Radha

Udaya Chandrika, better known by her screen name Radha (born 3 June 1965), is an Indian film actress known mostly for her work in Tamil and Telugu films. She has also acted in few Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She was one of the top south Indian heroine for a decade from 1981 to 1991. Her elder sister Ambika, was also an actress. They acted together in a number of south Indian films and during the peak of their careers. Radha is arguably the most successful among the Kallara Sisters, the three sisters (Ambika, Mallika, Radha) in the art scene hailing from Kallara in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala. Ambika was also a highly successful actress in Tamil and Malayalam. Ambika and Radha acted together in a number of films, during the peak of their careers. They also co-owned a movie studio called ARS Studios, which was later (2013) converted into the Jolly Jimkana hotel complex. She currently appears on television as one of the judges in the STAR Vijay Jodi Number One Season 6 Reality Dance program.She is one of the most successful and highest paid actresses alongside her contemporaries like Vijayshanti.She is considered one of the greatest dancers in South Indian film industry alongside star actors like Chiranjeevi and Kamal Haasan. She received a Filmfare award for best actress Tamil for her exceptional performance as a low caste, fearless, compassionate boat woman who starts a platonic relationship with the middle aged village head in Muthal mariyathai. For the same role she was nominated for National award for best actress.

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