While the Karnataka drama unfolded, a person not so related to assembly elections gained attention on social media. Radhika Kumaraswamy, a prominent South-Indian movie actress became one of the most trending topics on the Google Search. Radhika who is also a film producer is the wife of Karnataka Chief Minister-designate Kumaraswamy. Radhika is quite a popular face in the Kannada film industry and has acted in Tamil and Telugu movies too.

But what surprised us is as soon as Karnataka got a hung assembly and the chances of her husband & JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy increased of being the next CM of Karnataka, the netizen took on Google to search for his wife and stumbled upon this beautiful and popular actress.

Google has a knack for coming up with such surprising trends and such unexpected trends have often popped up in the past too. Since Radhika Kumaraswamy was the top trend on the Google Search for quite a while, we wondered as have you seen her yet? And who is Radhika Kumaraswamy?

Radhika began her acting career with a Kannada film – Neela Megha Sharma – in the year 2002. She was only 14 when she got a breakthrough. She had a controversial first marriage where her mother alleged that her first husband, Ratan Kumar had forcibly married her and that she was only 14 at that time. His father, Devraj, alleged that his husband had also tried to burn her alive. However, his first husband, Ratan Kumar, died of a heart attack in the year 2002. Check the Google Trends for the search term 'Kumaraswamy wife' below.

HD Kumaraswamy Wife Radhika Kumaraswamy (Photo Credits: Google Search ScreenGrabs)

In the year 2010, Radhika had revealed that she had married to HD Kumaraswamy, who has been a former chief minister of Karnataka. She said that she married him in the year 2006. The couple has a daughter – Shamika K Swamy.

Radhika, who has acted in over 30 films, has produced a couple of films too. Her first production film was Lucky – a Kannada language movie – in the year 2012.

HD Kumaraswamy Google Search - ScreenGrab

Wives of politicians and celebrities have often found themselves in controversies or being the centre of attraction, because of their better half’s stardom or popularity. At such instances, the inquisitiveness of the common people at large to know significant others is quite usual.

As there were high chances of HD Kumaraswamy becoming the chief minister immediately after the results of Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 were announced; wife Radhika Kumaraswamy was amongst the top trends in the day. We take a look at some of her pictures as she was trending on the search engine, on the day, her husband is a frontrunner for the chair of the Chief Minister in Karnataka.

Glimpses of Radhika Kumaraswamy (Photo Credits: Facebook @OfficialRadhikaKumarswamy)

After taking oath as the CM of Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa resigned as he failed to prove majority in the legislative assembly. After the three-day-long drama, H D Kumaraswamy will be sworn in as Karnataka Chief Minister on May 23. Kumaraswamy is the son of Deve Gowda, JD(S) supremo, the former prime minister of India.

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