Radhika Sarathkumar's Three Marriages, Single Parenting, Finding True Love In A Leading Star At 39

A popular actress and a poignant figure in the South Indian film industry, Radhika Sarathkumar has worn many hats throughout her career. Just like her vibrant smile, Radhika’s career too has been multi-dimensional. She predominantly worked in Tamil and Telugu films, as well as Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada.

Radhika’s acting career began in 1978 with the film Kizhakke Pogum Rail, and since then, there has been no looking back for her. Some of her best films include Nyayam Kavali, Dharma Devathai, Neethikku Thandanai, Keladi Kanmani and many more. After her successful stint in films, Radhika ventured into the small screen and tasted success.

Radhika’s professional life has seen many highs, but her personal life has been full of roller coaster rides. From her troubled childhood to her failed marriages. She has seen it all. However, despite all this, Radhika never gave up on love. She found her true love at the age of 39. Let us read on to know more about her failed marriages and turbulent relationships.

Radhika moved to Colombo after her father shot MGR

Radikaa Sarathkumar was born on August 21, 1963, to veteran Tamil actor and politician ‘Nadigavel’ MR Radha and Geetha, a Sri Lankan Tamil. In 1967, Radhika’s father, MR Radha, shot veteran actor, MG Ramachandran with a gun, and then he shot himself. Both the actors survived the bullets, but MGR lost his voice, and MR Radha was incarcerated.

At that time, Radhika was living with her parents in Chennai, but was sent away to Colombo by her mother after the shooting incident. Radhika studied in Colombo and later went to London at the age of 14 to pursue a course.

Radhika became an actress by chance

While Radhika was in London, she often travelled to India to meet her family. In 1977, during her Christmas break, while she travelled to Chennai to meet her father, she had a chance encounter with director, Bharathiraja. He wanted to offer her a film after seeing her photograph. Radhika’s goal was never to be an actress, but she thought to give it a try after her mother encouraged her.

In an interview with The News Minute, Radhika spoke about being an accidental actress and stated:

“I didn’t come to films as a choice. I didn’t come wanting to be an actor. I never had dreams, never knew what was acting. I was not acting material. I didn’t look like an actor, I was not brought up as one – I was in hostels most of my life, I was travelling. I came accidentally into movies.”

Radhika Sarathkumar’s turbulent relationships and marriages

While acting in Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai, Radhika fell in love with actor and director, Pratap Pothen. The two decided to get married, but their families were against their decision. However, Pratap and Radhika went against their respective families and got married in 1985. But within two years, the two parted ways. Speaking about their split, Pratap once said:

“We were together for two years, but had no children. The relationship later became dry. developed and we soon split. Both of us were responsible for the situation. You couldn’t blame one person alone.”

In 1990, Radhika married a British man named Richard Hardy, with whom she had her first child, Rayane. However, her marriage to Richard also ended in two years. However, despite being a single mother, Radhika didn’t let anything hamper her life and played both the roles of a father and mother to her daughter.

Radhika Sarathkumar found true love at 39

After her two failed marriages, Radhika gave up on love. However, she then married her best friend, the actor-turned-politician Sarathkumar. Radhika had a small circle of friends, which included Sarathkumar and actor Arvind Swamy. They socialised together and even raised funds during the Kargil War. Soon, Radhika and Sarath’s friendship turned into love.

It was Radhika’s mother who advised her to marry Sarathkumar, as she knew he would be an ideal husband for her and would also provide security for Rayane. Her mother’s advice prevailed, and Radhika got married to Sarathkumar in 2001. The couple welcomed their son, Rahul in 2004. Speaking about him, Radhika said:

“Funniest thing is we never talk about movies. We never talk about issues like Nadigar Sangam. If he had discussed, I would have told him not to stand. We are just a normal family, fun-loving. Sarath is very family oriented.”

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