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Raadhu had a brief stint in Malayalam and Tamil films in the eighties. She started her career in Tamil with ''[[Nizhalgal]]'' <ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramani |first1=RV |title=Why I like... Nizhalgal |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/why-i-like-nizhalgal/article3022561.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=4 November 2016 |date=22 February 2008}}</ref> directed by [[Bharathiraja]]. After that, she acted in [[Ennu Nathante Nimmi]] with [[Mammootty]] & [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] and the long delayed traditional [[Vadakkanpattu]] film ''[[Kadathanadan Ambadi]]'' with [[Mohanlal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohapatra |first1=Samhati |title=The Thinking Dancer Actor |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2014/sep/28/The-Thinking-Dancer-Actor-665802.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=‘Joy and spirituality are inextricable from my art’ |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/110120/joy-and-spirituality-are-inextricable-from-my-art.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
Raadhu had a brief stint in Malayalam and Tamil films in the eighties. She started her career in Tamil with ''[[Nizhalgal]]'' <ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramani |first1=RV |title=Why I like... Nizhalgal |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/why-i-like-nizhalgal/article3022561.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=4 November 2016 |date=22 February 2008}}</ref> directed by [[Bharathiraja]]. After that, she acted in [[Ennu Nathante Nimmi]] with [[Mammootty]] & [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] and the long delayed traditional [[Vadakkanpattu]] film ''[[Kadathanadan Ambadi]]'' with [[Mohanlal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohapatra |first1=Samhati |title=The Thinking Dancer Actor |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2014/sep/28/The-Thinking-Dancer-Actor-665802.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=‘Joy and spirituality are inextricable from my art’ |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/110120/joy-and-spirituality-are-inextricable-from-my-art.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=11 January 2020}}</ref>


Soon, Radica was married, and began her work in the software industry. With the struggle of two growing kids, and pressured work, Radica, now Giri decided it was best to leave her job and pursue her deep passion in Bharathanatyman, mentored by A Lakshmanaswamy.<ref>{{cite news |title=‘Money and Marketing Make a Dancer Today’ |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/2012/feb/19/money-and-marketing-make-a-dancer-today-341547.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Having already learned and performed 2 arangetrams, Radica Giri opened her very own dance studio, Anjali Natyam School of Dance. Today, she teaches over 40 students, and has successfully finished the arangetram of over a dozen and a young women. Constantly performing at rotary shows and other festivals, she hopes to instill a passion of this classical Indian dance form.<ref name=Giri/>
Soon, Radica was married, and began her work in the software industry. With the struggle of two growing kids, and pressured work, Radica, now Giri decided it was best to leave her job and pursue her deep passion in Bharathanatyman, mentored by A Lakshmanaswamy.<ref>{{cite news |title=‘Money and Marketing Make a Dancer Today’ |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/2012/feb/19/money-and-marketing-make-a-dancer-today-341547.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Having already learned and performed 2 arangetrams, Radica Giri opened her very own dance studio, Anjali Natyam School of Dance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Venkataraman |first1=Leela |title=Dance to please |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/Dance-to-please/article16840309.ece |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 January 2010}}</ref> Today, she teaches over 40 students, and has successfully finished the arangetram of over a dozen and a young women. Constantly performing at rotary shows and other festivals, she hopes to instill a passion of this classical Indian dance form.<ref name=Giri/>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 23:26, 31 October 2022

Raadhu
Born
Radica Ranganath

(1964-02-28) 28 February 1964 (age 60)
Occupation(s)Actress, Bharathanatyan dancer and teacher
Years active1980–1986

Raadhu (born 28 February 1965) in Mumbai, India as Radica Ranganath, is an Indian actress who has done a few Tamil-language and Malayalam-language Indian films of the eighties. Even though she had made a good name as an actress, she quit the industry to pursue a life outside films.[1]

Career

Raadhu had a brief stint in Malayalam and Tamil films in the eighties. She started her career in Tamil with Nizhalgal [2] directed by Bharathiraja. After that, she acted in Ennu Nathante Nimmi with Mammootty & Rahman and the long delayed traditional Vadakkanpattu film Kadathanadan Ambadi with Mohanlal.[3][4]

Soon, Radica was married, and began her work in the software industry. With the struggle of two growing kids, and pressured work, Radica, now Giri decided it was best to leave her job and pursue her deep passion in Bharathanatyman, mentored by A Lakshmanaswamy.[5] Having already learned and performed 2 arangetrams, Radica Giri opened her very own dance studio, Anjali Natyam School of Dance.[6] Today, she teaches over 40 students, and has successfully finished the arangetram of over a dozen and a young women. Constantly performing at rotary shows and other festivals, she hopes to instill a passion of this classical Indian dance form.[1]

Filmography

As actress
Year Film Director Language
1980 Nizhalgal Bharathiraja Tamil[7]
1986 Ennu Nathante Nimmi Sajan Malayalam
1988 Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam Shanmuga Priyan Tamil
1990 Kadathanadan Ambadi Priyadarshan Malayalam[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Sampath, Janani (30 July 2014). "Bharathanatyam Adaptation of Tagore's Chitrangada". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ Ramani, RV (22 February 2008). "Why I like... Nizhalgal". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ^ Mohapatra, Samhati (28 September 2014). "The Thinking Dancer Actor". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ "'Joy and spirituality are inextricable from my art'". Deccan Chronicle. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. ^ "'Money and Marketing Make a Dancer Today'". The New Indian Express. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  6. ^ Venkataraman, Leela (29 January 2010). "Dance to please". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ சினிமாக்குழு (23 July 2008). "திரைப்பட வரலாறு-பாரதிராஜா". Dina Thanthi.
  8. ^ "News - Kadathanadan Ambadi to release". Mathrubhumi. 1 April 1990.