Radhika Sarathkumar

Radhika Sarathkumar (/rɑːðɪkɑː/) is an Indian actress, director, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema, TV serials and web series as well as Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films.[3]

Radhika Sarathkumar
Radhika in 2014 at 62nd Filmfare Awards South
Vice President of the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi
Assumed office
31 August 2007
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born (1962-08-21) 21 August 1962
Political partyAISMK (2007–present)
Other political
affiliations		AIADMK (2006)
Spouses
  • ​
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    (m. 1985; div. 1986)​
    [1]
  • Richard Hardy
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1990; div. 1992)​
    [2]
  • ​
    (m. 2001)​
Children2
Parent
Relatives
Occupation
  • Actress
  • film producer
  • director
  • politician

Personal life
Radhika with her husband at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South in 2015.

Radhika is the daughter of the late actor M. R. Radha and Geetha who is a Sri Lankan Tamil.[2] According to Radhika, her father is Telugu and traces his roots back to Tirupati.[4] Radhika 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.

Radhika 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 Rahhul born in 2004.

Her daughter Rayane Hardy married cricketer Abhimanyu Mithun in 2016. Radhika became a grandmother in 2018 when Rayane had a son.[5][6]

Film career

She made her cinematic debut in the 1978 Tamil movie Kizhakke Pogum Rail. Thereafter, she acted in several 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.[7]

She was awarded Best Telugu Actress for Nyayam Kavali (1981), Best Tamil Actress for Dharma Devathai (1986), Neethikku Thandanai (1987) and Keladi Kanmani (1990).[8][9][10]

After becoming successful in cinema, Radhika 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, she started the same under Radaan Mediaworks in 1994. After some initial hiccups, the company re-emerged successfully as a publicly listed company Radaan Mediaworks (I) Ltd in 1999.

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.

In September 2019, she was awarded as "Nadigavel Selvi" during audio launch of Market Raja MBBS.[12]

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.

Political career

She joined before the 2006 Assembly elections to join the AIADMK along with her husband R. Sarathkumar.[13] On 18 October 2006, she was dismissed from AIADMK for anti-party activities.[14] She was the vice president of All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi from 2007.

Awards and nominations
Year Award Award Category Work Result Reference
1981Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – TeluguNyayam KavaliWon[15]
1985National Film AwardsProducerMeendum Oru Kaathal Kathai (Film Producer)Won[16]
1986Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – TamilDharma DevathaiWon[17][18]
1987Neethikku ThandanaiWon[19]
Nandi Awards Best Supporting ActressKarthika PoornimaWon[9]
[10]
1988Cinema Express AwardsBest ActressPaasa Paravaigal & Poonthotta KaavalkaaranWon[20]
Tamil Nadu State Film AwardsSpecial AwardPoonthotta KaavalkaaranWon
1989Best ActressNinaivu ChinnamWon[21]
1990Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – TamilKeladi KanmaniWon[22]
1993Cinema Express AwardsBest ActressKizhakku Cheemayile Won[23]
1995Tamil Nadu State Film AwardsSpecial Award for Best ActressPasumpon & Rani MaharaaniWon
1999Nandi AwardsBest Supporting ActressPrema KadhaWon[24]
2008Vivel Chinnathirai AwardBest ActressArasiWon[25]
2010Sun Kudumbam ViruthugalBest Overall Performance AwardWon[26]
2012Special Jury Award for Best ActressChellamayWon[27]
2014Best ActressVani RaniWon[26]
Filmfare Awards SouthLifetime Achievement Award – SouthOverall Contribution to Tamil CinemaWon[28]
2015Best Supporting Actress – TamilThanga MaganWon[29]
South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Actress in a Supporting RoleWon[30]
2016Provoke Lifestyle AwardsTV Sensation of the YearVarious SerialsWon[31]

Filmography
Main article: Raadhika Sarathkumar filmography

References
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  2. "The Accidental Actress: Inside the life of TV queen Radikaa Sarathkumar". 15 February 2016.
  3. Kumar, S. r Ashok (9 April 2020). "Radhika Sarathkumar: 'Acting is my first priority'". The Hindu.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA908Gd-H9s&t=820s
  5. "Raadhika Sarathkumar's daughter Rayane Hardy gets married to IPL team RCB player Abhimanyu Mithun! | India.com". www.india.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. India NEWS entertainment desk (29 August 2016). "Rayane gets married to IPL team RCB player Abhimanyu Mithun!". India News.
  7. "Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film". Awardsandshows.com.
  8. "Nyayam Kavali Awards: List of Awards won by Telugu movie Nyayam Kavali". The Times of India.
  9. "35th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners". 5 February 2017. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  10. "35th Annual Filmfare Winner Tamil Raadhika Special". 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  11. "Vijay TV's Jodi No.1 Season 4 Grand Finale". South Indian Cinema Magazine. 25 August 2010.
  12. Winters, Bryce J. (24 September 2019). "Actress Radhika Sarathkumar felicitated with 'Nadigavel Selvi' title during Market Raja MBBS Audio Launch".
  13. Arun Ram (11 April 2006). "Starry blow to DMK, Sarath Kumar joins AIADMK". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  14. V. Jayanth (20 April 2006). "Sarath Kumar, Radhika face different problems". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 April 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  15. "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1983.
  16. "32 National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  17. "Collections". 1991.
  18. "34th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners". 28 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019 – via Internet Archive.
  19. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
  20. Express News Service (11 March 1989), "Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram", The Indian Express, p. 4, retrieved 3 October 2016
  21. "State film awards". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 21 November 1990. p. 5.
  22. "The 38th Annual Filmfare Awards". Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  23. "Kizhakku Cheemayile adjudged best film". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 13 March 1994. p. 3.
  24. "Radikaa returns to Telugu films after a decade". Business Standard. 28 October 2013.
  25. The Editor. "Winners List of VIVEL CHINNA THIRAI AWARDS 2008". South Indian Cinema. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  26. "Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2014". sunnetwork.in.
  27. "Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2012 Winner List". metromasti.com.
  28. "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  29. "Thangamagan Awards: List of Awards won by Tamil movie Thangamagan". The Times of India.
  30. "SIIMA Awards 2016 Tamil winners list". The Times of India.
  31. "Provoke Lifestyle Awards". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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