Radha Bharathi

{{short description|Indian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Radha Bharathi | image = | imagesize = | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Director | othername = | yearsactive = | spouse = | parents = }}

'''Radha Bharathi''' is an Indian film director who has worked on Tamil and Kannada language films. He was active in the early 1990s and worked on two high-profile films featuring actor Prashanth, and has since worked on a few low budget projects.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/etcetera-ode-to-bharathiraja/article6578230.ece|title=Etcetera — Ode to Bharathiraja|newspaper=The Hindu|date=8 November 2014|last1=Raghavan|first1=Nikhil}}</ref>

==Career== Radha Bharathi made his directorial debut with ''Vaigasi Poranthachu'' (1990) and continued to make village-centric action films in the early 1990s, collaborating with Saravanan for back-to-back ventures. He then made another film with Prashanth, ''Kizhakke Varum Paattu'' (1993), before working in films as a script and story writer rather than being a director. He re-emerged in 2000 by helming the Kannada film ''Yajamana'' alongside Sheshadri, before making ''Kaatrullavarai'' (2005), a romantic film with Jai Akash in the lead.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/radha-bharathi-back-action-nanbargal-narpani-manram-219955.html |title=Radha Bharathi back in action with Nanbargal Narpani Manram |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-date=2016-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820165923/http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/radha-bharathi-back-action-nanbargal-narpani-manram-219955.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/kaatrulla-varai-tamil-movie-review-7269.html|title = Kaatrulla Varai review. Kaatrulla Varai Tamil movie review, story, rating}}</ref>

Radha Bharathi made a comeback to Tamil films with ''Nanbargal Narpani Mandram'' (2015), a comedy featuring newcomers, which had a low profile release in May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/radha-bharathi-returns-kollywood-nanbargal-narpani-mandram-262795.html |title=Radha Bharathi returns to Kollywood with Nanbargal Narpani Mandram |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063010/http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/radha-bharathi-returns-kollywood-nanbargal-narpani-mandram-262795.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Filmography== ;Director {| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;" |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Film !class=unsortable| Notes |- | 1990 || ''Vaigasi Poranthachu'' || |- | 1991 || ''Vaidehi Vanthachu'' || |- | rowspan="2" | 1993 || ''Akkarai Cheemayile'' || |- | ''Kizhakke Varum Paattu'' || |- | 2000 || ''Yajamana'' || Kannada film |- | 2005 || ''Kaatrullavarai'' || |- | 2015 || ''Nanbargal Narpani Mandram'' || |}

;Writer *''Thangathin Thangam'' (1990; story) *''Periya Idathu Pillai'' (1990)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|5940365}}

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