C. S. Radhadevi

C. S. Radhadevi was a playback singer, dubbing artist, radio artist and actor from Kerala, India. Radhadevi has been in the field of Malayalam radio broadcasting for seven decades. She has sung in over thirty films in a span of 30 years. She has received many awards including Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award, Gurupooja Award by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Kerala Film Critics Award and the Kerala State Film Award for her Outstanding Contribution to Malayalam Cinema.

Biography

C. S. Radhadevi was born in 1931, in Travancore, the daughter of Sivasankara Pillai and Chellamma. She learned Carnatic music from Ramanatha Bhagavathar of Madras. She later studied music at the Thycaud Music Academy for one year. Personal life and death Radhadevi and her husband N. Narayanan Nair, who was a University Assistant Registrar, have one son N. Nandagopan. Radhadevi died on July 7, 2025, at her residence in Thiruvananthapuram. ==Career==

Career

Radhadevi started acting at the age of 13, by acting in a dance scene in the play Parivarthanam by T. N. Gopinathan Nair. She later acted in the lead role in the play Ballatha Pahayan directed by Bahadoor. In 1948, she acted as the second heroine in the film Stree starring Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. She started conducting musical programs in the Travancore radio station in 1942 and joined All India Radio in 1950 as an artist. Her first dubbing for a heroine was in the film Jnanasundari (1961). She also dubbed to characters in Malayalam films such as Sita, Snapaka Yohannan, Bhaktakuchela, Kadal, and Ana Valarthiya Vanambadi. ==Awards and honours==

Awards and honours

In 1983, Radhamani received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award. In 2018, she was honoured with the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship. She also received many other awards including Gurupooja Award by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Kerala Film Critics Award, the Tagore Jayanti Award, the Kerala State Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Malayalam Cinema, the Natyagriham Award, TR Sukumaran Nair Memorial Award, Swathithirunal Sangeethasabha Award, Swaram Award, Bharathiyakalapeedam Sangeeta Samgama Puraskaram and the All India Radio Award for service of 60 Years. ==References==

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