 "Netflix's 'Sacred Games' actress Radhika Apte says she's 'disturbed' seeing increasing violence on the screen: 'I don't want to be bringing up a child where...'")
Radhika Apte has been a part of the Hindi film industry for the last 15 years. She has been a part of films like Rakht Charitra, Shor In The City, Padman, and Baazaar. The actress also starred in Netflix’s 2018 web-series Sacred Games, and now has Tisca Chopra’s Saali Mohabbat coming up.
As per a report by The Hollywood Reporter India, Radhika Apte expressed her displeasure and discomfort owing to the increasing violence on the screen. Apte was quoted saying, “I feel quite disturbed, and I have to say this openly… I am deeply disturbed by the violence at the moment that is selling as entertainment. I don’t want to be bringing up a child in a world where that is entertainment. I just cannot deal with it.”
She added, “If I want to tell a story of a man who chopped off people, I don’t need to see the chopping and horrible things that they are doing to the person. That is not storytelling. That is not what I have ever seen. The effect of this on society is so large, and I find it deeply upsetting that that is what’s selling.”
On the pregnancy bias in Bollywood
In a heartfelt and eye-opening conversation during Neha Dhupia’s Freedom to Feed live session, acclaimed actress Radhika Apte bravely opened up about the emotional and physical challenges she faced after announcing her pregnancy, shedding light on the persistent biases against motherhood in the Indian entertainment industry.
Radhika revealed that during her early pregnancy, while she was still fulfilling professional commitments, she encountered a stark difference in how her news was received in two different work environments, one in India and the other abroad.
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View All“An Indian producer I was working with wasn’t happy about the news,” she shared candidly. “He responded coldly and even insisted I wear tight-fitting clothes despite my discomfort and bloating. I was in my first trimester and had constant cravings, I was eating a lot, be it rice or pasta and going through the usual physical changes, but instead of understanding, I was met with insensitivity.”
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