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{{Short description|Indian actress, film producer, film director, politician (born 1962)}}
{{Indian patronymic|Radikaa|Sarathkumar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Radikaa Sarathkumar
| image = R Sarath Kumar and Radhika At The Vaanam Kottatum Audio Launch (cropped).jpg
| caption = Radhika at Vaanam Kottatum Audio Launch
| office = Primary Deputy General Secretary of the [[All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi]]
| term_start = 3 March 2021
| term_end = 12 March 2024
| president = [[R. Sarathkumar]]
| successor = ''Position abolished''
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2024{{nbnd}}present)
| other_party = {{ubl
| [[All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi|AISMK]] (2007{{nbnd}}2024)
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (2006-2007)
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] (1990{{nbnd}}2005)
}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|08|21}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|[[Actress]]|[[film producer]]|[[film director]]|[[politician]]}}
| children = 2
| 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}}
}}

| relatives = [[List of South Indian film families#Radha family|Radha family]]
| awards = {{indented plainlist|
* [[National Film Award]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]
* [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award]]
* [[Cinema Express Awards|Cinema Express Award]]
* [[Nandi Award]]
}}
}}

'''Radikaa Sarathkumar''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ɑː|ð|ɪ|k|ɑː}}) is an Indian actress, film producer, film director and politician who works predominantly in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] cinema, TV serials and web series as well as in [[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 a recipient of a [[National Film Award]], two [[Nandi Awards]], three [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]] and six [[Filmfare Award South]].

==Personal life==

Radikaa is the daughter of actor [[M. R. Radha]] and Geetha.<ref name="RIP Geetha Radha: Veteran actress Radhika Sarathkumar’s mother passes away at the age of 86; tributes pour in">{{cite news |title=RIP Geetha Radha: Veteran actress Radhika Sarathkumar's mother passes away at the age of 86; tributes pour in |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/rip-geetha-radha-veteran-actress-radhika-sarathkumars-mother-passes-away-at-the-age-of-86-tributes-pour-in/articleshow/124038542.cms |access-date=22 September 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=22 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922070053/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/rip-geetha-radha-veteran-actress-radhika-sarathkumars-mother-passes-away-at-the-age-of-86-tributes-pour-in/articleshow/124038542.cms |archive-date=22 September 2025}}</ref> Her father is a Telugu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmZ5iCfkD4&t=884s|title=Alitho Saradaga | Raadhika (Actress) | 18th April 2022 | Full Episode | ETV Telugu|date=18 April 2022 |via=www.youtube.com|time=14:44}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA908Gd-H9s&t=820s | title=Raadhika Sarathkumar Open Heart with RK || Full Episode || Season-3 || OHRK | website=[[YouTube]]| date=3 April 2022 |time=13:40 }}</ref> from Chennai and her mother is a Tamil from Sri Lanka, native of [[Wennappuwa]].<ref name="A" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy birthday Nirosha: lesser-known facts about the actress |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2019/01/30/nirosha-birthday-actress-lesser-known-facts.html/1000 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=[[Onmanorama]] |language=en}}</ref> Radikaa did her education in India, Sri Lanka and a course in London, which she discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmZ5iCfkD4&t=594s|title=Alitho Saradaga | Raadhika (Actress) | 18th April 2022 | Full Episode | ETV Telugu|date=18 April 2022 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> She has a younger sister [[Nirosha]], who is also an actress and two younger brothers, Raju and Mohan. She also has two half-brothers [[Radha Ravi]] and [[M. R. R. Vasu]].

Radikaa 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. Radikaa has a daughter Rayane born in 1992.

[[File:Sarathkumar with Raadhika at 62nd Britannia Filmfare South Awards 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Radhika with her husband at the [[62nd Filmfare Awards South]] in 2015]]

Her daughter Rayane married cricketer [[Abhimanyu Mithun]] in 2016. Radikaa has a grandson and a granddaughter.<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==
Radikaa made her cinematic debut in the 1978 Tamil movie ''[[Kizhakke Pogum Rail]]'' after accidentally meeting [[Bharathiraja]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmZ5iCfkD4&t=602s|title=Alitho Saradaga | Raadhika (Actress) | 18th April 2022 | Full Episode | ETV Telugu|date=18 April 2022 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> 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>

In 1994, she started a TV film production under her own banner, Radaan Mediaworks, in which she produced several TV serials hits, and also played a leading role.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Radhika Sarathkumar |url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/movie-actress/radhika-sarathkumar |work=Nettv4u}}</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'' and ''[[Chithi 2]]''.

She was a judge on [[Vijay TV]]'s ''[[Jodi No.1 (TV series)|Jodi Number One]]'' Season 4.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.southdreamz.com/27216/vijay-tvs-jodi-no-1-season-4-grand-finale/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920023226/http://www.southdreamz.com/27216/vijay-tvs-jodi-no-1-season-4-grand-finale/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 September 2013 |title=Vijay TV's Jodi No.1 Season 4 Grand Finale |date=25 August 2010 |website=South Indian Cinema Magazine}}</ref>

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>

==Political career==
She joined the AIADMK before the [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006 Assembly elections]] 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 until recently when she tendered her resignation.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sarathkumar roped into AIADMK front |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2011/Mar/11/sarathkumar-roped-into-aiadmk-front-234493.html |access-date=2012-05-16 |work=The new Indian Express}}</ref>

In the [[2024 Indian general election]], Radhika contested as the BJP candidate from the [[Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bjp-fields-radhika-sarath-kumar-from-tamil-nadus-virudhunagar-2949537 |title=BJP fields Radhika Sarath Kumar from Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar |date=23 March 2024 |work=Deccan Herald}}</ref> She lost the election and finished third. Vijaya Prabhakaran (son of Late Vijayakanth) finished with 214,606 votes higher than Radhika.

== Legal issues ==

=== Cheque bounce case ===
In 2014, Radiance Media Private Ltd. filed a petition claiming that Magic Frames, a company where Radhika and her husband Sarathkumar are partners, borrowed ₹1.50 crore and later her husband Sarathkumar took an additional loan of ₹50 lakhs in an agreement that the amount would be returned by March 2015. In 2017, Radiance media alleged that Magic Frames issued seven cheques as repayment and all of the [[Dishonoured cheque|cheques bounced]] for which seven cases were filed.<ref name="nm146719">{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. N. M. |date=2021-04-07 |title=Actors Radikaa, Sarath Kumar sentenced to one year in jail for financial fraud |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/actors-radikaa-sarath-kumar-sentenced-one-year-jail-financial-fraud-146719 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor Sarathkumar, wife sentenced to one year imprisonment in cheque bounce case |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2021/04/07/actor-sarathkumar-radhika-sentenced-one-year-imprisonment.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, the [[Madras High Court]] had declined to quash the criminal proceedings in the pending cases after the couple moved the high court to quash them.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-05-09 |title=Cheque-bounce case: Prosecution proceedings against Sarath Kumar upheld |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/May/09/prosecution-proceedings-against-actor-upheld-1974438.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Radikaa and Sarathkumar were convicted in the case by the Special Court on 7 April 2021. The court sentenced them to one year in prison and a fine of ₹3.3 crore.<ref name="nm146719" /> On the same day, her husband, Sarathkumar, received relief from the court for the sentence and the court issued [[arrest warrant]] to Radikaa since she had not appeared in court.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-07 |title=Big relief for Sarathkumar, but his wife Raadhika gets arrest warrant...Here's what happened! |url=https://www.thenewstuff.in/big-relief-sarathkumar-his-wife-raadhika-gets-arrest-warrantheres-what-happened |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The New Stuff |language=en}}</ref>

=== Income tax raid ===
The [[Income Tax Department|Income Tax department]] conducted a raid on Radaan Mediaworks India Limited, a media company owned by Radikaa Sarathkumar, in Chennai on 11 April 2017, days after the department interrogated her husband Sarathkumar and searched his house.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2017 |title=Money trail sees I-T men knock on Raadhika's doors |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/120417/money-trail-sees-i-t-men-knock-on-raadhikas-doors.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=RK Nagar cash-for-votes scam: IT raids at actor Radhika's media company |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rk-nagar-cash-for-votes-scam-it-raids-at-actor-radhika-s-media-company/story-MyvYg9sXz6iGWfoNxpi4aI.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
! 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]] || [[Film producer|Producer]] || ''[[Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai]]''||{{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 Pournami''||{{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}}||
|-
|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 |date=11 July 2021 |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}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/1997/1997high.htm#awards |title=1997 Highlights |publisher=[[Dinakaran]] |access-date=2009-08-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105224113/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/1997/1997high.htm#awards |archive-date=5 January 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|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''||{{Won}}||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southdreamz.com/14285/winners-list-of-vivel-chinna-thirai-awards-2008/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130905200710/http://www.southdreamz.com/14285/winners-list-of-vivel-chinna-thirai-awards-2008/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=5 September 2013 |title=Winners List of VIVEL CHINNA THIRAI AWARDS 2008 |author= |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 |access-date=10 November 2020 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017220003/http://www.sunnetwork.in/sunkudumbam/index.html |url-status=dead }}</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|Radhika Sarathkumar filmography}}

==Elections contested and positions held==
===Lok Sabha elections===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;background:#FFF4EA;text-align:center"
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:black"rowspan=2|Elections
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:black"rowspan=2|Lok Sabha
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:black"rowspan=2|Constituency
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:black"colspan=3 rowspan=2|Political party
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:black"rowspan=2|Result
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!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:black"|Vote percentage
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|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]||[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]||[[Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency|Virudhunagar]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|20px]]||{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Lost}}||15.66%||[[Manickam Tagore|B. Manickam Tagore]]||[[Indian National Congress|INC]]||[[File:Hand INC.svg|20px]]||{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}||36.28%
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0704654}}
{{Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress}}{{FilmfareTamilBestActress}}
{{FilmfareTeluguBestActress}}
{{FilmfareLifetimeAchievementAwardSouth}}
{{TamilNaduStateAwardForBestActress}}

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Radikaa Sarathkumar - Revision history

Shenna87P79423: made new biography.