2023 }}</ref>

{{tracklist
| headline = Track list<ref name = "Alias Janaki Spotify" />
| total_length = 28:16
| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Kaadhal Prema
| lyrics1 = Swechha
| extra1 = Shravan
| length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Maarinade (Haricharan)
| lyrics2 = Karthik Kodakadha
| extra2 = [[Haricharan]]
| length2 = 4:40

| title3 = Konchem Konchem
| lyrics3 = Swechha
| extra3 = Shravan, Kavya
| length3 = 3:21

| title4 = Aranyamantha
| lyrics4 = [[Krishna Kanth]]
| extra4 = Balaram Iyer
| length4 = 3:23

| title5 = Santhalo Perigina Sundari
| lyrics5 = Surendra Krishna
| extra5 = [[Sravana Bhargavi]]
| length5 = 3:42

| title6 = Kaatuka Kannula
| lyrics6 = Karthik Kodakadha, Ashwin
| extra6 = Sai Charan
| length6 = 3:17

| title7 = Maarinade
| lyrics7 = Karthik Kodakadha, Ashwin
| extra7 = Guna
| length7 = 2:48

| title8 = Konchem Konchem Remix
| lyrics8 = Swechha
| extra8 = Sandeep
| length8 = 3:46
}}

== Release and reception ==
A critic from ''[[The Times of India]]'' opined that "It’s a little too loaded and preachy, besides some shallow intensity and noble intentions it has nothing much to offer".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alias Janaki Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Alias Janaki by Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/alias-janaki/movie-review/21374594.cms |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Awards ==
;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2017 |title=Nandi Awards 2012 and 2013: Rajamouli, Ilayaraja, Samantha and Prabhas emerge winners |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/nandi-awards-2012-and-2013-rajamouli-ilayaraja-samantha-and-prabhas-emerge-winners-4549659/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226060508/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/nandi-awards-2012-and-2013-rajamouli-ilayaraja-samantha-and-prabhas-emerge-winners-4549659/ |archive-date=26 December 2018 |access-date=31 May 2022 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref>
*[[Sarojini Devi Award for a Film on National Integration|Best Film on National Integration]]
*[[Nandi Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – Daya Kodavaganti

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:2013 Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language romantic drama films]]
[[Category:2013 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:2013 Indian films]]

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KathrinChick016 at 17:39, 3 March 2026