Radha (actress)

Radha
Radha at 60th South Filmfare Awards 2013
Born	Udaya Chandrika (1965-06-03) 3 June 1965 (age 53) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Spouse(s)	Rajasekaran Nair (m.1991-present)
Children	Karthika Nair (b.1992) Vignesh (b. 1995) Thulasi Nair (b.1997)
Parent(s)	Kunjan Nair, Sarasamma
Awards	Kalaimaamani, Cinema express, film critics

Udaya Chandrika, better known by her screen name Radha (born 3 June 1965),^[1][2] is an Indian film actress known mostly for her work in Tamil and Telugu films. she has also acted in few Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She was one of the top south Indian heroine for a decade from 1981 to 1991. Her elder sister Ambika, was also an actress. They acted together in a number of south Indian films and during the peak of their careers. Radha is arguably the most successful among the "Kallara Sisters", the three sisters (Ambika, Mallika, Radha) in the art scene hailing from Kallara in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala. Ambika was also a highly successful actress in Tamil and Malayalam. Ambika and Radha acted together in a number of films, during the peak of their careers. They also co-owned a movie studio called "ARS Studios", which was later (2013) converted into the Jolly Jimkana hotel complex. She currently appears on television as one of the judges in the STAR Vijay Jodi Number One Season 6 Reality Dance program.

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  1 Personal life
  


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  2 Career
  
  
  
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    2.1 Tamil cinema
    
  
  
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    2.2 Telugu cinema
    
  
  
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    2.3 Kannada cinema
    
  
  
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    2.4 Malayalam cinema
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Selected filmography
  
  
  
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    3.1 Tamil films
    
  
  
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    3.2 Telugu films
    
  
  
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    3.3 Malayalam films
    
  
  
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    3.4 Kannada films
    
  
  
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    3.5 Television
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Personal life

Radha hails from Kallara Village near Kilimanoor in Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala. Her mother Kallara Sarasamma was Mahila Congress leader during 2014.^[3] She has two elder sisters, Ambika and Mallika, and two younger brothers, Arjun and Suresh.^[4][5]

Radha married Rajasekaran Nair on 10 September 1991. The couple has one boy and two girls: Vignesh Nair, Karthika Nair and Thulasi Nair; both the girls have started their career as actors. For the past 25, years the family has owned a chain of restaurants in Mumbai and Kovalam at Kerala, which have won the best coastal beach resort award. Radha's sister Ambika is also a famous actress. Karthika Nair started her career as an actress with the Telugu film Josh. Her other daughter Thulasi Nair started her career as an actress with the Maniratnam film Kadal (2012 film).

Career

Radha was spotted by director Bharathiraja and was cast as a teenager in Alaigal Oivathillai in 1981 opposite newcomer Karthik.

Tamil cinema

Radha started her career in 1981 starring as the protagonist in director Bharathiraja's Alaigal Oivathillai alongside debutant Karthik. The movie was a runaway hit and is regarded as a cult classic. The on-screen chemistry that she shared with Karthik was highly successful and led to many movies such as Pakkathu Veetu Roja, Valibamey Vaa Vaa and Ilanjodigal. In the same year, Radha played a small role in the movie Tik Tik Tik, which also starred Kamal Haasan. Tik Tik Tik played a significant role in her career. Later, she starred alongside Kamal Haasan in movies such as Oru Kaidhiyin Diary, Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey, Kadhal Parisu and Jappanil Kalyanaraman.

Ambika and Radha shared screen space in films such as Enkeyo Ketta Kural, Kadhal Parisu, Anna Nagar Mudhal Theru, Idhaya Kovil and Vellai Roja. The two sisters were at the zenith of their fame when they acted in Kadhal Parisu, in which they played the roles of very glamorous, highly desirable women. Ambika and Radha managed their careers very carefully, and after attaining success, they were very selective about taking up roles in Tamil movies and only performed with top actors and directors. It was very rare to see both the sisters in the same movie after their early years in the Tamil film industry.

Telugu cinema

She acted in her first Telugu film with Shoban Babu in Mr. Vijay kumar . Her notable films in Telugu include Yamudiki Mogudu, State Rowdy, Raamudu Bheemudu and Agni Parvatam. She has acted in about 16 films with Chiranjeevi, 6 films with Balakrishna and worked with all major heroes such as NTR, ANR, Krishna, Shoban Babu and many more. Her glamour roles were brought out by K. Raghavendra Rao and A. Kodandarami Reddy.

Kannada cinema

Radha has done 4 Kannada films. She acted with veteran Vishnuvardhan and actress Lakshmi in Soubhagya Lakshmi, a remake of the Hindi film Maang Bharo Sajana. It in turn is a remake of a Telugu movie. She has done films with Ravichandran. In 1991, she did the movie Ranachandi, with co-actors Sharat Babu, Ramesh Bhat, Mukhyamantri Chandru and Sudhir. In the film, she played a cop with Sharat Babu as her husband and Mukhyamantri Chandru as the villain. She had many stunts and fight sequences. It was a big hit in Kannada and is still remembered by Kannada movie-goers.

Malayalam cinema

Though hailing from Kerala, Radha did not enjoy success in Malayalam, unlike Ambika, who had an equally successful career in both Tamil and Malayalam. Radha acted only in six Malayalam films. Her most notable role was in K. G. George's state award-winning film Irakal (1986); her portrayal of the character Nirmala is widely regarded as the best in her career. Her other significant roles was in Sathyan Anthikad's Revathikkoru Pavakkutty (1986), where her costars were Gopi, Mohanlal and Menaka. She also produced a film Ayitham (1987), in which she played one of the lead characters, along with Ambika, Sukumaran, and Mohanlal.

Her other hit Malayalam movie was Innathe Programme (1991) which was her last movie in malayalam.

Selected filmography

Tamil films

Year	Film	Co-stars	Direction	Role
1991	Shanti Enathu Shanti	T. Rajendar	T. Rajendar
	Marupakkam	Sivakumar, Jayabharathi
	Sigaram	S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Rekha, Ramya Krishnan, Anand Babu	Ananthu	Priya
1990	Jagathalaprathapan	Mohan	Shankar Ganesh	Guest Appearance
	Manaivi Oru Manickam	Arjun, Mukesh
	Manaivi Vantha Neram	Rahman, Sithara
	Sathyam Sivam Sundaram	Raja
1989	Rajadhi Raja	Rajinikanth, Nathiya	R. Sundarrajan	Senkamalam
	Pick Pocket	Sathyaraj, Silk Smitha	G.M. Kumar
	Nyaya Tharasu	Nizhalgal Ravi
	Chinnappadass	Sathyaraj	C.V. Rajendran
	Oru Ponnu Nenacha	Mohan
	Meenakshi Thiruvilayadal	Vijayakanth	K. Shankar	Devi Meenakshi
1988	Ullathil Nalla Ullam	Vijayakanth
	En Uyir Kannamma	Prabhu
	Annanagar Mudhal Theru	Sathyaraj, Ambika	Balu Anand
1987	Anand	Prabhu, Jayasri	C.V. Rajendran
	Jallikattu	Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj	Manivannan
	Kadhal Parisu	Kamal Haasan, Ambika	A. Jahannathan	Chitra
	Uzhavan Magan	Vijayakanth, Radhika	R. Aravindraj
	Enga Chinna Rasa	K. Bhagyaraj	K. Bhagyaraj
	Sattam Oru Vilayaattu	Vijayakanth
	Thambathyam	Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika
	Vairakkiyam	Prabhu
1986	Manithanin Marupakkam	Sivakumar
	Amman Kovil Kizhakale	Vijayakanth	R. Sundarrajan	Kanmani
	Ninaive Oru Sangeetham	Vijayakanth, Rekha, Srividya, Goundamani
	Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu	Mohan, Amala	R. Sundarrajan	Tulasi
	Manakanakku	Vijayakanth, Kamal Haasan
1985	Idaya Kovil	Mohan, Ambika	Mani Ratnam	Suriya
	Muthal Mariyathai	Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj, Ranjani, Vadivukarasi	P. Bharathiraja	Kuyili
	Oru Kaidhiyin Diary	Kamal Haasan, Revathi	P. Bharathiraja	Rosy
	Nalla Thambi	Karthik	S.P. Muthuraman
	Japanil Kalyanaraman	Kamal Haasan	S.P. Muthuraman	Radha
	Neethiyin Nizhal	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu
1984	Naan Mahaan Alla	Rajinikanth
	Dhavani Kanavugal	K. Bhagyaraj,Radhika, Elavarasi	K. Bhagyaraj
	Simma Soppanam	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu, K. R. Vijaya, Saritha
	Sarithira Nayagan	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu, Sharada
	Iru Medhaigal	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu, Saritha
	Kairasikkaran	Prabhu
	Ninaivugal	Karthik
	Vengaiyin Mainthan	Mohan
	Ambigai Neril Vanthaal	Mohan, Ambika, Urvashi
1983	Paayum Puli	Rajinikanth, Manorama	S.P. Muthuraman	Revathy
	Vairagyam	Prabhu
	Sivappu Sooriyan	Rajinikanth, Manorama, Saritha	V.Srinivasan	Chithra
	Dhampathyam	Sivaji Ganesan
	Thudikkum Karangal	Rajinikanth
	Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey	Kamal Haasan, Sulochana, Jamuna	S.P. Muthuraman	Padmini
	Aboorva Sagodarigal	Karthik, Suresh, Suhasini, Urvashi
	Sandhippu	Prabhu, Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Sridevi
	Muthu Engal Sothu	Prabhu
	Vellai Roja	Prabhu, Sivaji Ganesan, Suresh, Ambika, Jayachandran
	Nenjamellam Neeye	Mohan, Poornima Bhagyaraj
	Oru Kai Pappom	Karthik
1982	Enkeyo Ketta Kural	Rajinikanth, Ambika	S.P. Muthuraman	Kamatchi
	Kaadhal Oviyam	Kannan,Janagaraj	P. Bharathiraja
	Gopurangal Saivathillai	Mohan, Suhasini	Manivannan	Julie
	Ilanjodigal	Karthik	Rama Narayanan
	Katrukenna Veli	Mohan, Geetha	K. N. Subbu
	Kanne Radha	Karthik
	Valibamey Vaa Vaa	Karthik	P. Bharathiraja
	Pakkathu Veetu Roja	Karthik
	Neram Vandhachu	Karthik
	Thunai	Sivaji Ganesan, Saritha, Suresh
	Anandha Ragam	Sivakumar
	Ayiram Muthangal	Sivakumar
	Kadhalithu Paar	Mohan, Geetha
	Adhisayappiravigal	Prabhu
1981	Tik Tik Tik	Kamal Haasan, Madhavi, Swapna, Radha	P. Bharathiraja	Radha
	Alaigal Oivathillai	Karthik, Silk Smitha, Thiyagarajan	P. Bharathiraja	Mary

Telugu films

Year	Film	Co-stars	Direction	Role
1991	Pandirimancham	Jagapathi Babu	Omkaar	Madhuravani
	Parama Sivudu	Krishna	Anil Kumar
1990	Kodama Simham	Chiranjeevi, Sonam, Mohan Babu	K. Muralimohana Rao	Bijili
	Kondaveeti Donga	Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Amrish Puri	Kondanda Rami Reddy A.
	Qaidi Dada	Brahmanandam, Suman	T.L.V. Prasad
	Aayudham	Krishna	K. Murali Mohan Rao
1989	Lankeshwarudu	Chiranjeevi, Mohan Babu	Narayana Rao Dasari
	Soggadi Kaapuram	Sobhan Babu	Kodi Ramakrishna
	Dorikithe Dongalu	Sobhan Babu	K. Murali Mohan Rao
	Rudranetra	Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti	K. Raghavendra Rao
	State Rowdy	Chiranjeevi, Banupriya, Satyanarayana Kaikala	Gopal B.
	Ramudu Bheemudu	Balakrishna		Hamsalekha
	Manchi Kutumbam	Krishna Ghattamaneni, Sharada	G. Rammohan Rao
	Ajatha Satruvu	Krishna	Viajya Nirmala
	Sarwabhoumudu	Krishna	S. S. Ravichandra	Rani
	Two Town Rowdy	Venkatesh, Naresh	Narayana Rao Dasari	Padmini/Puppy
	Vicky Daada	Nagarjuna, Juhi Chawla	A. Kodandarami Reddy	Revathi
1988	Marana Mrudangam	Chiranjeevi, Annapoorna, Brahmanandam	A. Kondandarami Reddy	Anusha
	Yamudiki Mogudu	Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanthi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
	Donga Ramudu	Balakrishna, Mohan Babu, Allu Ramalingaiah	K. Raghavendra Rao
	Rakthabhishekam	Balakrishna, Sarath Babu, Somayajulu	A. Kodanda Ramireddy
	Jamadagni	Krishna	Bharathiraja
	Doragarintlo Dongudu	Sobhan Babu	Jodi Ramakrishna
	Bharya Bhartalu	Sobhan Babu	K. Murali Mohan Rao
	Rowdy No.1	Krishna	S.S.Ravichandra
	Mugguru Kodukulu	Krishna, Mahesh Babu	Krishna	Roja
	Chuttalabbai	Krishna	Kodi Rama Krishna
	Prana Snehithulu	Krishnam Raju	V. Madhusudan Rao
1987	Jebu Donga	Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya	A. Kondandarami Reddy
	Tandri Kodukula Challenge	Krishna	M. Mallikarjuna Rao
1986	Rakshasudu	Chiranjeevi, Annapoorna, Nagendra Babu	Kondanadarama Reddy A.
	Kondaveeti Raja	Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	K. Raghavendra Rao	Padma
	Adavi Raja	Sobhan Babu
	Muddula Krishnaiah	Balakrishna, Vijayashanthi, Sharada	Kodi Ramakrishna	Radha
	Driver Babu	Sobhan Babu	Boina Subbarao
	Kaliyuga Krishnudu	Balakrishna, Saradha, Rao Gopala Rao	Murali Mohana Rao
	Nippulanti Manishi	Balakrishna, Sharat Babu, Nuthan Prasad	S.B. Chakravarthy	Radha, Aasha
	Ravana Brahma	Krishnam Raju, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	K. Raghavendra Rao
1985	Adavi Donga	Chiranjeevi, Sharada	K. Raghavendra Rao
	Rakta Sindhuram	Chiranjeevi, Nuthan Prasad	Kondaandarama Reddy A.
	Puli	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Raj Bharath
	Vinitha Mogudu	Mohan Babu	T.L.V. Prasad
	Donga	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Kondanadarama Reddy A.
	Agni Parvatam	Krishna, Vijayashanti	K. Raghavendra Rao	Radha/Lulli
	Palnati Simham	Krishna, Jayasudha	Kondanadarama Reddy A.
1984	Naagu	Chiranjeevi, Raogopal Rao	Prasad Thathineni	Rajani
	Goonda	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Kondanadarama Reddy A.
	Adarshavanthudu	ANR	Kodi Ramakrishna	Lakshmi
	Vasantha Geetam	ANR	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Madhavi/Mary
	Raktha Sambandham	Krishna	Vijaya Nirmala
	Iddaru Dongalu	Krishna, Sobhan Babu, Jayasudha	K. Raghavendra Rao
1983	Chanda Sasanudu	N.T. Ramarao, Sharada	N.T. Ramarao
	Shakthi	Krishna, Jayasudha	K. Raghavendra Rao
1982	Mr. Vijay	Sobhan Babu
	Gopala Krishnudu	ANR, Jayasudha	Kondanadarama Reddy A.	Radha
	Prema Moortulu	Sobhan Babu	Kondanadarama Reddy A.

Malayalam films

Year	Film	Co-stars	Direction	Role
1991	Innathe Programme	Mukesh, Siddique, Zainuddin	P. G. Viswambaran	Indumathi
1987	Ayitham	Mohanlal, Ambika	Venu Nagavally
1986	Irakal	Gopi, Ashokan	K. G. George	Nirmala
	Revathikkoru Pavakkutty	Gopi, Mohanlal, Menaka	Sathyan Anthikkad	Susanna
1984	Umanilayam	Shanavas, Shankar Panikkar	Joshi	Uma
1983	Mortuary	Prem Nazir, Madhu, Srividya	Baby	Radhadevi
1977	Vidarunna Mottukal			Child artist

Kannada films

Year	Film	Co-stars	Direction	Role
1991	Ranachandi	Sharath Babu
1986	Soubhagya Lakshmi	Vishnuvardhan, Lakshmi	Bhargava
1986	Usha	Sharath Babu, Mukyamantri Chandru	G.K. Mudduraj	Durgadevi
1985	Savira Sullu	V. Ravichandran, Manjula, Lokesh, Balakrishna, Leelavathi	G.K. Mudduraj
1984	Digvijaya	Ambarish, Ambika, Srinath, Shivaram	G.K. Mudduraj	Cameo appearance

Television

As Judge

• Jodi Number One season 6


• Jodi Number One season 7


• Jodi Number One season 8


• Jodi Number One season 9


• Kalakka Povathu Yaru Season 8

Serial

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  Bhairavi Aavigalukku Priyamanaval as Bhairavi

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External links

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  Radha on IMDb

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress
1972–1979	Jayalalithaa (1972) Jayalalithaa (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Sujatha (1975) Sujatha (1976) Sujatha (1977) Latha (1978) Shoba (1979)
1980–1999	Saritha (1980) Sridevi (1981) Poornima Jayaram (1982) Lakshmi (1983) Saritha (1984) Radha (1985) Raadhika (1986) Radhika (1987) Unknown (1988) Bhanupriya (1989) Radhika (1990) Gautami (1991) Revathi (1992) Revathi (1993) Revathi (1994) Manisha Koirala (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena (1997) Kausalya (1998) Ramya Krishnan (1999)
2000–2019	Jyothika (2000) Laila (2001) Simran (2002) Laila (2003) Sandhya (2004) Asin (2005) Bhavana (2006) Priyamani (2007) Parvathy (2008) Pooja (2009) Anjali (2010) Anjali (2011) Samantha (2012) Nayanthara (2013) Malavika Nair (2014) Nayanthara (2015) Ritika Singh (2016) Nayanthara (2017)

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