Draft:B. V. Radha

B.V. Radha
Born	August 1948
Occupation	Kannada actor
Spouse(s)	K.S.L. Swame (Ravee)

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).

Career

Proficient in a number of languages, she has acted in Kannada, Tulu, Tamil, 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.

Roles

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.

Social work

Radha performs marriages for the poor who cannot afford it. She has been instrumental in joining nearly 30 couples in matrimony.

Filmography

Sl.No	Name	Year	Co-Stars	Director
1.	Toogu Deepa	1966	Dr.Rajkumar, Leelavathi, NarasimhaRaju	K.S.L.Swamy
2.	Kiladi Ranga	1966	Dr.Rajkumar ,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	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	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,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	Siddalingayya
28.	Yava Janmada Maithri	1972	Gangadhar, Kalpana	Geethapriya
29.	Ondu Hennina Kathe	1972	Rajesh,Jayanthi,Sudarshan	B.R.Panthulu
30.	Kranti Veera	1972	Dr.Rajkumar,Jayanthi,Rajesh	R.Ramamurthy
31.	Bhale Huchcha	1972	Dr.Rajkumar,Arathi	Y.R.Swamy
32.	Nanda Gokula	1972	Dr.Rajkumar,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,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,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

External links

• Chitraranga
• Filmography