Raadhika Sarathkumar

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For the Malayalam film actress, see Radhika (Malayalam actress).
Radhikha
Born 21 September 1962 (1962-09-21) (age 49) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Other names Kalaiarasi, Chitthi
Occupation Film actress, producer
Height 5' 2"
Religion Hindu
Spouse R. Sarathkumar
Children Rayanne Hardy
Rahul Sarathkumar
Parents M. R. Radha
Geetha Radha

Radhika Sarathkumar (Tamil: ராதிகா சரத்குமார்) is an Indian television and film actress, entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu (Telugu). She is currently acting in the serial Chellamay for Sun TV. She is also a judge on Vijay TV's Jodi Number One. She has also produced a film titled Meendum Oru Kaadhal Kathai, which won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director.

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[edit] Personal life

Raadhika is the daughter of the late Tamil actor and comedian, M. R. Radha(Mohan Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu) and Geetha Radha. Her younger sister Nirosha (Niroja) is also an actress. Actor and politician Radharavi is her elder half-brother.

[edit] Film career

Raadhika was discovered by Tamil director Bharathiraja when she was 15 years old. Her first film was Kizhakke Pogum Rail. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi as well as Malayalam films.

After becoming successful in cinema, Radhikaa decided to take on the small screen. In 1994 she set out to produce her own TV software under the Radaan TV banner. After some initial hiccups, the company re-emerged successfully as Radaan Mediaworks Ltd in 1999, and by 2008, had an annual turnover exceeding Rs 10 crore. In 2004, the company ventured into film production in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi markets. Radaan has plans to the Hindi television market.[1] She has acted as the protagonist in several hit serials produced by Radaan Mediaworks. Her first hit drama was Chitti, a 488-episode serial in which she portrayed the main character, Saradha. The serial was widely watched and praised throughout the Tamil-speaking world. Fresh off the success of Chitthi, Radhika went on to produce the 757-episode Annamalai, in which she played the main role. Her co-star in both these serials was the veteran actor Sivakumar, with whom she was often paired in films as well. However, in Annamalai, he played her brother. She recently played a dual role in the teleserial Arasi, sequel to the teleserial Selvi. She followed this up with Chellamey.She is currently acting in a Telugu serial "No.23 Mahalakshmi Nivasam".

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Tamil

[edit] Telugu

[edit] Malayalam

[edit] Hindi

[edit] Kannada

[edit] Award and nomination

Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Nandi Awards
National Film Awards
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

[edit] References

  1. ^ Radaan to produce Hindi films
  2. ^ "32 National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Directorate of Film Festivals. http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=32NFA.pdf. Retrieved 18 December 2011. 

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1972–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
1967-1980

K. R. Vijaya (1967) · Padmini (1968) · Sowcar Janaki (1969) · K. R. Vijaya (1970) · no award (1971) · no award (1972) · no award (1973) · no award (1974) · no award (1975) · no award (1976) · Latha (1977) · Lakshmi (1978) · Saritha (1979) · Suhasini (1980)
1981-2000

Sridevi (1981) · Saritha (1982) · no award (1983) · no award (1984) · no award (1985) · no award (1986) · no award (1987) · Saritha (1988) · Raadhika (1989) · Revathy (1990) · Kushboo (1991) · Sukanya (1992) · Meena (1993) · Raj Shri (1994) · Kushboo (1995) · Shruti (1996) · Meena & Devayani (1997) · Roja (1998) · Simran (1999) · Devayani (2000)
2001-present

Sneha (2001) · Meena (2002) · Laila (2003) · Jyothika (2004) · Jyothika (2005) · Priyamani (2006) · Jyothika (2007) · Sneha (2008)
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