Radhika Madan was born on 1 May 1995 in Delhi, India is an Indian actress, who mainly works in the Hindi film industry. She started her acting career with the TV serial Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi (2014–2016) aired on Colors TV, where she played the role of Ishaani Ranveer Vaghela. In 2015, She also took part in the dancing reality programme Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 aired on Colors TV.
In 2018, she made her film debut in the Bollywood film with the film titled “Pataakha” and for this film, she won the Screen Award for Best Female Debut.
Radhika did her schooling at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi. After that, she attended Jesus and Mary College and earned a graduation degree (Bachelor of Commerce, B.com).
Radhika Madan is the daughter of Sujit Madan and Neeru Madan. Her father Sujit Madan is a businessman and her mother Neeru Madan is a painter. She has an elder brother named Arjun Madan.
Some lesser known facts about Radhika Madan
- Radhika Madan is one of the few actresses who has successfully entered the film industry after having a significant TV career.
- She was born and brought up in a middle-class Punjabi family.
- Her nicknames include Totta, Ishu, and Chote.
- In her childhood, she used to play cricket and loved dancing.
- She trained in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and many other kinds of other dance styles.
- In 2013, she participated in the ‘Veet – Be the Diva’ beauty contest.
- In 2015. she participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 8 as a contestant.
- In 2016, She was also part of Box Cricket League season 2.
- in 2018, she made her film debut in the Bollywood film with the film titled “Pataakha”.
- Her film ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’ premiered in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival (2018) and also screened MAMI Film Festival (2018).
- She also auditioned for the Hindi film Laila Majnu (2018)
Controversy
Radhika Madan landed herself in a controversy when she made her statement about the work culture in the Television film industry. She spoke about long working hours, non-availability of scripts, being treated like machines etc.
- In an interview, Radhika Madan had said, ““Aap set pe chalo, script garma garam aa rahi hai.” Ekta Kapoor reacted with the comment “Sad!!!! N Shameful actors have no respect for their roots kudos.”
- Sayantani Ghosh also reacted and shared a post on Instagram with comment, “Let me just say I am a huge admirer of her acting prowess. I didn’t see her full interview, but I was a little hurt and disappointed and what I felt upon seeing that I posted underneath her video.
- Karanvir Bhora and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya also reacted to her interview.
Radhika Madan Plastic Surgery Controversy
- Recently a Reddit user noticed that Radhika Madan’s face looked quite different in an award show photo, and also shared Radhika Madan’s picture from an award show along with another old photo.