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{{Short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{distinguish|M. R. Radha}}
{{Infobox person
| name = M. K. Radha
| image = MKRadha.jpeg
| caption = M. K. Radha in the late 1940s
| birth_name = Madras Kandaswami Radhakrishnan
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|11|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|08|29|1910|11|20|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| other_name =
| years_active = 1936–1958
| spouse =
| website =
| occupation = [[Actor]]
}}
'''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.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Co-Star
! Notes
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Sathi Leelavathi (1936 film)|Sathi Leelavathi]]'' || Krishnamurthy || M. S. Gnanambal, [[M. G. Ramachandran]]||
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Chandra Mohana|Chandramohana or Samooga Thondu]]'' || Chandra Mohan || T. N. Meenakshi ||
|-
| 1938 || ''Anaadhai Penn'' || || T. A. Sundarambal, [[P. U. Chinnappa]]||
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Maya Machhindra]]'' || Machindran || M. S. Saroja, [[M. G. Ramachandran]] ||
|-
| 1940 || ''[[Sathi Murali]]'' || || [[M. R. Santhanalakshmi]] ||
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Prema Bandhan]]'' || || T. Suryakumari, R. B. Lakshmi Devi ||
|-
| 1941 || ''Rajagopichand'' || || ||
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Vana Mohini]]'' || || [[K. Thavamani Devi]] ||
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Dasi Aparanji]]'' || || [[Pushpavalli]] ||
|-
| 1945 || ''[[Kannamma En Kadhali]]'' || || [[M. S. Sundari Bai]] ||
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Chandralekha (1948 film)|Chandralekha]]''<ref>[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=138266 New York Times, movie review, Chandralekha]</ref>
|| Veerasimhan (Tamil), Veersingh (Hindi) || [[T. R. Rajakumari]] ||
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Gnana Soundari (Gemini)|Gnana Soundari]]'' || || Suseela ||
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Apoorva Sagodharargal (1949 film)|Apoorva Sagodharargal]]''<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/style/dec/12gang.htm Rediff, V. Gangadhar, Through the looking glass]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080630172908/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/06/27/stories/2008062750371600.htm The Hindu, film review, Apoorva Sagodharargal – 1949]</ref>
|| || [[P. Bhanumathi]] || Double Role
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Saudamini]]'' || || [[P. Kannamba]], [[A. Nageswara Rao]] ||
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Samsaram (1951 film)|Samsaram]]'' || Gopu || [[Pushpavalli]] ||
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Samsaram (1951 film)|Sansar]]'' || Narayan || [[Pushpavalli]] ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Moondru Pillaigal]]'' || || ||
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Avvaiyar (film)|Avvaiyar]]'' || King Pari || [[K. B. Sundarambal]] ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Nallakalam]]'' || || [[Pandari Bai]] ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Bahut Din Huwe]]'' || King || [[Madhubala]], [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] ||
|-
| 1955 || ''Grihalakshmi'' || || ||
|-
| 1955 || ''Porter Kandhan'' || Kandhan || [[G. Varalakshmi]] ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Paasavalai]]'' || King || [[G. Varalakshmi]], [[M. N. Rajam]] ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Ambikapathy (1957 film)|Ambikapathy]]'' || [[Kambar (poet)|Kambar]] || [[Sivaji Ganesan]] ||
|-
| 1957 || ''Karpukkarasi'' || King || [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[G. Varalakshmi]] ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Pudhaiyal]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]] ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Neelamalai Thirudan]]'' || || [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]], [[P. Kannamba]] ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Vanangamudi]]'' || King || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[P. Kannamba]] ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Anbe Deivam]]'' || || [[R. Nagendra Rao]], [[Sriranjani, Jr.]] ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Uthama Puthiran (1958 film)|Uthama Puthiran]]'' || King || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[P. Kannamba]] ||
|}

== Personal life ==
Radha was married to M. R. Gnanambal, also an actress.<ref name="toast">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/mk-radha-the-toast-of-theatre-and-cinema/article8446757.ece|title=M.K. Radha, the toast of theatre and cinema|last=Guy|first=Randor|date=7 April 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181005190714/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/mk-radha-the-toast-of-theatre-and-cinema/article8446757.ece|archive-date=5 October 2018|url-status=live|author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040812203127/http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/23/stories/2004072303810300.htm The Hindu, 22 July 2004, Release of postal envelope in memory of MK Radha]</ref>

A neighbourhood in [[Teynampet]], [[Chennai]] is named M.K. Radha Nagar in his honour.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080611090934/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/05/stories/2008040558440300.htm The Hindu, Clinic in MK Radha Nagar]</ref>

== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
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