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Radikaa Sarathkumar becomes first woman to host Kodeeswari, show features only women contestants

N Ravi

Actress Radikaa Sarathkumar who is a popular face in Tamil television (think Chitti, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, Chellame, Vaani Rani, Thamarai) will be the host of Kodeeswari, the official Tamil language adaptation of renowned television game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. The show will air on Colors Tamil. 

For the first time in India, the show will be hosted by a woman and for the first time in the world, all the participants will be women in the show. 

In a congratulatory message, Amitabh Bachchan, who is the host of the Hindi version of the show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, wished Radhika, with whom he had worked in the past (1990s Aaj Ka Arjun). Watch what Bachchan Sr had to say: