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Radhika Apte: I don’t think that me putting my foot down is going to change anything

Radhika Apte’s latest outing Padman minted huge box office numbers. The actress has garnered lot of appreciations for her performance in the film. Radhika will be seen in amazing series of films this year - Sriram Raghavan’s Shoot The Piano Player, Bazaar with Saif Ali Khan and Vikramaditya Motwane’s Bhavesh Joshi. The actress is currently occupied with the shoot of Michael Winterbottom’s next starring Dev Patel.

In an interaction with a lading Indian entertainment portal, Radhika was asked about how does she manage both personal and professional life. "I try and visit every couple of months and he (Radhika's husband Benedict Taylor) also comes so we’re not away from each other for more than a month. It’s exhausting and very expensive also. I remember sometimes people meet on an aircraft and they ask why are you flying economy and I’m like what the hell does that mean. Imagine making three trips in two months, and that too last-minute ones because suddenly I got a week off. It’s such an expensive lifestyle – two houses in two of the most expensive cities in the world and 2-3 tickets a month to travel back and forth every month. That’s why I’m not vegetating!"


On being asked about whether she upsets people by saying no, she said, "It’s funny that people have this impression that I keeping saying no and that I stand my ground. The people who really know me will say that I cannot say no. I put up with a lot of things that I don’t agree with – people coming late, extending shoot days, people going against contract and not paying for extra time. Exploitation doesn’t have to be sexual. And I don’t say anything, I just do it. I don’t think that me putting my foot down is going to change anything. It will only ruin my career. If Akshay Kumar puts his foot down it changes things because he’s reached that level. It was amazing working with him on Padman because he would work for 8 hours and that’s it."

Talking about her presence in social media, she said, " I really struggle. I do social media largely for work because I want to be a part of different activities. In India that’s how you make money so I do it as my job. But wearing airport outfits, etc I don’t think that necessarily a part of my job. I mean it adds to it, but doesn’t take something away. Rajinikanth doesn’t wear a wig when he steps out, he’s Rajinikanth anyway. Of course, I know I’m not Rajinikanth!"

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