B. V. Radha

B. V. Radha
Born	Rajalakshmi August 1948 (age 68) Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress, film producer
Spouse(s)	K. S. L. Swamy (1939-2015; his death)

Bengaluru Vijaya Radha (born August 1948) is a former Indian actress and film producer. Starting her career in the 1964 Kannada film Navakoti Narayana. She went on to play mostly supporting roles in over 300 films, 250 of which were in Kannada, and the rest in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi.

She is married to film director K. S. L. Swamy. Following her career in cinema, she associated herself with theatre, performing plays with her troupe, Natavranda. Recognizing her contribution to theatre and cinema, Radha was awarded the Kanaka Ratna Award by Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha, a spiritual and cultural center for Kuruba Gowdas, in 2010.

Radha was born as Rajalakshmi in August 1948, into a family of farmers. Ever interested in becoming an actress, she quit school to enter cinema. Her debut role came in the 1964 Kannada film Navakoti Narayana, in which Rajkumar played the lead role. Her most notable role in Tamil films was Thazampoo in 1966. She would then go on to act alongside other top actors in the south Indian cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, such as M.G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, N. T. Rama Rao, Gemini Ganesan, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jaishankar.

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