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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Roshini
| image =
| imagesize =
| birthname = Radhika Sadanah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|06|19}}
| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| occupation = Actress
| othername = Roshini
| yearsactive = 1997{{endash}}1998
| relatives = [[Jyothika]] (sister)<br/>[[Nagma]] (half-sister) <br/>[[Suriya]] (brother-in-law)
}}

'''Radhika Sadanah''' (born 19 June 1977), better known by her stage name '''Roshini''', is an Indian former actress who worked in the [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], and [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] film industries from 1997 to 1998. She is the sister of actress [[Jyothika]] and half-sister of [[Nagma]].

==Career==
After getting a recommendation by [[Nagma]], Roshini made her acting debut in [[Selva (director)|Selva]]'s comedy film ''[[Sishya (film)|Sishya]]'', where she played the lead role alongside [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/dec/01simran.htm|title=rediff.com, Movies: Showbuzz! Simran gives way to sis Monal}}</ref> She subsequently starred in ''[[Master (1997 film)|Master]]'' (1997), opposite [[Chiranjeevi]].

Roshini was keen to accept performance-orientated roles and turned down several offers in late 1997 to be a part of films in glamorous roles. She subsequently worked on [[K. Balachander]]'s production ''[[Thulli Thirintha Kaalam]]'' (1998), opposite [[Arun Vijay|Arunkumar]], after actress [[Raasi (actress)|Manthra]] turned the film down. The film and her performance won mixed reviews and performed moderately at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Thulli_Thirintha_Kaalam_8347.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000601111546/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Thulli_Thirintha_Kaalam_8347.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 June 2000|title=Thulli Thirintha Kaalam: Movie Review}}</ref> However, thereafter, her ongoing films such as ''Puli Pirandha Mann'', opposite [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]], became stuck and she later quit the film industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm|title=A-Z (V)|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003725/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm|archivedate=24 April 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Roshini is the younger sister of actresses [[Nagma]] and [[Jyothika]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Language
|-guna
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Sishya (film)|Sishya]]''
| Shruthi / Anu
| Tamil
|-
| ''[[Master (1997 film)|Master]]''
| Preethi
| Telugu
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 1998
| ''Gulabi''
| Renjini
| Kannada
|-
| ''[[Pavitra Prema]]''
| Rani
| Telugu
|-
| ''[[Subhalekhalu]]''
| Priya
| Telugu
|-
| ''[[Thulli Thirintha Kaalam]]''
| Devi
| Tamil
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses from Mumbai]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:1979 births]]

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