Actress Radhika Apte is content after two back-to-back different entertainers - Sriram Raghavan's Badlapur and Harshvardhan Kulkarni's Hunterrr. Happy with the praise coming her way, she says she will continue trying to pick unique characters.
Talking about her performances, she said, "I guess what really worked for me was that the two films and my characters in them were so different from one another. It was just lucky that the two films came out together.
"We shot Hunterrr over a long period of time. We did a major part of the shooting and then stopped. We picked up the threads again after two years, completed the film and quickly released it. Fortunately, the time lapse doesn't show in the film."
"I cannot see myself just looking pretty and dancing. I am sure that requires a helluva lot of discipline and hard work. But I'd rather channelise my energy to do something different, like I did in Badlapur and Hunterrr."
"We are living during times when women are not expected to be 'sati savitris'. My character in Hunterrr had a relationship and an abortion. This is a relatable person. I don't know any friend of mine who hasn't had sex before marriage."
"I don't care what the language of the cinema is, as long as it has a connect with real life. I am doing Leena Yadav's Parched where I am pitched against some really brilliant actresses in a story that's set in Rajasthan. And I am doing The Field about the Delhi mafia where my co-star is Neeraj Kabi (the monk in Ship Of Theseus).
"Then there is a short film by Anurag Kashyap on forbidden love."
"I have done a nude scene for an English-language film. In fact, I wrote an article about how strongly I felt on the subject of nudity. At the same time, I wouldn't allow my personal space to be violated by any intrusive attention.
Radhika, says "I am here because I am passionate about acting. Just after I was noticed in Raj Nidimoru-Krishna DK's Shor In The City, I left for London to study contemporary dancing. I came back feeling more empowered.
"I grew up idolising Aamir Khan. I had a poster of his in my room. Every day I said 'bye' to it before going to school. I want to create a similar sense of self-worth in my career," she said.
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