Radhika Apte, known for choosing varied roles across genres, made it clear that she wants no part in the extremely violent films that are ruling cinemas today. Speaking ahead of her series ‘Akka’, the actress also opened up about how motherhood has changed the way she looks at work.
In a career of nearly two decades, Apte has tried her hand at almost every genre and has stayed clear of being typecast. However, she draws the line at films with excessive violence, especially the popular mass action kind.
While promoting ‘Akka’, which revolves around the rivalry between two gangsters, Radhika told PTI, “What is working right now is violence and I’m vehemently against it. So, it’s a tricky situation.”
She pointed out that violence-heavy films seem to be bringing in theatrical business, but she does not want to be part of that trend. She said, “I don’t watch those films; I find them absurd. Like, I don’t understand how one can watch and eat popcorn while 50 men or women are getting beaten up and creatively beaten up because last time he broke his skull on a sink, so this time let’s break it on some other slab. I can’t compute it. So, I’d rather not be a part of it.”
The 41-year-old actress, who welcomed her daughter in 2024, shared that her work priorities are now different and fixed working hours matter the most to her. She said, “All I ask for is 12 hours of workday and not a 16-hour workday or like some time off and it’s not always possible. I also didn’t want to work because nothing was worth doing it. For me, I wanted to be with her as much as possible and I still do because she’s too small. So, I think all those things and my work is not my life. It has never been my life; it’s part of my life. So, things are changing. Tomorrow I might stop doing everything or I might do a lot. Who knows? So, it’s not like there’s one reason necessarily for not doing films.”