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{{Short description|Indian actor (1949–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bank Janardhan
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor}}
| years_active = 1985–2024
| image = {{CSS image crop |Image = Bank-Janardhan.jpg |bSize =
200 |cWidth = 200 |cHeight = 270 |oTop = 45 |oBottom = 0 |oLeft = 0 |Location=center }}
| birth_name = Janardhan Rao Chauhan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|3|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Holalkere]], [[Chitradurga district]], [[Mysore State]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|4|13|1949|3|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bangaluru]], Karnataka, India
| othername =
| resting_place = [[Hebbal, Bengaluru]], Karnataka
}}

'''Janardhan Rao''' (2 March 1949 – 13 April 2025), known by his stage name '''Bank Janardhan''', was an Indian actor in the [[Kannada film industry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/guruprasads-first-kannada-release-agni-mushti-471613.html |title=Guruprasad's first Kannada release-'Agni Mushti' |publisher=news18.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609094726/https://www.news18.com/news/india/guruprasads-first-kannada-release-agni-mushti-471613.html |archivedate=9 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/man-who-gave-kannada-films-an-edge-dies/articleshow/62559359.cms |title=Man who gave Kannada films an edge dies |publisher=bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119023950/http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/man-who-gave-kannada-films-an-edge-dies/articleshow/62559359.cms |archivedate=19 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&q=bank+janardhan+kannada+actor&pg=RA2-PA1858 |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |isbn=9781135943257 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609094725/https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1858&lpg=RA2-PA1858&dq=bank+janardhan+kannada+actor&source=bl&ots=UshRwI33Um&sig=K55UiXla8r4zx-U_JkIK6de9IR0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6tavdpcbbAhVEKo8KHcOcAyk4HhDoAQhZMAk#v=onepage&q=bank%20janardhan%20kannada%20actor&f=false |archivedate=9 June 2018 |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=10 July 2014 |publisher=Routledge }}</ref> He was well-known for his comedy and drama roles in various Kannada films and television series. Some of the notable films of Janardhan as an actor include ''[[News (film)|News]]'' (2005), ''[[Shhh! (film)|Shhh!]]'' (1993) and ''[[Tharle Nan Maga]]'' (1992). He acted in Kannada television serials such as ''Papa Pandu''.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Grace Cyril |title=Veteran Kannada Actor Bank Janardhan Passes Away At 75 |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/veteran-kannada-actor-bank-janardhan-passes-away-at-75-ws-l-9297773.html |website=News18 |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=en-In}}</ref> Janardhan died after a long illness in [[Bangaluru]], Karnataka, on 13 April 2025, at the age of 76.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/veteran-kannada-actor-bank-janardhan-passes-away-at-74-after-prolonged-illness/articleshow/120270402.cms Veteran Kannada actor Bank Janardhan passes away at 74 after prolonged illness]</ref>

==Partial filmography==
''Source''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/kn/!entertainment/veteran-actor-bank-janardhan-passes-away-celebrities-and-politicians-condoles-karnataka-news-kas25041401293|title=ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಜನಾರ್ಧನ್ ನಿಧನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆಚ್‌ಡಿಕೆ, ಬೊಮ್ಮಾಯಿ, ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಸೇರಿ ಗಣ್ಯರ ಸಂತಾಪ|trans-title=HDK, Bommai, Upendra, and other dignitaries mourn the death of Bank Janardhan|work=[[ETV Network|ETV Bharat]]|language=kn|date=14 April 2025|access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
! Year !! Films
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1985
|''[[Pithamaha]]''
|
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|-
|1986
|''Bettada Thayi''
|
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|-
| rowspan="2" |1987
|''Thaliya Aane''
|
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|-
|''Bazar Bheema''
|
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|-
| rowspan="3" |1988
|''Thayigobba Karna''
|
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|-
|''Praja Prabhuthva''
|
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|-
|''[[Jana Nayaka|Jaya Nayaka]]''
|
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|-
| rowspan="4" |1989
|''Raja Yuvaraja''
|
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|-
|''Jockey''
|
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|-
|''[[Doctor Krishna]]''
|
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|-
|''Deva''
|
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|-
| rowspan="4" |1990
|''Tiger Gangu''
|
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|-
|''Rudra Thandava''
|
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|-
|''[[Ramarajyadalli Rakshasaru]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Policena Hendthi]]''
|
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|-
| rowspan="2" |1991
| ''[[Ajagajantara]]''
|
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|-
| ''[[Gauri Ganesha]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1992
|''[[Tharle Nan Maga]]''
| Parandamaiah Urbagal
|
|-
|''[[Bombat Hendthi]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Belliyappa Bangarappa]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Ganesha Subramanya]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Bharjari Gandu]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
|''[[Shhh! (Kannada film)|Shhh!]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Rupayi Raja]]''
|
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|-
| 1995
|''[[Aata Hudugata]]''
|Mohan
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
|''[[Cheluva]]''
|
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|-
|''Lady Commissioner''
|
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|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
|''[[Kowrava]]''
|
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|-
|''Bhama Sathyabhama''
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|-
| ''[[Karnataka Police (film)|Karnataka Police]]''
|
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|-
| rowspan="2"|1999 || ''[[Aryabhata (film)|Aryabhata]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Rambhe Urvashi Menake]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|2000 || ''[[Hats Off India]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Astra (2000 film)|Astra]]''
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|-
|''Khiladi''
|
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|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
|''[[Jipuna Nanna Ganda]]''
|
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|-
|''Shivappanayaka''
|
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|-
| rowspan="4" |2002
|''[[Olu Saar Bari Olu]]'' || Houseowner
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|-
|''[[H2O (2002 film)|H2O]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Balagalittu Olage Baa]]''
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|-
|''[[Makeup (2002 film)|Makeup]]''
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|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
|''[[Thayi Illada Thabbali]] ''
|
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|-
|''[[Raktha Kanneeru]]''
|
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|-
| rowspan="8" |2004
|''[[Super Aliya]]''
|
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|-
|''Ajju''
|
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|-
|''Agodella Olledakke''
|
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|-
| ''[[Swetha Naagu]]''
|
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|-
|''Hasige Iddashtu Kalu Chachu''
|
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|-
|''Nija''
|
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|-
|''[[Ranga SSLC]]''
|
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|-
|''Aha Nanna Tangi Madhve''
|
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|-
| rowspan="6" | 2005
|''[[Mr. Bakra]]''
|
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|-
|''Ugra Narasimha''
|
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|-
|''[[Kashi from Village]]''
|
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|-
|''Nanna Love Madthiya''
|
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|-
|''[[News (film)|News]]''
|
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|-
|''Moorkha''
|
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|-
| rowspan="2"|2006
|''[[7 O' Clock]]''
| Train Ticket Collector
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|-
|''[[Chellata (film)|Chellata]]'' || Ramprasad
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2007
| ''[[Soundarya (film)|Soundarya]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige]]''
|
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|-
|''Hettare Hennane Herabeku''
|
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|-
|''[[Ekadantha]]''
|
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|-
|''Circle Rowdy''
|
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|-
| rowspan="3" | 2008
|''Kodagana Koli Nungitha ''
|
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|-
|''[[Navashakthi Vaibhava]]''
|
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|-
| ''Birse''
|
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|-
| rowspan="6"|2009
|''[[KA-99 B-333]]''
|
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|-
|''Minchu''
|
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|-
|''[[Nannedeya Haadu]]''
|
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|-
|''Bettadapurada Ditta Makkalu''
|
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|-
|''[[Gilli (film)|Gilli]]''
|
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|-
|''10th Class A Sec''
|
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|-
| rowspan="17" | 2010
|''[[Preethiya Theru]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Crazy Kutumba]]''
|
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|-
|''Kiladi Krishna''
|
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|-
| ''[[Kutti Pisasu|Bombat Car]]'' || Waiter ||
|-
|''Nooru Janmaku''
|
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|-
| ''Idre Gopi Bidre Papi''
|
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|-
|''Banni''
|
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|-
|''Chandulli Cheluve''
|
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|-
|''[[Lift Kodla]]''
|
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|-
|''Vichitra Premi''
|
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|-
|''Nannavanu''
|
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|-
|''[[Naa Rani Nee Maharani]]''
|
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|-
|''Holi''
|
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|-
|''[[Aithalakkadi]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Parole (2010 film)|Parole]]''
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|-
|''Preethi Andre Ishtena''
|
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|-
|''Narada Vijaya''
|
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|-
| rowspan="8" | 2011
|''[[Shravana (film)|Shravana]]''
|
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|-
|''[[9 to 12]]''
|
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|-
|''[[5 Idiots]]''
|
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|-
|''Olavina Gelathi''
|
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|-
|''Kadhimaru''
|
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|-
|''Dudde Doddappa''
|
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|-
| ''[[Achchu Mechchu]]''
|
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|-
|''Engagement''
|
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|-
| rowspan="5" | 2012
|''[[Tuglak]]''
|
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|-
|''Love College''
|
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|-
|''Namma Kalyani''
|
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|-
|''Chitranna''
|
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|-
|''Gagan Sakhi''
|
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|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| ''Devarane''
|
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|-
| ''Sri Amareshwara Mahatme''
|
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|-
| ''[[Benki Birugali (2013 film)|Benki Birugali]]''
|
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|-
| rowspan="5" | 2014
| ''Dosthi''
|
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|-
| ''Kalyanamasthu''
|
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|-
| ''Billion Dollar Baby''
|
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|-
| ''Gandhiji Kanasu''
|
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|-
| ''[[Power (2014 Kannada film)|Power]]''
|
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|-
| 2016
| ''[[Kotigobba 2]]''
|
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|-
|2017
|''[[Once More Kaurava]]''
|
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|-
|2022
| ''[[Mata (2022 film)|Mata]]''
|
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|-
| 2023
| ''[[Undenama]]''
|
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|-
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Bollywood}}
* [[List of people from Karnataka]]
* [[Kannada cinema|Cinema of Karnataka]]
* [[List of Indian film actors]]
* [[Cinema of India]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1682769|Bank Janardhan}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008063406/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-filmography/3662/1/bank-janardhan.html Bank Janardhan Filmography]

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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:2025 deaths]]
[[Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Indian male television actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Telugu cinema]]

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