radhika to meet director ashok kashyap who offered her the character of nanda in his serial without an audition a resident of malleswaram radhika was born into a traditional family of chitrapur saraswat brahmins she recalls joe madam hod of commerce department as being her favourite lecturer i was selected without any problem for a challenging role climbing trees and plucking fruits mangoes or gooseberry was common that was my ambition in four years radhika has carved a niche for herself in sandalwood for her emotive acting and dialogue delivery both invited me for an audition our house is over 50 years old and has a huge garden we used to bunk classes and go to m g road watch movies in rex or shankar nag theatre shop and eat chat on brigade road i enjoyed playing cricket badminton kunta bille lagori and hideandseek on the road she has caned me too on nonshoot days i sleep till 830 or 9am she allowed me just an hours play and the rest was spent on studying i can never forget those days it was followed by love guru krishnan love story gana bajana and hudugru all hits in one way or the other her portrayal of chanchala won her the first filmfare award i topped in english and social studies for my school in 10th std says she we prepare a sweet dish called madagane and pathrode radhika calls the years at mount carmel my golden days radhika bagged her second filmfare award for love guru and followed it with third for krishnan love story earning the sobriquet hattrick queen that was radhikas first step into the world of greasepaint