Radhika Apte is not Mukhra but she is not Mukhchora. He was never one to listen to cynics. That’s why he has spent 17 years in the film industry despite the irony at the beginning of his career. Many movies have failed because of skin color and even physical structure. Still he did not lose confidence.
Radhika Apte’s new movie ‘Mrs Undercover’. In an interview to promote this spy comedy style movie, he candidly spoke about the beginning of his career.
Radhika has previously said that during her initial days in the industry, she was often advised to change her body shape. Asked if she still faces such comments, Radhika said, ‘No. Now I don’t think anyone will ask this question. But yes, I didn’t get a chance in a movie because I was overweight.’
Not only that, Radhika said that when she stepped into Bollywood, she had to hear various comments about the shape of her nose from the size of her breasts. In Radhika’s words, ‘My breast size is small, my nose is not right either. Many people said that if you don’t have big breasts, you can’t get a job. Because they thought it was their right.’
However, Radhika did not change herself in the words of the cynic. Radhika has spent so many years in the industry on her own terms, not in slavery to artificial beauty.
Radhika’s character name is Durga in Mrs. Undercover. This is a character who is funny, kind, sincere, but clumsy and unsure of himself.
Radhika says, ‘Every house has a Durga. A woman who quietly goes about her work and is considered just a housewife does not get what she deserves. But this movie will teach Durga to fight against the mentality of our patriarchal society.’