M. K. Radha

Not to be confused with M. R. Radha.

Madras Kandaswami Radhakrishnan (20 November 1910 – 29 August 1985), professionally known as M. K. Radha, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was born in Chennai and took up acting in Tamil stage at the age of 7. He was tutored by his father Kandasamy Mudaliar a famous drama teacher at that time. His career spanned for almost 25 years in Tamil drama as a lead actor during India´s pre-independence days and he was a popular social hero in various patriotic dramas.

M. K. Radha
M. K. Radha in the late 1940s
Born	Madras Kandaswami Radhakrishnan (1910-11-20)20 November 1910 Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	29 August 1985(1985-08-29) (aged 74) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1936–1958

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Co-Star	Notes
1936	Sathi Leelavathi	Tamil	Krishnamurthy	M. S. Gnanambal, M. G. Ramachandran
1936	Chandramohana or Samooga Thondu	Tamil	Chandra Mohan	T. N. Meenakshi
1938	Anaadhai Penn	Tamil		T. A. Sundarambal, P. U. Chinnappa
1939	Maya Machhindra	Tamil	Machindran	M. S. Saroja, M. G. Ramachandran
1940	Sathi Murali	Tamil	Seenu	M. R. Santhanalakshmi
1941	Prema Bandhan	Tamil	Ananthu	T. Suryakumari, R. B. Lakshmi Devi
1941	Rajagopichand	Tamil
1941	Vana Mohini	Tamil	Prince	K. Thavamani Devi
1944	Dasi Aparanji	Tamil	Vikramadithan	Pushpavalli
1945	Kannamma En Kadhali	Tamil	Muthu	M. S. Sundari Bai
1948	Chandralekha[1]	Hindi	Veersingh	T. R. Rajakumari
1948	Chandralekha[2]	Tamil	Veerasimhan	T. R. Rajakumari
1948	Gnana Soundari	Tamil	Pilendran	P. Kannamba
1949	Apoorva Sagodharargal[3][4]	Tamil	Vijayasimhan, Vikramasimhan	P. Bhanumathi	Double Role
1950	Apoorva Sahodarulu[5][6]	Telugu	Vijayasimhan, Vikramasimhan	P. Bhanumathi	Double Role
1951	Saudamini	Tamil		P. Kannamba, A. Nageswara Rao
1951	Samsaram	Tamil	Gopu	Pushpavalli
1951	Sansar	Hindi	Narayan	Pushpavalli
1952	Moondru Pillaigal	Tamil	Muthu
1952	Mugguru Kodukulu	Telugu	Prakasam
1953	Avvaiyar	Tamil	King Pari	K. B. Sundarambal
1954	Nallakalam	Tamil		Pandari Bai
1954	Bahut Din Huwe	Hindi	King	Madhubala, Savitri
1955	Gruhalakshmi	Tamil		Anjali Devi
1955	Porter Kandan	Tamil	Kandhan	G. Varalakshmi
1956	Kannin Manigal	Tamil	Inspector	Padmini, M. V. Rajamma
1956	Paasavalai	Tamil	King	G. Varalakshmi, M. N. Rajam
1957	Ambikapathy	Tamil	Kambar	Sivaji Ganesan
1957	Karpukkarasi	Tamil	King	Gemini Ganesan, G. Varalakshmi
1957	Pudhaiyal	Tamil	Kumaravadivu	Sivaji Ganesan
1957	Neelamalai Thirudan	Tamil	Thangappan	Ranjan, P. Kannamba
1957	Vanangamudi	Tamil	King	Sivaji Ganesan, P. Kannamba, Savitri
1957	Anbe Deivam	Tamil		R. Nagendra Rao, Sriranjani, Jr.
1958	Uthama Puthiran	Tamil	King	Sivaji Ganesan, P. Kannamba

Personal life

Radha was married to M. R. Gnanambal, also an actress.^[7]

Awards and honours

In 1973, he received the Padma Shri Award for his contribution to performing arts from President V.V. Giri.

In July 2004, the Indian Postal Service special postal envelope in his memory.^[8]

A neighbourhood in Teynampet, Chennai is named M.K. Radha Nagar in his honour.^[9]