Radhika Apte: Got rejected as other actor had bigger lips, breasts

Updated On: 10 June, 2022 01:25 PM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian

Radhika, who has a release in Forensic, discusses losing out on movies and navigating the gender-skewed industry

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During the narration of Forensic, Radhika Apte was relieved to notice that the film was not dumbed down, as some Indian movies tend to be. Director Vishal Furia’s thriller expected the audience to keep up with its pace. This was among the many reasons that made her say yes to it. “In India, we spoon-feed the audience a lot. Everything is explained in a flash cut, almost as if to say that in case you have forgotten, here it is again. I think the audiences are smarter than these [filmmakers] who think they won’t get it. If the audience is not liking your film, it’s not because they don’t get it; it’s probably because it’s boring,” laughs Apte. She plays a cop investigating a series of murders in the ZEE5 film, which is a remake of the 2020 Malayalam film of the same name.

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