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BBC comes ‘Face to Face’ with Tamil movie star Radhika
This Saturday 15 December at 10 pm BBC World's programme Face to Face will feature Tamil movie star Radhika. The show will be repeated on Sunday at noon.
The show is hosted by popular anchor Karan Thapar, and produced in Delhi for BBC World by ITV. The sponsors are Samsung Digital and Castrol GTX Extra.
Karan Thapar queries Radhika about her dynamic career in films and how she managed to branch out and connect with television audiences with her lead role in the Tamil television phenomenon Chiththi, which completed its amazing run last month.
Radhika has acted in nearly 300 South Indian films, and her serial Chiththi drew stupendous ratings on Sun Television. It was produced by her television production company Radaan. The serial ran for three years and she has these comments to make: "I think women liked my role. I basically played more of myself – a no-nonsense, straightforward person. The way the story was woven and told just caught the imagination."
She has also starred in a few Hindi films like Naseeb Apna Apna, Kudrat Ka Kanoon and Aaj Ka Arjun. Her family apparently did not have high expectations of her when she was growing up as her focus was not quite there. In the show she also recalls her early experiences in film and the influence her father MR Radha – a very famous Tamil film actor of his time – played in her life. She also delves into her personal life, her failed marriage, her daughter and her recent marriage to actor Sarat Kumar.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
