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| name        = B. V. Radha
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| name  = B.V. Radha
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| birth_date  = August 1948
| birth_name = Rajalakshmi
| birth_place =  
| birth_date  = 15 August 1948
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| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore State]], India
| death_place =  
| death_date  = {{Death-date and age|10 September 2017|August 1948}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/veteran-actress-bv-radha-passes-away-on-sunday/articleshow/60448585.cms |title=Veteran actress BV Radha passes away on Sunday |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=30 September 2017 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913015321/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/veteran-actress-bv-radha-passes-away-on-sunday/articleshow/60448585.cms |url-status=live}}</ref>
| occupation  = [[Kannada]] actor
| death_place = Bangalore, [[Karnataka]], India
| spouse      = K.S.L. Swame (Ravee)
| occupation  = Actress, film producer
| spouse      = {{marriage|[[K. S. L. Swamy]]|1973|2015|end=died}}
}}
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'''B.V. Radha''' is a veteran [[Kannada]] film and stage artist. Rajalakshmi by birth, Radha ([[Bangalore]] Vijaya Radha) got her screen name after her debut in Navakoti Narayana. Born in August 1948 into a family of farmers, Radha defied her family and quit school to join films.


She is married to film director K.S.L. Swame (Ravee).
'''Bengaluru Vijaya Radha''' (15 August 1948 &ndash; 10 September 2017), commonly known as '''B. V. Radha''', was an Indian actress and film producer. She began her career in the 1964 [[Kannada]] film ''[[Navakoti Narayana]]''. She went on to play mostly supporting roles in over 300 films, 250 of which were in Kannada, and the rest in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]], [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]], [[Tulu cinema|Tulu]] and [[Bollywood|Hindi]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}


== Career ==
She was married to film director [[K. S. L. Swamy]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} Following her career in cinema, she associated herself with theatre, performing plays with her troupe, Natavranda. Recognizing her contribution to theatre and cinema, Radha was awarded the Kanaka Ratna Award by Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha, a spiritual and cultural center, in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Award for B.V. Radha |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/award-for-bv-radha/article677875.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=6 January 2010 |access-date=4 December 2014 |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012011730/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Award-for-B.V.-Radha/article15956320.ece |url-status=live}}</ref> She was credited as '''Kumari Radha''' in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] industry.
Proficient in a number of languages, she has acted in [[Kannada]], [[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Hindi]] films. Radha is also a famous Bharatanayam dancer and has held recitals in India and abroad. She has acted with some of the biggest banners in South India like AVM Studios, ALS Productions and Padmini Pictures with artists like Sivaji Ganesan, N.T. Rama Rao, Gemini Ganesan, A. Nageshwara Rao, Jaishankar and Dr. Rajkumar. Radha has won of several awards like the Swarna Kamal (1990, for ''Jamboo Savaari'') and Rajath Kamal (1993, for ''Harakeya Kuri'') as co-producer.


Radha has also moved into the production arena and has produced five films so far. ''Mathe Vasantha'', ''Shubha Mangala'' and ''Mavano Aliyano'' are a few of the films produced under her banner, Radharavee Chitra.
==Early life and career==
Radha was born as '''Rajalakshmi''' in 1948 into a farming family. Interested in becoming an actress, she quit school to enter cinema. She made her debut in the 1964 Kannada film ''[[Navakoti Narayana]]'', in which [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]] played the lead role. She played a notable role in the Tamil film Thazampoo in 1966. She acted alongside all top actors of [[Cinema of South India|south Indian cinema]] in the 1960s and 1970s, such as [[M.G. Ramachandran]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] and [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]].


== Roles ==
== Death ==
Radha died on 10 September 2017, due to heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/veteran-actor-bv-radha-passes-away-in-bengaluru-4837205/ |title=Veteran actor BV Radha passes away in Bengaluru |work=The Indian Express |date=10 September 2017 |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>


Radha has acted in over 250 Kannada films, 30 Tamil, 25 Telugu, 10 Malayalam and a couple of Hindi films. She played mainly comic and character roles and is presently playing character roles to the younger brigade of actors. [[Radha]] is also actively involved in theatre and her troupe, Natavranda, has toured extensively throughout India. Her most famous play, ''Ganga-Thunga'', has held over 5,000 showings in a span of 15 years.
== Partial filmography ==
===Kannada===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* ''[[Navakoti Narayana]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Thoogudeepa]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Premamayi]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Kiladi Ranga]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Deva Maanava]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Rajadurgada Rahasya]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Onde Balliya Hoogalu]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Manasiddare Marga]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Lagna Pathrike]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Simha Swapna]]'' (1968) as Menaka
* ''[[Manku Dinne]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Manassakshi]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Hannele Chiguridaga]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Gandhinagara]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Bhagyada Bagilu]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Bhagya Devathe]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Bangalore Mail]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Bedi Bandavalu]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Attegondu Kaala Sosegondu Kaala]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Mukunda Chandra]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Mayor Muthanna]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Makkale Manege Manikya]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Choori Chikkanna]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Bhale Raja]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Rangamahal Rahasya]]'' (1970) as Miss Sheela
* ''[[Namma Mane]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Mooru Muttugalu]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Modala Rathri]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Lakshmi Saraswathi]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Gejje Pooje]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Bhale Jodi (1970 film)|Bhale Jodi]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Arishina Kumkuma]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Anireekshitha]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Aaru Mooru Ombathu]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Bhale Adrushtavo Adrushta]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Anugraha (film)|Anugraha]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Amarabharathi]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Anugraha (film)|Anugraha]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Naguva Hoovu]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Bangaarada Manushya]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Kranti Veera]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Yaava Janmada Maitri]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Nanda Gokula]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Jwala Mohini]]'' (1973)
* ''[[CID 72]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Devaru Kotta Thangi (1973 film)|Devaru Kotta Thangi]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Mahadeshwara Pooja Phala]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Shubhamangala]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Mane Belaku]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Banashankari (film)|Banashankari]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Mugdha Manava]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Pavana Ganga]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Nagara Hole]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Vamsha Jyothi]]'' (1978)...Girija
* ''[[Mutthaide Bhagya (1983 film)|Muthaide Bhagya]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Gowri Kalyana]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Chinna (1994 film)|Chinna]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Ibbara Naduve Muddina Aata]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Cheluva]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Kalavida]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Simhada Mari]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Thutta Mutta]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Hoomale]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Gadibidi Krishna]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Chandramukhi pranasakhi]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Snehaloka]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Partha (film)|Partha]]'' (2003)
* ''Ajju'' (2004)
* ''[[Thandege Thakka Maga]]'' (2006)
{{div col end|2}}


== Social work ==
===Tamil: Credited as Kumari Radha===
* ''[[Needhikkuppin Paasam]]'' (1963) as Jaya
* ''[[Thazhampoo]]'' (1965) as Kaveri
* ''Vazhikaathi'' (1965) as Revathi
* ''[[Yaar Nee?]]'' (1966) as Rama
* ''[[Kathal Paduthum Padu]]'' (1966) as Lalli
* ''Thayin Mel Aanai'' (1966)
* ''[[Kadhalithal Podhuma]]'' (1967) as Manju's sister
* ''[[Naan (1967 film)|Naan]]'' (1967)
* ''Naan Yaar Theriyuma'' (1967)
* ''Pen Endral Pen'' (1967)
* '' Rajathi'' (1967)
* ''Sundharamoorthi Nayanar'' (1967)
* '' Nimirndhu Nil'' (1968)
* ''Sathiyam Thavaradhey'' (1968)
* ''Neeyum Naanum'' (1968)
* ''[[Ponnu Mappillai]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Thanga Surangam]]'' (1969)
* ''[[CID Shankar]]'' (1970) as Rama


Radha performs marriages for the poor who cannot afford it. She has been instrumental in joining nearly 30 couples in matrimony.
===Telugu===
* ''[[Aame Evaru?]]'' (1966)


==Filmography==
===Malayalam: Credited as Kumari Radha===
{| class="wikitable"
* ''[[Bhakta Kuchela (1961 film)|Bhakta Kuchela]]'' (1961) as Dancer
|-


! Sl.No    !! Name  !!  Year  !! Co-Stars  !! Director
==References==
|-
|  1.    ||  Toogu Deepa||  1966  || [[Dr.Rajkumar]], [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]], NarasimhaRaju|| K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  2.    ||  Kiladi Ranga|| 1966 ||  [[Dr.Rajkumar]] ,[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]  ||G.V.Iyer
|-
|  3.    ||  Hannele Chiguridaga|| 1967 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]], Kalpana|| M.R.Vittal
|-
|  4.    ||  Gandhi Nagara|| 1968 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]], Kalpana|| K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  5.    || Bhagyada Bagilu|| 1968 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]], Vandana|| K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  6.    || Bhagya Devathe|| 1968 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]]||
|-
|  7.    ||  Bangalore Mail|| 1968 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]], Jayanthi||
|-
|  8.    ||Attegondu Kala Sosegondu Kala||1968|| [[Kalyan Kumar]],[[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]|| Y.R.Swamy
|-
|  9.    || Mukunda Chandra|| 1969 || [[Kalyan Kumar]], Kalpana|| S.K.A.Chari
|-
|  10.    ||  Choori Chikkanna|| 1969 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]],Jayanthi|| Y.R.Swamy
|-
|  11.    || Makkale  Manege Manikya|| 1969 || [[Udaykumar]]|| A.V.SheshagiriRao
|-
|  12.    || Bhale Raja|| 1969 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]], Jayanthi|| Y.R.Swamy
|-
|  13.    || Anireekshitha||  1970 || [[Srinath]],Kalpana||
|-
|  14.    ||  Rangamahal Rahasya|| 1970 || [[Srinath]], Bharathi||
|-
|  15.    || Prathikara|| 1970 || [[Udaykumar]],Sudarshan,Kalpana ||
|-
|  16.    ||Mooru Muttugalu|| 1970|| [[Rajesh]], PandariBai, Srinath, Mynavathi ||
|-
|  17.    || Modala Rathri|| 1970 || [[Srinath]],NarasimhaRaju||
|-
|  18.    || Bhale Jodi|| 1970 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]],[[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan|Bharathi]]|| Y.R.Swmy
|-
|  19.    ||  Namma Mane|| 1970 || [[Rajesh]], Kalpana||
|-
|  20.    ||Aru  Mooru Ombathu|| 1970 || [[Udaykumar]],[[Rajesh]],Sudarshan,[[Ramesh]]|| K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  21.    ||Bhale Adrrushtavo Adrushta|| 1971 || [[Srinath]],[[Gangadhar]], Kalpana|| K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  22.    || Namma Samsara|| 1971 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]],[[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan|Bharathi]],[[Rajashankar]]||Siddalingayya
|-
|  23.    || Amara Bharathi|| 1971 ||[[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Chandrakala]]||
|-
|  24.    ||Anugraha|| 1971 || K.S.Ashwath, PandhariBai, Srinath||
|-
|  25.    || Bandhavya|| 1972 || [[Rajesh]],[[Gangadhar]]||
|-
|  26.    || Subhadra Kalyana|| 1972 || [[Rajesh]], Kalpana||
|-
|  27.    ||  Bangarada Manushya|| 1972 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]],[[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan|Bharathi]]|| Siddalingayya
|-
|  28.    || Yava Janmada Maithri|| 1972 || [[Gangadhar]], Kalpana|| Geethapriya
|-
|  29.    ||  Ondu Hennina Kathe|| 1972 || [[Rajesh]],[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]],Sudarshan|| B.R.Panthulu
|-
|  30.    || Kranti Veera|| 1972 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]],[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]],[[Rajesh]]||R.Ramamurthy
|-
|  31.    || Bhale Huchcha|| 1972 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]],[[Arathi]]|| Y.R.Swamy
|-
|  32.    ||  Nanda Gokula|| 1972 || [[Dr.Rajkumar]],[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]],[[Ramesh]]    || Y.R.Swamy
|-
|  33.    ||  Devaru Kotta Thangi|| 1973||[[Dr.Rajkumar]],[[Srinath]] || K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  34.    ||  Bangarada Kalla|| 1973||Sangram Singh, Anitha || D.Shankar Singh
|-
|  35.    || CID 72|| 1973 ||[[Rajesh]],[[Srinath]] || K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  36.    ||  Jwala Mohini|| 1973||[[B.M.Venkatesh]],[[Rajashri]] || K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  37.    || Prema Pasha|| 1974 || [[Udaykumar]],Leelavathi|| ArooruPattabhi
|-
|  38.    ||  Anna Attige|| 1974 || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]],[[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan|Bharathi]]|| M.R.Vittal
|-
|  39.    ||  Mahadeshwara Poojaphala||  1975 || [[Srinath]]|| Sangram
|-
|  40.    ||  Mane Belaku|| 1975 || [[Rajesh]],[[Chandrakala]]|| Y.R.Swamy
|-
|  41.    || Sarpa Kavalu|| 1975 || [[Rajesh]], Anitha||S.N.Singh
|-
|  42.    ||  Viplava Vanithe|| 1975||[[Rajesh]],[[Vijayalalitha]] ||
|-
|  43.    ||Devaru Kotta Vara|| 1976 || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]],[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]],[[Gangadhar]]|| R.Ramamurthy
|-
|  45.    ||  Punardatta||  1976    || [[Lokesh]],[[Arathi]]|| C.S.Rao
|-
|  46.    ||  Maya Manushya||  1976    ||  [[Rajesh]]|| KutumbaRao
|-
|  47.    ||  Pavana Ganga|| 1977 || [[Srinath]],[[Arathi]]|| Y.R.Swamy
|-
|  48.    ||  Mugdha Manava|| 1977 || [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Srinath]]|| K.S.L.Swamy
|-
|  49.    ||  Punarmilana|| 1977 ||Ramgopal|| M.R.Vittal
|-
|50.    ||  Havina Hejje || 1978 || [[Srinath]],[[Ambarish]],[[Rojaramani]]|| Manimurugan
|-


|}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
* {{IMDb name|3297448|B. V. Radha}}


== External links ==
{{authority control}}
*[http://www.chitraranga.com/en/profiles/bvradha.asp Chitraranga]
*[http://www.spicevienna.org/showPerson.php?p=20218 Filmography]


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Latest revision as of 22:19, 17 October 2026

B. V. Radha
Born
Rajalakshmi

15 August 1948
Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Died10 September 2017 (2017-09-11) (aged 69)[1]
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationActress, film producer
Spouse(s)
​
(
m. 1973; died 2015)

Bengaluru Vijaya Radha (15 August 1948 – 10 September 2017), commonly known as B. V. Radha, was an Indian actress and film producer. She began her career in the 1964 Kannada film Navakoti Narayana. She went on to play mostly supporting roles in over 300 films, 250 of which were in Kannada, and the rest in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi.[citation needed]

She was married to film director K. S. L. Swamy.[citation needed] Following her career in cinema, she associated herself with theatre, performing plays with her troupe, Natavranda. Recognizing her contribution to theatre and cinema, Radha was awarded the Kanaka Ratna Award by Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha, a spiritual and cultural center, in 2010.[2] She was credited as Kumari Radha in Tamil industry.

Early life and career[edit | edit source]

Radha was born as Rajalakshmi in 1948 into a farming family. Interested in becoming an actress, she quit school to enter cinema. She made her debut in the 1964 Kannada film Navakoti Narayana, in which Rajkumar played the lead role. She played a notable role in the Tamil film Thazampoo in 1966. She acted alongside all top actors of south Indian cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, such as M.G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, N. T. Rama Rao, Gemini Ganesan, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jaishankar.

Death[edit | edit source]

Radha died on 10 September 2017, due to heart attack.[3]

Partial filmography[edit | edit source]

Kannada[edit | edit source]

Tamil: Credited as Kumari Radha[edit | edit source]

Telugu[edit | edit source]

Malayalam: Credited as Kumari Radha[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Veteran actress BV Radha passes away on Sunday". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Award for B.V. Radha". The Hindu. 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Veteran actor BV Radha passes away in Bengaluru". The Indian Express. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

External links[edit | edit source]

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