{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Kalamandalam Radhika | image = Radhika-kalamandalam-pic.jpg | caption = Kalamandalam Radhika | birth_place = Bangalore | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Dancer, choreographer and stage performer | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }}
'''Kalamandalam Radhika''' is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, research scholar, teacher, writer and philanthropist. She was the first non-resident Keralite to win the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award for Mohiniyattom. She learnt Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, Kathakali and other dance forms.
==Early years and education== Kalamandalam Radhika was born in Bangalore to K.K Nair, a chartered accountant. She started learning dancing at the age of three under Guru Rajan, and later learnt Kathakali from Muttar Sri. Narayana Panicker and mridhangamvaitharis from Guru Ponniahpillai. In the late 1960s, she moved to Cheruthuruthy and stayed at the Kalamandalam for four years. Under the wings of Chinnammu Amma, Kalamandalam Sathyabhama and Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair she was moulded into a skilled performer. Her tutelage under the late Kalamandalam Kalyani Kutty Amma and her training under Kalamandalam Padmanabha Ashan in Kathakali honed her skills.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/fr/2005/04/01/stories/2005040101700200.htm |title=Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Personality : Dancer and philanthropist |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2005-04-01 |access-date=2016-11-17}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Dancer and choreographer== She has conducted more than two thousand performances in India and abroad at national and international levels. She is a member of the UNESCO International Dance Council, and has conducted her performances for WHO delegates, SAARC delegates, diplomats, Soviet representatives, and others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kerala.com/ker_int/newinterview.php?recid=8 |title=Kerala Interviews, Interview of the week |website=Kerala.com |date= |access-date=2016-11-17 |archive-date=19 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119101740/http://www.kerala.com/ker_int/newinterview.php?recid=8 |url-status=dead }}</ref> To explore the depths of Mohiniyattom, she has undertaken extensive research, and re-organized the basic steps, jewellery and costumes worn by Mohiniyattom dancers of the early 1940s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blackboard.lincoln.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/users/dmeyerdinkgrafe/archive/bioradhika.html |title=Kalamandalam Radhika is one of the finest exponents of Mohiniattam |website=Blackboard.lincoln.ac.uk |date= |access-date=2016-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422090613/https://blackboard.lincoln.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/users/dmeyerdinkgrafe/archive/bioradhika.html |archive-date=22 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gspaul.com/interview7.html |title=Two decades in Art Journalism |publisher=GS Paul |date=2000-03-17 |access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> She has executed and choreographed biblical themes including the advent of Christianity in India, and the birth of Christ.
Radhika has conducted workshops in US, UK, Europe, Atlanta, and Germany. She has also choreographed and danced for ''Behold Thy Mother'', a biblical film directed by an Italian priest Fr.Gerard. She has composed and choreographed five cholkettus, three varnams and innumerable padams in different languages. She was criticized for performing biblical themes in Mohiniattam, but the poetical works of VeerappaMoily, Kuvempu, Fr. Abel, Amruth Someshwar and St. Chavara as adapted by Radhika were well received.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecmsindia.org/dance.html |title=Home |website=Thecmsindia.org |date= |access-date=2016-11-17 |archive-date=6 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506190715/http://www.thecmsindia.org/dance.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Author== Radhika has written numerous articles for the dance and music magazine ''Shrutilaya'' and has submitted a paper on Mohiniyattom at a seminar organized by the NCERT on the subject of ‘Dance Education in Schools'. She has also written an article about the Devadasi system of Kerala for the weekly ''Indu'', published from Houston, USA, and is the author of the books 'Mohiniyattom-The Lyrical Dance of Kerala´ and ‘Mudra’ published by Mathrabhoomi.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JuZDAAAACAAJ|title=Mohiniattam: The Lyrical Dance of Kerala|first=Kalamandalam|last=Radhika|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Mathrubhumi Books|isbn=9788182640306|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/reviews/rev134.html |title=Review - Atlanta hosts the 'Ambassador of Mohiniattom' by Arun P Madangarli |website=Narthaki.com |date=2003-09-06 |access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref>
==Appearances== ;Television {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col"|Year ! scope="col"|Film ! scope="col"|Role ! scope="col"|Channel ! scope="col"|Language ! scope="col"|Notes |- |2023 |Slave Market<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kalamandalam Radhika in International web series |pages= |work=Madhyamam |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/lifestyle/woman/kalamandalam-radhika-in-international-web-series-1070298?infinitescroll=1}}</ref> |Hanima |MBC Group |English-Arabic |International TV Series |- |2019–2021||Sumangali Bhava||Muthassi||Zee Keralam||Malayalam||Serial |- |2018||Straight Line||Herself||Kaumudy TV||Malayalam|| |- |2018||Aa Yathrayil||Herself||Safari TV||Malayalam|| |- |2018||Charutha||Herself||Kerala Vision||Malayalam|| |- |2016-2017||Manjal Prasadam||Nagamadathamma||Flowers TV||Malayalam||Serial |- |2011-2012||Kadhayile Rajakumari||Abhi's Mother||Mazhavil Manorama||Malayalam||Serial |- |2006||Shakunam||Nun||DD Malayalam||Malayalam||Telefilm |- |}
;Film {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col"|Year ! scope="col"|Film ! scope="col"|Role ! scope="col"|language |- |2023 |Valatty |Owner of Bruno |Malayalam |- |2022||Innale Vare||Ramaniyamma||Malayalam |- |2018||Marunnu (short) ||Umma||Malayalam |- |2014||Namma Gramam||Narayani||Tamil |- |2013||Cleopatra||Inmate||Malayalam |- |2012||Gramam||Narayani||Malayalam |- |2012||Chapters||Lady at hospital||Malayalam |- |2012||Ordinary||Jose's mother ||Malayalam |- |2011||Veeraputhran||Vayattati||Malayalam |- |2010||Kadha Thudarunnu||Principal||Malayalam |- |2010||Janaki||Santha Cheriyamma||Malayalam |- |2009||Ritu||Sarath's mother||Malayalam |- |2008||Innathe Chintha Vishayam||Noushad's Aunt||Malayalam |- |2008||De Ingottu Nokkiye||Politician||Malayalam |- |2007||Vinodayathra||Doctor||Malayalam |- |2007|| Nivedyam||Ramavarma Thampuran's sister||Malayalam |- |2006||Rasathanthram||Nun||Malayalam |- |2005|| Achuvinte Amma||Moothumma's relative||Malayalam |- |1982|| Kilukilukkam||Dance teacher ||Malayalam |}
;Endorsement * Oxygen - The Digital Shop Advertisement * Pankajakasturi
==See also== {{Portal|India}} * Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair * Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma * Kalamandalam Satyabhama * Mohiniyattam
==References== {{reflist}} {{Dance in India}}
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