Radhika Narayan


Radhika Narayan is an Indian actress,[1] working primarily in mainstream Kannada cinema, and in Kannada theater, is a method actress who is known for the selection of her projects.

Radhika Narayan
Born
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress, Dancer, Model
Years active2015–present

Early lifeEdit

Radhika Narayan[2] was born in the Krishna Temple city Udupi, Karnataka. She is an engineering graduate from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology, in the Heritage city Mysore.[3][4] Besides being a film actress, she is a trained Kathak dancer,[5] who is actively involved with WeMove Theatre movement and also acted in short films.[6] She has also worked as a model from earlier in her career. She was also a yoga instructor in Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana in Bangalore.

CareerEdit

In her big screen debut in Anup Bhandari's directorial Kannada thriller RangiTaranga (2015),[7] she plays the protagonist character as Indu Suvarna, the wife of Gautam Suvarna (Nirup Bhandari). The movie was critically acclaimed for its screenplay, score and cinematography. Due to its word-of-mouth marketing the movie was a blockbuster in Karnataka and got a tremendous response in its worldwide release. Following Rangitaranga, Radhika played a supporting role in Pawan Kumar's thriller U Turn (2016).[8][9] Recently, she has appeared in the Black Stone agarbatti's advertisement.

FilmographyEdit

Key
  Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Note Ref
2015 RangiTaranga Indu Suvarna/ Harini Debut Film
2016 U Turn Maya
2017 BB5 Kriti
Kaafi Thota Maithili
2018 Hottegagi Genu Bategagi Shravya
Asathoma Sadhgamaya Sherlin
The Villain Herself Cameo appearance in a song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
2019 Mundina Nildana Meera Sharma [10]
2020 Shivaji Surathkal Janani [11][12]
2021 Chase 
TBA
Post-production

Awards and nominationsEdit

Year Film Award Category Result
2015 RangiTaranga 1st IIFA Utsavam Award Best Actress – Kannada Nominated
5th SIIMA Awards Best Debutante Nominated
2016 U Turn 6th SIIMA Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
2nd IIFA Utsavam Best Supporting Actress - Kannada Nominated
2019 Mundina Nildana 9th SIIMA Awards[13] Best Actress Nominated

ReferencesEdit

  1. Nathan, Archana (3 May 2016). "Radhika's road to success". The Hindu.
  2. "Radhika Rotten Tomatoes Biography". Rotten Tomatoes.
  3. "Radhika Chetan Biography". Filmibeat.
  4. "Radhika Chetan".
  5. "Radhika's Rangitaranga shoot experience". Times Of India.
  6. "Radhika Chetan Plays a detective In A Short Film!". nettv4u.
  7. "RANGITARANGA TO RE-RELEASE ON JULY 1ST".
  8. "Cinemachaat/tag/radhika-chetan".
  9. "U-Turn review: Pawan Kumar delivers a must-watch supernatural thriller!".
  10. Mundina Nildana - Official Trailer I Praveen Tej, Radhika Narayan, Ananya Kashyap I Vinay Bharadwaj, retrieved 8 February 2020
  11. Shivaji Surathkal - The Case of Ranagiri Rahasya - Trailer | Ramesh Aravind | Akash Srivatsa, retrieved 8 February 2020
  12. "Shivaji Surathkal (2020) - Movie | Reviews, Cast & Release Date - BookMyShow".
  13. "The 9th South Indian International Movie Awards Nominations for 2019". South Indian International Movie Awards. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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