RADHA

RADHA – Film Actress

Udaya Chandrika, better known by her screen name Radha (born 3 October 1965) hails from Kallara near kilimanoor in Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala. Her sister Ambika is also an actress.

Tamil cinema

Radha was spotted by director Bharathiraja and was cast as a teenager in Alaigal Oivathillai in 1981 opposite newcomer Karthik. The movie was a runaway hit and is regarded as a cult classic by many. The on-screen chemistry that she shared with Karthik was highly successful and led to many movies like 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 Hassan in movies like Oru Kaithiyin Diary, Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey, Kadhal Parisu and Jappanil Kalyanaraman.

Her sister Ambika is also a very popular actress. They shared screen space in films like 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 Sobhan Babu in Mr. Vijay . Her notable films in Telugu include Yamudiki Mogudu, State Rowdy, Raamudu Bheemudu, and Agni Parvatam. She has acted in around 16 films with Chiranjeevi, three films with Balakrishna and worked with all major heroes like 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 many 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

Radha acted only in a few Malayalam films, the most notable being K. G. George's state award winning film Irakal (1986). Her performance as Nirmala is widely regarded as one of the best in her career. She produced the Malayalam film Ayitham (1987) in which she played the lead role. She played significant roles in Sathyan Anthikad's Revathikkoru Pavakkutty (1986) and P. G. Viswambaran's Innathe Programme (1991).

She has acted in numerous movies with top actors of the South Indian cinema such as Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran, Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan, Sivaji Ganesan, Balakrishna, Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Venkatesh, Prabhu, Vijayakanth, Karthik Muthuraman, Karthik, Krishna and Sathyaraj . She has acted in over 200 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.

Radha Nair and her husband R.S. Nair, son Vignesh Nair, daughters Thulasi Nair and Karthika Nair have settled in Mumbai. For the past 20 years they have owned a chain of restaurants in Mumbai and two hotels called UDS in Kovalam at Kerala, which have won the best coastal beach resort award. They also own a restaurant in the UK named "Rock and Role Kitchen" (RRK).

Her daughter Karthika Nair started her career as an actress with the Telugu film Josh and went on to do Makaramanju and Ko. In Malayalam she has acted in Kamat Vs Kamat, opposite Mammooty and Dileep.

Her works in various languagues include:

Telugu films

Year	Film	Co-stars	Direction	Notes
1990	Kodama Simham	Chiranjeevi, Sonam, Mohan babu	K.Muralimohana Rao
	Kondaveeti Donga	Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Amrish Puri	Kondanda Rami Reddy.A.	Srikanya
	Qaidi Dada	Brahmanandam, Suman	T.L.V.Prasad
1989	Lankeshwarudu	Chiranjeevi, Mohan babu	Narayana Rao Dasari
	Rudranetra	Chiranjeevi, Nutan Prasad	K.Raghavendra Rao
	State Rowdy	Chiranjeevi, Banupriya, Satyanarayana Kaikala	Gopal.B.
	Ramudu Bhimudu	BalaKrishna
	Manchi Kutumbam	Krishna Ghattamaneni, Sharada	G.Rammohan Rao
	Two Town Rowdy	Venkatesh, Naresh	Narayana Rao Dasari
1988	Marana Mrudangam	Chiranjeevi, Annapoorna, Brahmanandam	A.Kondandarami Reddy
	Yamudiki Mogudu	Chiranjeevi, Vijayasanthi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
	Donga Ramudu	Mohan babu, Allu Ramalingaiah	K.Raghavendra Rao
	Jamadagni	Krishna	Bharathiraja
1987	Jebu Donga	Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya	A.Kondandarami Reddy
1986	Raakshasudu	Chiranjeevi, Annapoorna, Nagendra Babu	Kondanadarama Reddy.A.
	Kondaveeti Raja	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	K.Raghavendra Rao
	Muddula Krishnaiah	Balakrishna, Vijayasanthi, Sharada	Kodi Ramakrishna
	Ravana Brahma	Krishnamraju, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	K.Raghavendra Rao
1985	Adavi Donga	Chiranjeevi, Sharada	K.Raghavendra Rao
	Raktha Sindooram	Chiranjeevi, Nuthan Prasad	Kondaandarama Reddy.A.
	Puli	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Raj Bharath
	Vinitha Mogudu	Mohan babu	T.L.VPrasad
	Donga	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Kondanadarama Reddy.A.
	Agni Parvatam	Krishna, Sharada, Vijayashanti	K.Raghavendra Rao
1984	Naagu	Chiranjeevi, Raogopal Rao	Prasad Thathineni
	Goonda	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Kondanadarama Reddy.A.
1983	Chanda Sasanudu	N.T.Ramarao, Sharada	N.T.Ramarao

Tamil films

Year	Film	Co-stars	Direction	Role
1991	Sigaram	S.P.Balasubrahmanyam	Ananthu
	Shanti Enathu Shanti	T. Rajendar	T. Rajendar
1990	Marupakkam	Sivakumar, Jayabharathi	K. S. Sethumadhavan
	Manaivi Oru Manickam	Arjun, Mukesh
	Manaivi Vantha Neram	Rahman, Chithra
1989	Rajadhi Raja	Rajinikanth, Nadhiya	R. Sundarrajan
	Pick Pocket	Sathyaraj	G.M.Kumar
	Chinnappadass	Sathyaraj	C.V.Rajendran
	Meenakshi Thiruvilayadal	Vijayakanth
	Niyaya Tharasu	Nizhalgal Ravi
1988	Ullathil Nalla Ullam	Vijayakanth
	En Uyir Kannamma	Prabhu
	Annanagar Mudhal Theru	Sathyaraj	Balu Anand
1987	Anand	Prabhu	C.V.Rajendran
	Jallikattu	Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj	Manivannan
	Kadhal Parisu	Kamal Haasan, Ambika	A.Jagannathan
	Uzhavan Magan	Vijayakanth
	Ninaive Oru Sangeetham	Vijayakanth
	Enga Chinna Rasa	K. Bhagyaraj	K. Bhagyaraj
	Vairagyam	Prabhu
	Dhampatyam	Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika
1986	Manithanin Marupakkam	Sivakumar
	Amman Kovil Kizhakale	Vijayakanth	R. Sundarrajan
	Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu	Mohan, Amala	R. Sundarrajan
	Mana Kanakku	Vijayakanth
1985	Idaya Kovil	Mohan, Ambika	Mani Ratnam
	Muthal Mariyathai	Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj	P. Bharathiraja
	Oru Kaidhiyin Diary	Kamal Haasan, Revathi	P. Bharathiraja
	Nalla Thambi	Karthik	SP. Muthuraman
	Japanil Kalyanaraman	Kamal Haasan	SP. Muthuraman
	Neethiyin Nizhal	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu
1984	Naan Mahaan Alla	Rajinikanth
	Dhavani Kanavugal	K. Bhagyaraj	K. Bhagyaraj
	Simma Soppanam	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu, Sharada
	Charithra Nayagan	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu, Sharada
	Iru Medhaigal	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu, Saritha
	Kairasikkaran	Prabhu
	Ambigai Neril Vanthaal	Mohan
1983	Paayum Puli	Rajinikanth, Manorama	SP. Muthuraman
	Sivappu Sooriyan	Rajinikanth, Manorama, Saritha	V.Srinivasan
	Thudikkum Karangal	Rajinikanth
	Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey	Kamal Haasan	SP. Muthuraman
	Aboorva Sagodarigal	Karthik, Suresh, Suhasini, Urvashi
	Sandhippu	Prabhu
	Muthu Engal Sothu	Prabhu
	Vellai Roja	Prabhu, Suresh, Ambika
	Nenjamellam Neeye	Mohan, Poornima Bhagyaraj
	Oru Kai Pappom	Karthik
1982	Enkeyo Ketta Kural	Rajinikanth, Ambika	SP. Muthuraman
	Kaadhal Oviyam	Kannan	P. Bharathiraja
	Gopurangal Saivathillai	Suhasini, Mohan	Manivannan
	Ilanjodigal	Karthik	Rama Narayanan
	Kanney Raadha	Karthik
	Valibamey Vaa Vaa	Karthik	P. Bharathiraja
	Pakkathu Veetu Roja	Karthik
	Neram Vandhachu	Karthik
	Thunai	Sivaji Ganesan, Saritha
	Aananda Raagam	Sivakumar
	Ayiram Muthangal	Sivakumar
	Kadhalithu Paar	Mohan
	Adhisaya Piravigal	Prabhu
1981	Alaigal Oivathillai	Karthik	P. Bharathiraja
	Tik Tik Tik	Kamal Haasan, Madhavi	P. Bharathiraja

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	Bharath Gopi, Ashokan	K. G. George	Nirmala
	Revathikkoru Pavakkutty	Bharath Gopi, Mohanlal, Menaka	Sathyan Anthikkad	Susanna
1983	Mortuary	Prem Nazir, Madhu, Srividya	Baby	Radhadevi

Hindi films

Year	Film	Co-stars	Direction	Role
1995	Bewafa Sanam	Krishnakumar, Shilpa Shirodkar	Gulshan Kumar
1989	Trinetra	Chiranjeevi, Brahmanandam, Nuthan Prasad	K.Raghavendra Rao
	Vicky Dada	Nagarjuna, Juhi Chawla, Srividhya	A.Kondandarami Reddy	Savitri
1986	Phool Aur Patthar	Meena Kumari, Dharmendra	O. P. Ralhan	Radhadevi
1983	Faoladi Mukka	Rajinikanth, Manorama	Sp.Muthuraman

Kannada films

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