Career
He is also notable for having introduced his childhood friend, Sivaji Ganesan, into films. Kaka Radhakrishnan had the prefix "kaka" (crow) attached to his name after a role he played as a young boy, in a film made in his debut film Mangaiyakkarasi (1949). In the film, he literally climbed a tree to catch a crow and since has been associated with the crow, earning him the nickname.
Radhakrishnan died on 14 June 2012 following a brief illness.
