INDIA: Bollywood actress Radhika Apte, who gets into the skin of a role and stands up to the mark, recently gave an interview to the media while promoting her upcoming film Mrs Undercover.
Radhika Apte busted the myth of some unrealistic theories of the film industry. The Bollywood actress recalled her initial days and spoke about how people in the film industry could be rude and mean.
When asked about her personal experience upon approaching a film and how people react to her in personal terms, Radhika Apte said, “Perceptions are odd. For the longest time, people thought I could only be a rural girl until I did Badlapur. People assumed that after Badlapur, I could only do sex comedy and strip. So I came to a halt. I just didn’t say yes to them. Perceptions are a little strange.”
Radhika Apte also claimed that how physical appearance was prioritized sidelining talent. The actress said, “I had to give up a movie because I was three or four kilogrammes overweight. Naturally, when you first start out, people will ask you, “Why don’t you get a better nose?” and “Why don’t you get bigger breasts?” That was initially the case.
“Some people would start making comments about your physique in the midst as if they were entitled to… Because of increased awareness in recent years, we are now able to discuss it in great detail. We can say, ‘I’ll remove you from the project if you say it to me again’,” she added.
Radhika Apte was asked why she avoids making public appearances like her contemporaries, to which she shockingly said, in her recent film Monica, O My Darling, she was approached to attend the award show, but she was told that she’d win only on the condition that she attends. Thus, she skipped the award function and called it ‘nonsense’.
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