Raadhu (actress)

Raadhu
Born
Radica Ranganath

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Actress, Bharathanatyan dancer and teacher
Years active1980–1986

Raadhu in Mumbai, India as Radica Ranganath, is an Indian actress who has done a few Tamil-language and Malayalam-language Indian films of the eighties. Even though she had made a good name as an actress, she quit the industry to pursue a life outside films.[1]

Career

Raadhu had a brief stint in Malayalam and Tamil films in the eighties. She started her career in Tamil with Nizhalgal [2] directed by Bharathiraja. After that, she acted in Ennu Nathante Nimmi with Mammootty & Rahman and the long delayed traditional Vadakkanpattu film Kadathanadan Ambadi with Mohanlal.[3][4]

Soon, Radica was married, and began her work in the software industry. With the struggle of two growing kids, and pressured work, Radica, now Giri decided it was best to leave her job and pursue her deep passion in Bharathanatyman, mentored by A Lakshmanaswamy.[5] Having already learned and performed 2 arangetrams, Radica Giri opened her very own dance studio, Anjali Natyam School of Dance.[6] Today, she teaches over 40 students, and has successfully finished the arangetram of over a dozen and a young women. Constantly performing at rotary shows and other festivals, she hopes to instill a passion of this classical Indian dance form.[1]

Radica Giri's maiden dance / theatre production "Chitrangada", a slice from the Mahabharata, won accolades.[7]

Filmography

As actress
Year Film Role Language Ref.
1980 Nizhalgal Mahalakshmi Tamil [8]
1986 Ennu Nathante Nimmi Nirmala Malayalam
1988 Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam Saradha Tamil
1990 Kadathanadan Ambadi Kunjulakshmi Malayalam [9]

References

  1. ^ a b Sampath, Janani (30 July 2014). "Bharathanatyam Adaptation of Tagore's Chitrangada". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ Ramani, RV (22 February 2008). "Why I like... Nizhalgal". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ^ Mohapatra, Samhati (28 September 2014). "The Thinking Dancer Actor". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ "'Joy and spirituality are inextricable from my art'". Deccan Chronicle. 11 January 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. ^ "'Money and Marketing Make a Dancer Today'". The New Indian Express. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  6. ^ Venkataraman, Leela (29 January 2010). "Dance to please". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ Mahesh, Chitra (7 August 2014). "The drama of Love". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. ^ சினிமாக்குழு (23 July 2008). "திரைப்பட வரலாறு-பாரதிராஜா". Dina Thanthi.
  9. ^ "News - Kadathanadan Ambadi to release". Mathrubhumi. 1 April 1990.