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.