# Radha Bharathi

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'''Radha Bharathi''' is an [Indian](/source/Indian_people) 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](/source/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](/source/Vaigasi_Poranthachu)'' (1990) and continued to make village-centric action films in the early 1990s, collaborating with [Saravanan](/source/Saravanan_(actor)) for back-to-back ventures. He then made another film with Prashanth, ''[Kizhakke Varum Paattu](/source/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](/source/Yajamana_(2000_film))'' alongside Sheshadri, before making ''[Kaatrullavarai](/source/Kaatrullavarai)'' (2005), a romantic film with [Jai Akash](/source/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;"
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| 1990 || ''[Vaigasi Poranthachu](/source/Vaigasi_Poranthachu)'' ||
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| 1991 || ''Vaidehi Vanthachu'' ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1993 || ''Akkarai Cheemayile'' ||
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| ''[Kizhakke Varum Paattu](/source/Kizhakke_Varum_Paattu)'' || 
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| 2000 || ''[Yajamana](/source/Yajamana_(2000_film))'' || Kannada film
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| 2005 || ''[Kaatrullavarai](/source/Kaatrullavarai)'' || 
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| 2015 || ''Nanbargal Narpani Mandram'' || 
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;Writer
*''[Thangathin Thangam](/source/Thangathin_Thangam)'' (1990; story)
*''[Periya Idathu Pillai](/source/Periya_Idathu_Pillai)'' (1990)

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

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