Name	Radha Ravi
Birthdate	30 July
Yearsactive	1975 - present
Occupation	Actor

Radha Ravi (Tamil: ராதா ரவி) is a Tamil film and television actor, who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of yesteryear actor, M. R. Radha and the brother of Vasu Vikram and stepbrother of Raadhika Sarathkumar. He is a chief member of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He is known for his roles as an antagonist in Tamil films and his current role in the television serial Chellamae. He is also known for his controversial criticism and conspiracy theories of other film personalities.

Career

Radha Ravi was born on 30 July to the well-known actor M.R. Radha and Dhanalakshmiammal. He has one brother M.R.R.Vasu and three sisters Rashya, Rani and Rathikala. Having started his career as a theatre artiste, he still associates himself with plays. A man with diverse interests, it was his father who taught him some of the good principles in life. He played the role of Julius Caesar in a Tamil drama when he was in the ninth standard. During his New College days, both his friends, Jailani and Rafee helped him to pursue his passion for theatre. He performed for actor V.K. Ramasamy troupe, MRR. Vasu troupe, T.K. Chandran troupe and the UAA troupe. In 1980, he started his own troupe Nadikavel Theatres. His first time before the camera was for a Kannada film, Ragasiya Rathiri, produced by actor Bharathi's father for BNK Pictures in 1975. His first Tamil film was Manmathalelai, after Kamal Haasan recommended his name to K. Balachandar.

Director Ramanarayanan gave his career a boost while T. Rajender was instrumental in casting him as a villain in Uyurullavarai Usha. But it was actor S.S. Chandran who made him speak like his father in that film and made the world sit up and take notice. He later modified himself into one of the versatile character-actors Tamil industry has ever produced. He made notable performances in films like Vaidegi Kaathirunthal, Uyarntha Ullam, Chinna Thambi, Poo Veli, Uzhaipalli, Guru Sishyan, etc. He has acted in about 280 films in all the South Indian languages - four in Telugu, three in Kannada, three in Malayalam and the others in Tamil. He tried his hands in production with films like Thai Maasam Poo Vasam, Idhu Namma Bhoomi, Chinnamuthu and Ilaignar Ani and Ruthrathandavam. Apart from being a renowned actor, he is an eminent leader and a great personality in society. He heads the Lions Club of Chennai and holds the post of secretary in Nadigar Sangam, which he headed efficiently a few years ago. Years of working towards perfection in acting and being at the helm of everything due to his sense of responsibility has instilled tons of creativity and leadership qualities in him. He has worked in all the four South Indian languages and is still going strong with his versatile performance.

Criticizing

Radharavi is also known for criticising others. He criticized directors for remaking old hits , once he told about that , "Once I tried to remake the old classic Padithal Mattum Podhuma, a Shivaji starrer film. I preferred Prabhu for Shivaji's role. I donned the character of M.R.Radha. But there a question stood before us. Who will take up the challenge to perform in the role of Raja Sulochana, who did the cameo role in the original? Immediately we dropped the idea of remaking any film. Is it possible to recreate Thalaivar MGR's Enga Veetu Pillai? Or Shivaji's Dheivamagan? Take the case of Billa... Rajini is a living legend. There is no stopping this extra ordinary super star. Still that film has been enjoyed by lakhs and lakhs of Tamil viewers around the world. Trying to fit someone in his shoes is not considered in good taste or manner. I'm not criticizing Ajith. But it clearly shows the drought in the creativity of the present creators. One should try to keep these old classics as treasures and try to screen them everywhere. Every newcomer should learn something from the old hits instead of copying it'' , At the same time, he cautiously told that that his outburst was not meant as a personal attack on anyone . He criticized asin that the Sangam won’t spare actress’ Asin’s recent visit to Lanka to take part in the shooting of her upcoming Hindi film ‘Ready’ opposite Salman Khan.;

In order to oppose the anti-Tamil attitude of the Lankan President and the government, the Kollywood industry decided to boycott en masse the IIFA awards ceremony held in Colombo in the first week of June; it also decided that no actor/actress would be going to Sri Lanka for any purpose. Asin has gone ahead with her shooting schedule despite this, and as such, action would have to be initiated against her, Sangam sources say. The Sangam’s members started demanding that action be taken against Asin immediately. Sathyaraj and Radharavi were said to be very vocal in demanding action and said that the actress should appear before the Sangam to seek apology. Unexpectedly, though, Sarath Kumar (president of the Sangam) has started speaking in favour of Asin and even said once that ‘it’s the prerogative of the artiste(s) to go to whichever country they wanted’. he said that “Uptil now, she hasn’t sent any explanation nor sought an apology. In such a scenario, nobody can change the actions contemplated by the Sangam,” says Radharavi, who is also peeved at the support the actress has been getting from FEFSI during the shooting of ‘Kaavalan’, her latest film opposite Vijay. Once he criticized A.R.Rahman that I would like to make it clear that Rahman’s debut was Roja and not Slumdog Millionaire. He was introduced by Kavithalaya Productions, a Tamil film production company. But today, he has refused to acknowledge it by giving priorities merely to Hindi films.

Close sources have revealed that Radharavi on behalf of South Indian Artists Association had invited Rahman for a cordial event to honour his Oscar endeavour. Nevertheless, as Rahman never gave dates for this occasion, this naturally led Radharavi to vent his frustrations.

Television

Thiruvilayadal .... Devarishi Naradar

Chellame .... Kadarkaraiyaan

Filmography

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Name	Radhika
Birth date	September 21, 1963
Birth place	Colombo
Occupation	Film actress, producer
Othername	Kalaiarasi, Chitthi
Parents	M. R. Radha
Spouse	Prathap K. Pothan (1984-1986)Richard HardySarathkumar (2001 - Present)
Children	Rayanne HardyRahul Sarathkumar (born 2004)

Radhika Sarathkumar (Tamil: ராதிகா சரத்குமார்) is a Tamil television and film actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu (Telugu); she is currently acting a new serial Chellamay for Sun TV. She is also a judge on Vijay TV's Jodi Number One.

Personal life

Raadhika is the daughter of the late Tamil actor and comedian, M. R. Radha (Mohan Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu). She has a younger sister named Nirosha (Niroja), who is also an actress. Actor and politician Radharavi is Radhika's elder half-brother. Her mother is a Colombo Chetty (Tamil caste) from Wennapuwa.

She is married to actor Sarath Kumar, with whom she has a son named Rahul. She has a daughter named Rayanne Hardy. Suhasini Maniratnam, Ramya Krishnan, and Saritha, are good friends of Radhika.

Film career

Raadhika was discovered by renowed Tamil director Bharathiraja when she was 15 years old. Her first film was Kizhakke Pogum Rail. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, 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. In 1994 she set out to produce her own TV software under the Radaan TV banner. That was in 1994. After some initial hiccups, the company re-emerged successfully as Radaan Mediaworks (I) Ltd in 1999, and by 2008, has an annual turnover exceeding Rs 10 crore. In 2004, the company ventured into film production in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi markets. Radaan has plans to enter into Hindi television market.

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 main 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 recently played a dual role in the teleserial Arasi, the sequel to the teleserial Selvi. Arasi has also recently been completed and is followed by yet another serial featuring herself called Chellamey.she costarred with chiranjeevi,tollywood megastar,which made her one having acted in heighest number of films with him as heroine.

Filmography

Raadhika has acted in 5 regional languages.

Hindi

Asli Naqli (1986) (Rajinikanth, Shatrughan Sinha)

Naseeb Apna Apna (Rishi Kapoor, Farah)

Kudrat Ka Kanoon (Jackie Shroff,)

Aaj Ka Arjun (Amitabh Bachan ,jayaPradha)

Mera Pati Mera Sirf He (Jeetendra,Rekha)

Kannada

Jeevana Chakra (1986) (Vishnuvardhan)

Nagini (1990) (Anant Nag, Shankar Nag)

Malayalam

Koodum Thedi (1985) (Mohanlal, Rahman)

Makan Ente Makan (1985) (Mammootty)

Ardhana (1992) (Murali, Vineeth, Priya Raman)

Tamil

Kizhake Pogum Rail (1978) (Sudhakar, Janagaraj)

Inikkum Ilamai (1979) (Vijayakanth, Sudhakar)

Niram Maaratha Pookkal (1979) (Vijayan, Rati Agnihotri)

Indru Poi Naalai Vaa (1980) (Bhagyaraj)

Pokkiri Raja (1982) (Rajinikanth, Sridevi, Manorama)

Ranga (1982) (Rajinikanth)

Moondru Mugam (1983) (Rajinikanth, Silk Smitha)

Anbulla Rajinikanth (1984)(Rajinikanth)

Thavani Kanavugal (1984) (Sivaji Ganesan, Bhagyaraj)

Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984) (Rajinikanth)

Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri (1985) (Vijayakanth)

Therkathi Kallan (1986) (Vijayakanth)

Per Sollum Pillai (1987) (Kamal Haasan, K. R. Vijaya)

Oorkavalan (1987) (Rajinikanth)

Veerapandiyan (1987) (Sivaji Ganesan, Vijayakanth)

Irattaival Kuruvi (1988) (Mohan)

Thendral Sudum (1988)

Poonthotta Kaavalkkaaran (1989) (Vijaykanth)

Thai Pongal (1989)

Keladi Kanmani (1990) (S. P. Balasubramaniam, Geetha)

Ninaivu Chinnam (1990) (Prabhu Ganesan)

Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) (Vijayakumar, Napolean)

Pavithra (1993) (Ajithkumar, Nassar)

Pasum Pon (1994) (Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu Ganesan)

Raasaiyya (1995)... Madhavi (Prabhu Deva, Roja)

Veerathaalatu (1996)

Suryavamsam (1997)

Poomagal Oorvalam (1998)

Jeans (1998) (Prashanth, Aishwarya Rai)

Amarkalam (2000) (Ajith Kumar, Shalini Kumar)

Tajmahal (2000)

Roja Kootam (2001) (Srikanth, Bhumika Chawla, Raghuvaran)

Kannamoochi Yenada (2007)

Pandhayam (2008) (Nithin Sathya, Sindhu Tolani, Prakash Raj)

Telugu

Nyayam Kavali (1981) (Chiranjeevi)

Kirayi Rowdilu'' (1981)

Radha Kalyanam (1981)

Vayyari Bhamulu Vagalamari Bhartulu (1982)

Idhi Pellantara (1982)

Patnam Vachchina Pativrathalu (1982) (Chiranjeevi)

Billa Ranga (1982) (Chiranjeevi)

Yamakinkarudu (1982) (Chiranjeevi)

Mondighatam (1982) (Chiranjeevi)

Trisulam (1982) (Krishnam Raju)

Abhilasha (1983) (Chiranjeevi)

Prema Pichollu (1983) (Chiranjeevi)

Pelletoori Monagadu (1983)

Shivudu Shivudu Shivudu (1983) (Chiranjeevi)

Puli Bebbuli (1983)

Gudachari No.1 (1983)

Her (1984)

Anubandham (1984)

Swathi Muthyam (1985) (Kamal Hassan)

Jeevana Chakram (1985)

Jwala (1985) (Chiranjeevi)

Jeevana Poratam (1986) (Rajnikanth, Shoban Babu)

Nyayaniki Sankellu (1987)

America Abbayi (1987)

Aatma Bandhuvulu (1987)

Donga Mogudu (1987) (Chiranjeevi)

Sardar Dharmanna (1987)

Aaradhana (1987) (Chiranjeevi)

Raja Vikramaarka (1990) (Chiranjeevi)

Swathi Kiranam (1992) (Mammotty)

Palnati Pourusham (1994) (Krishnam Raju)

Suryavamsham (1998) (Venkatesh)

Prema Katha (1999)

References

External links

Radaan Mediaworks (I) Ltd

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