Raadhu (actress) explained
| Raadhu |
| Birth Name: | Radica Ranganath |
| Birth Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation: | Actress, Bharathanatyan dancer and teacher |
| Years Active: | 1980–1986 |
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
Notes and References
- News: Sampath . Janani . Bharathanatyam Adaptation of Tagore’s Chitrangada . 31 October 2022 . . 30 July 2014 . 31 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221031231713/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2014/jul/30/Bharathanatyam-Adaptation-of-Tagore%E2%80%99s-Chitrangada-641576.html . live .
- Web site: Ramani . RV . Why I like... Nizhalgal . . 4 November 2016 . 22 February 2008 . 11 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210811065122/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/why-i-like-nizhalgal/article3022561.ece . live .
- News: Mohapatra . Samhati . The Thinking Dancer Actor . 31 October 2022 . . 28 September 2014 . 31 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221031231716/https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2014/sep/28/The-Thinking-Dancer-Actor-665802.html . live .
- News: ‘Joy and spirituality are inextricable from my art’ . 31 October 2022 . . 11 January 2020 . 3 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240503055000/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/110120/joy-and-spirituality-are-inextricable-from-my-art.html . live .
- News: ‘Money and Marketing Make a Dancer Today’ . 31 October 2022 . . 19 February 2012 . 31 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221031232202/https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/2012/feb/19/money-and-marketing-make-a-dancer-today-341547.html . live .
- News: Venkataraman . Leela . Dance to please . 31 October 2022 . . 29 January 2010 . 31 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221031232653/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/Dance-to-please/article16840309.ece . live .
- News: Mahesh . Chitra . The drama of Love . 31 October 2022 . . 7 August 2014 . 31 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221031233743/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/the-drama-of-love/article6291598.ece . live .
- திரைப்பட வரலாறு-பாரதிராஜா . சினிமாக்குழு . . 23 July 2008.
- News - Kadathanadan Ambadi to release . . 1 April 1990.
