Kalamandalam Radhika

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.

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. 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. 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.

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.

Appearances Television YearFilmRoleChannelLanguageNotes2006ShakunamNunDD MalayalamMalayalamTelefilm2011-2012Kadhayile RajakumariAbhi's MotherMazhavil ManoramaMalayalamSerial2016-2017Manjal PrasadamNagamadathammaFlowers TVMalayalamSerial2018CharuthaHerselfKerala VisionMalayalam2018Aa YathrayilHerselfSafari TVMalayalam2018Straight LineHerselfKaumudy TVMalayalam2019–2021Sumangali BhavaMuthassiZee KeralamMalayalamSerial2023Slave MarketHanimaMBC GroupEnglish-ArabicInternational TV Series2025 2026 PavithramAmmini AchammaAsianetMalayalamSerial2026 present Pavithram 2Ammini AchammaJioHotstarMalayalamSerial

Film YearFilmRolelanguage2023ValattyOwner of BrunoMalayalam2022Innale VareRamaniyammaMalayalam2018Marunnu (short) UmmaMalayalam2014Namma GramamNarayaniTamil2013CleopatraInmateMalayalam2012GramamNarayaniMalayalam2012ChaptersLady at hospitalMalayalam2012OrdinaryJose's mother Malayalam2011VeeraputhranVayattatiMalayalam2010Kadha ThudarunnuPrincipalMalayalam2010JanakiSantha CheriyammaMalayalam2009RituSarath's motherMalayalam2008Innathe Chintha VishayamNoushad's AuntMalayalam2008De Ingottu NokkiyePoliticianMalayalam2007VinodayathraDoctorMalayalam2007 NivedyamRamavarma Thampuran's sisterMalayalam2006RasathanthramNunMalayalam2005 Achuvinte AmmaMoothumma's relativeMalayalam1982 KilukilukkamDance teacher Malayalam

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