Raadhika Sarathkumar

Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and producer who works predominantly in the Tamil and Telugu cinema. She also starred in Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films.[3] She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Mediaworks India Limited and doing serials in most of the south Indian languages.[4] and is a recipient six Filmfare Awards South,two Nandi Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Raadhika Sarathkumar
Raadhika in 2014 at 62nd Filmfare Awards South
Occupation
  • Actress
  • film producer
  • entrepreneur
Years active1978–1990, 1993–present
Spouse(s)
Children4 including Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Parent(s)
Relatives

Personal life

Raadhika is the daughter of the Telugu Person late Tamil actor and comedian, M. R. Radha and Geetha. Raadhika did her education in India, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. She has a younger sister Nirosha, who is also an actress, and two younger brothers, Raju and Mohan. She also has an older half-brother Radha Ravi.Her father is a telugu from Trichy,Tamilnadu while her mother is from Srilanka

Raadhika married actor Sarathkumar on 4 February 2001. They had been friends before their marriage and had been paired in two films: Namma Annachi (1994) and Suryavamsam (1997). The couple has a son named Rahul born in 2004.

Her daughter Rayane married Cricketer Abhimanyu Mithun in 2016. Raadhika became a grandmother in 2018 when Rayane had a son.[5]

Career

She made her cinematic debut in 1978 Tamil Movie Kizhakke Pogum Rail. Then she started acting in many Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films.

She has also produced a film titled Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai (1985), which won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.[6]

She was awarded Best Telugu Actress for Nyayam Kavali (1981), Best Tamil Actress for Dharma Devathai (1986), Neethikku Thandanai (1987) and Keladi Kanmani (1990).[7][8][9]

After becoming successful in cinema, Raadhika wanted to do something different and decided to take on the small screen, a venture that everyone thought was a mistake she would regret. But determined to pursue something she believed in, namely producing her own TV software under the Radaan Mediaworks, she started the same in 1994. After some initial hiccups, the company re-emerged successfully as Radaan Mediaworks (I) Ltd in 1999, and by 2008, had an annual turnover exceeding.[10]

She was a judge on Vijay TV's Jodi Number One Season 4.[11]

She produced serials such as Idi Katha Kadu (Telugu), Chitti, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, Chellamay, Vani Rani, Thamarai and Chithi - 2.[12]

In September 2019, she was awarded as "Nadigavel Selvi" during audio launch of Market Raja MBBS.[13]

She has won 1 - National Film Awards (Producer), 6 - Filmfare Awards Souths , 3 - Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, 1 - Cinema Express Awards and 1 - Nandi Awards.

Awards and nominations
Year Award Award Category Work Result Reference
1981Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – TeluguNyayam KavaliWon[14]
1985National Film AwardsIndira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a DirectorMeendum Oru Kaathal Kathai (Film Producer)Won[15]
1986Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – TamilDharma DevathaiWon[16][17]
1987Neethikku ThandanaiWon[18]
Nandi Awards Best Supporting ActressKarthika PoornimaWon[8]
[9]
1988Cinema Express AwardsBest ActressPaasa Paravaigal & Poonthotta KaavalkaaranWon[19]
Tamil Nadu State Film AwardsSpecial AwardPoonthotta KaavalkaaranWon
1989Best ActressNinaivu ChinnamWon[20]
1990Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – TamilKeladi KanmaniWon
1993Cinema Express AwardsBest ActressKizhakku Cheemayile Won[21]
1995Tamil Nadu State Film AwardsSpecial Award for Best ActressPasumpon & Rani MaharaaniWon
1999Nandi AwardsBest Supporting ActressPrema KadhaWon[22]
2008Vivel Chinnathirai AwardBest ActressArasiWon[23]
2010Sun Kudumbam ViruthugalBest Overall Performance AwardWon[24]
2012Special Jury Award for Best ActressChellamayWon[25]
2014Best ActressVani RaniWon[24]
Filmfare Awards SouthLifetime Achievement Award – SouthOverall Contribution to Tamil CinemaWon[26]
2015Best Supporting Actress – TamilThanga MaganWon[27]
South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Actress in a Supporting RoleWon[28]
2016Provoke Lifestyle AwardsTV Sensation of the YearVarious SerialsWon[29]

Filmography
Main article: Raadhika Sarathkumar filmography

References
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  21. "Kizhakku Cheemayile adjudged best film". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 13 March 1994. p. 3.
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