Raadhika Sarathkumar

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othername = Radikaa
yearsactive = 25
spouse = R. Sarath Kumar
homepage = http://www.radaan.tv
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Radhika is a veteran South Indian actress. She is also the founder of Radaan Mediaworks and has produced many successful serials like Chithi, Selvi and Arasi

Personal Background

She is the daughter of the late Tamil actor and comedian, Mohan R. Radha. Her mother is a Sri Lankan. She was married three times. Raadika married Pratap and has a daughter called Rayanne Hardy. Then she married Richard Hardy. She is currently married to actor Sarath Kumar, with whom she has a son, Rahul born in 2004.

Sarath Kumar also has two daughters from his first marriage. Radhika's close friend is writer, Director Suhasini Maniratnam, who has been with her during her hard times and lent a shoulder. Radhika and Suhasini hit it off during their first meeting for a film shoot and went on to become thick friends. Suhasini helped Radhika with her costumes and hairstyles. Her other friends are Saritha and Sripriya.

Film Career

Raadhika Sarathkumar has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi as well as Malayalam films.

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.Fact|date=February 2007 But determined to pursue something she believed in, namely producing her own TV software under the "Radaan TV" banner, she pressed on. That was in 1994. After some initial hiccups, the company re-emerged successfully as Radaan Mediaworks (I) Ltd in 1999, and today, has a turnover exceeding Rs.230 crore. In 2004, the company ventured into film production in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi markets. Radaan has plans to enter into Hindi television market. [ [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13383046 Radaan to produce Hindi films] ]

In recent years she has acted as the title character in several hit megaserials produced by her company, 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 another, longer Tamil serial, the 757-episode "Annamalai", in which she once again played the major role. Her co-star in both these first two serials was the veteran actor Sivakumar, with whom she was often paired in films as well. However in "Annamalai", he played her eldest brother. She is currently playing a dual role in the teleserial "Arasi", the sequel to the teleserial "Selvi".

Filmography

* Koode Evide (1983) (Malayalam) (Debut Movie)

* Koodum Thedi (1985) (Malayalam)

*Moondru Mugam (Tamil)

References

External links

* [http://www.radaan.tv/ Radaan Mediaworks (I) Ltd]