Janani (/dʒənəni/) is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language teen romance film written and directed by Nethaji, and produced by Gemini Studios.

[1] The film, starring Bhavya, Udhayakumar and Vinod, was released on 27 September 1985.

[4] R. V. Udayakumar worked as the film's associate director and production executive.

[8] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the acting of Bhavya but panned the acting of lead actor Udaykumar and character design of antagonist Vinod while also panning a song in Viswanathan's music and concluded Nethaji neither did a great work nor a terrible work.

[9] Balumani of Anna praised the acting of the lead pair, Nethaji's direction, Viswanathan's music and concluded it will be a successful film which will be lapped by youth audience like Oru Thalai Ragam.