Return Thursday! Why M.R. Radha got the epithet Cholera

Mike Tyson hit the features in 1997 when on June 28th amid the notorious Evander Holyfield versus Mike Tyson fight he bit and remove his rivals ears. Curiously our own Nadigavel M.R. Radha has accomplished something much comparative decades sooner amid his days as a show on-screen character.

As per students of history the Iyer Drama troupe arranged plays in the Nagapattinam territory. Radha who was a piece of the troupe even in his more youthful days had wild displeasure and he constantly continued battling with his costar T.K. Sambangi. Amid one such battle Radha bit and remove Sambangi’s ears and the injured individual was shouting in agony with blood spilling out. Later the Nadigavel shared that he was especially apprehensive and expected that he would hang to death. He was shuddering so seriously that he had extreme free movement and was influenced by the cholera illness and the stage proprietor needed to call his relatives to take him home.

Later when M.R. Radha recouped and continued his work in indistinguishable troupe from an on-screen character K.Sarangapani and different costars began calling him by the moniker Cholera.