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{{Short description|Indian actress, film producer, director}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raadhika Sarathkumar
| image = Raadhika at 62nd Britannia Filmfare South Awards 2014.jpg
| caption = Raadhika in 2014 at [[62nd Filmfare Awards South]]
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|film producer|director|politician}}
| children = 2
| office = Vice President of the [[All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi]]
| otherparty = [[AIADMK]] (2006)
| term_start = 31 August 2007
| term_end =
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| party = [[All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi|AISMK]] (2007–present)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|08|21}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=S. |first=Ramanathan |date=15 February 2016 |title=The Accidental Actress: Inside the life of TV queen Radikaa Sarathkumar |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/accidental-actress-inside-life-tv-queen-radikaa-sarathkumar-38996 |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref>
| father = [[M. R. Radha]]
| mother = 
| spouse = {{Ubl
|{{Marriage|[[Pratap Pothan]]|1985|1986|end=div}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/photo-features/heroines-who-fell-for-their-directors/heroines-who-fell-for-their-directors/photostory/34322092.cms |title=Heroines who fell for their directors |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref>
| {{marriage|Richard Hardy|1990|1992|end=div}}<ref name="A">{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/accidental-actress-inside-life-tv-queen-radikaa-sarathkumar-38996 | title=The Accidental Actress: Inside the life of TV queen Radikaa Sarathkumar | date=15 February 2016 }}</ref>
| {{marriage|[[R. Sarathkumar]]|2001}}
}}
| years_active = 1978–1990, 1993–present
| relatives = {{Ubl
| [[Nirosha]] (sister)
| [[Ramki]] (brother-in-law)
| [[M. R. R. Vasu]] (half-brother)
| [[Radha Ravi]] (half brother)
| [[Vasu Vikram]] (half-nephew)
}}
}}

'''Raadhika Sarathkumar''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Actor|actress]], director, producer and politician who works predominantly in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] cinema, TV serials and web series as well as [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]], [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] and [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/radhika-sarathkumar-acting-is-my-first-priority/article31299765.ece |title=Radhika Sarathkumar: 'Acting is my first priority' |first=S. r Ashok |last=Kumar |date=9 April 2020 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> She is the Founder and Chairperson of [[Radaan Mediaworks]] India Limited. She is the recipient of a [[National Film Award|National Award]], six [[Filmfare Awards South]], two [[Nandi Awards]] and three [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]].

==Personal life==
[[File:Sarathkumar with Raadhika at 62nd Britannia Filmfare South Awards 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Raadhika with her husband at the [[62nd Filmfare Awards South]] in 2015.]]
Raadhika is the daughter of the late Tamil film actor and comedian, [[M. R. Radha]] and Geetha who is a Sri Lankan Tamil.<ref name="A"/> According to Raadhika, her father is Telugu and traces his roots back to Tirupati.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA908Gd-H9s&t=820s</ref> Raadhika 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]].

Raadhika 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 film)|Suryavamsam]]'' (1997). The couple has a son named Rahhul born in 2004.

Her daughter Rayane Hardy married cricketer [[Abhimanyu Mithun]] in 2016. Raadhika became a grandmother in 2018 when Rayane had a son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/raadhika-sarathkumars-daughter-rayane-hardy-gets-married-to-ipl-team-rcb-player-abhimanyu-mithun-1442025/|title=Raadhika Sarathkumar's daughter Rayane Hardy gets married to IPL team RCB player Abhimanyu Mithun! | India.com|website=www.india.com|accessdate=18 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=India NEWS entertainment desk |date=29 August 2016 |title=Rayane gets married to IPL team RCB player Abhimanyu Mithun! |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/raadhika-sarathkumars-daughter-rayane-gets-married-to-ipl-team-rcb-player-abhimanyu-mithun-1442025/ |access-date= |website=India News}}</ref>

==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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/indira-gandhi-award-528.html |title=Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film |website=Awardsandshows.com}}</ref>

She was awarded [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu|Best Telugu Actress]] for ''[[Nyayam Kavali]]'' (1981), [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil|Best Tamil Actress]] for ''[[Dharma Devathai]]'' (1986), ''[[Neethikku Thandanai]]'' (1987) and ''[[Keladi Kanmani]]'' (1990).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-details/nyayam-kavali/movieawards/65198874.cms |title=Nyayam Kavali Awards: List of Awards won by Telugu movie Nyayam Kavali |work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="archive.org">{{Cite web |date=5 February 2017 |title=35th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners |url=https://archive.org/details/35thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170205141932/https://archive.org/details/35thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners |archive-date=5 February 2017 |access-date=22 March 2019 |website=}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |date=6 February 2017 |title=35th Annual Filmfare Winner Tamil Raadhika Special |url=https://archive.org/details/35thAnnualFilmfareWinnerTamilRaadhikaSpecial |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170206133440/https://archive.org/details/35thAnnualFilmfareWinnerTamilRaadhikaSpecial |archive-date=6 February 2017 |access-date=22 March 2019 |website=}}</ref>

After becoming successful in cinema, Raadhika 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.southdreamz.com/27216/vijay-tvs-jodi-no-1-season-4-grand-finale/ |title=Vijay TV's Jodi No.1 Season 4 Grand Finale |date=25 August 2010 |website=South Indian Cinema Magazine}}</ref>

She produced serials such as ''Idi Katha Kadu'' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]]), ''[[Chithi (TV series)|Chitti]]'', ''[[Annamalai (2002 TV series)|Annamalai]]'', ''Selvi'', ''Arasi'', ''[[Chellamay]]'', ''[[Vani Rani (TV series)|Vani Rani]]'', ''[[Thamarai (TV series)|Thamarai]]'' and ''[[Chithi 2]]''.

In September 2019, she was awarded as "Nadigavel Selvi" during audio launch of ''[[Market Raja MBBS]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thenewscrunch.com/actress-radhika-sarathkumar-felicitated-with-nadigavel-selvi-title-during-market-raja-mbbs-audio-launch/5783/ |title=Actress Radhika Sarathkumar felicitated with 'Nadigavel Selvi' title during Market Raja MBBS Audio Launch |first=Bryce J. |last=Winters |date=24 September 2019}}</ref>

She has won 1 [[National Film Awards]] (Producer), 6 [[Filmfare Awards South]]s, 3 [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]], 1 [[Cinema Express Awards]] and 1 [[Nandi Awards]].

==Political career==
She joined before the [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006 Assembly elections]] to join the AIADMK along with her husband [[R. Sarathkumar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Starry blow to DMK, Sarath Kumar joins AIADMK |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_starry-blow-to-dmk-sarath-kumar-joins-aiadmk_1023443 |author=Arun Ram |date=11 April 2006 |access-date=12 January 2014 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref> On 18 October 2006, she was dismissed from AIADMK for anti-party activities.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sarath Kumar, Radhika face different problems |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042005080500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421150940/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042005080500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2006 |author=V. Jayanth |date=20 April 2006 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=12 January 2014}}</ref> She was the vice president of [[All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi]] from 2007.

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#d1e4fd"
! Year
! Award
! Award Category
!Work
! Result
! Reference
|-
| 1981 || [[Filmfare Awards South]]|| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu|Best Actress – Telugu]] ||''[[Nyayam Kavali]]''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4biAAAAMAAJ&q=Radhika+Nyayam+Kavali |title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who |year=1983}}</ref>
|-
| 1985 || [[National Film Awards]] || [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] || ''[[Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai]]'' ([[Film Producer]])||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=32NFA.pdf |title=32 National Film Awards |website=Directorate of Film Festivals |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072238/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=32NFA.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref>
|-
|1986 || rowspan="2" |Filmfare Awards South|| rowspan="2" | [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil|Best Actress – Tamil]] || ''[[Dharma Devathai]]''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1986++Radhika+Dharma+Devatha |title=Collections |year=1991}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.org/details/34thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170528093416/https://archive.org/details/34thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners |url-status=dead |title=34th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners |date=28 May 2017 |via=Internet Archive |archive-date=28 May 2017 |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1987 ||''[[Neethikku Thandanai]]'' ||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf |title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008) |trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008) |work=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]] |access-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223135739/http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf |archive-date=23 February 2015 |url-status=live }}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
|-
|[[Nandi Awards]]
|[[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]|| ''Karthika Poornima''||{{Won}}||<ref name="archive.org"/><br /><ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988 || [[Cinema Express Awards]] ||[[Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil|Best Actress]] || ''[[Paasa Paravaigal]]'' & ''[[Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran]]''||{{Won}}|| <ref>{{Citation |author=Express News Service |title=Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=11 March 1989 |access-date=3 October 2016 |page=4 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19910222&printsec=frontpage}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]]|| [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize|Special Award]] ||''[[Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran]]''||{{Won}}||{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
|-
|1989 ||[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || ''[[Ninaivu Chinnam]]''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 November 1990 |title=State film awards |page=5 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=Express News Service |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19901121&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref>
|-
|1990 ||Filmfare Awards South||Best Actress – Tamil ||| ''[[Keladi Kanmani]]''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 38th Annual Filmfare Awards |url=https://archive.org/details/38th-annual-filmfare-awards-winners-south-tamil |access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1993 || [[Cinema Express Awards]] ||[[Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil|Best Actress]] || ''[[Kizhakku Cheemayile]] ''||{{Won}}|| <ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 1994 |title=''Kizhakku Cheemayile'' adjudged best film |page=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=Express News Service |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v2FlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=339%2C511626}}</ref>
|-
|1995 ||Tamil Nadu State Film Awards|| Special Award for Best Actress || ''[[Pasumpon]]'' ''& Rani Maharaani''||{{Won}}||{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
|-
|1999 ||Nandi Awards ||[[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] || ''[[Prema Kadha]]''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/radikaa-returns-to-telugu-films-after-a-decade-113102800453_1.html |title=Radikaa returns to Telugu films after a decade |date=28 October 2013 |work=Business Standard}}</ref>
|-
|2008 || [[ITC Limited|Vivel Chinnathirai Award]] ||[[ITC Limited|Best Actress]]|| rowspan="2" |''[[Arasi (TV series)|Arasi]]''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southdreamz.com/14285/winners-list-of-vivel-chinna-thirai-awards-2008/ |title=Winners List of VIVEL CHINNA THIRAI AWARDS 2008 |author=The Editor |work=South Indian Cinema}}</ref>
|-
|2010 || rowspan="3" | [[Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal]] ||[[Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal for Best Actress|Best Overall Performance Award]]||{{Won}}||<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |url=http://www.sunnetwork.in/sunkudumbam/index.html |title=Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2014 |website=sunnetwork.in}}</ref>
|-
|2012 ||[[Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal for Best Actress|Special Jury Award for Best Actress]]||''[[Chellamay]]''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.metromasti.com/kollywood/news/Sun-TV-Sun-Kudumbam-Awards-2012-Sun-Kudumbam-Awards-Jan-6-2013/23704 |title=Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2012 Winner List |website=metromasti.com}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014 ||[[Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal for Best Actress|Best Actress]]||''[[Vani Rani (TV series)|Vani Rani]]''||{{Won}}||<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Filmfare Awards South||[[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South|Lifetime Achievement Award – South]] || Overall Contribution to Tamil Cinema||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 June 2015 |title=Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South |work=Filmfare |url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129092825/http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html |archive-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015 || [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil|Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]] || rowspan="2" | ''[[Thanga Magan (2015 film)|Thanga Magan]]''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-details/thangamagan/movieawards/61294311.cms |title=Thangamagan Awards: List of Awards won by Tamil movie Thangamagan |work=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|[[South Indian International Movie Awards]]||[[5th South Indian International Movie Awards|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] ||{{Won}}||<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/siima-awards-2016-tamil-winners-list/articleshow/53017745.cms |title=SIIMA Awards 2016 Tamil winners list |website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|2016 || Provoke Lifestyle Awards || TV Sensation of the Year || Various Serials || {{won}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/provoke-lifestyle-awards-imagegallery-kollywood-qiiqVFiedbfad.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811225855/http://www.sify.com/movies/provoke-lifestyle-awards-imagegallery-kollywood-qiiqVFiedbfad.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2016 |title=Provoke Lifestyle Awards |website=[[Sify]] |access-date=14 January 2019}}</ref>
|}

== Filmography ==
{{main|Raadhika Sarathkumar filmography}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0704654}}

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