Mumbai, Actor Radhika Apte says veteran star Zeenat Aman’s on-screen persona served as a reference for the styling of her character in the upcoming series “Akka”.
Produced by YRF Entertainment, “Akka” will premiere on Netflix on October 30.
Because of her hair, her fringe and all that, “When I was doing costume and hair, I was looking at Zeenat Aman. “The clothing references that they had, and the wig I’m wearing and all that, it sort of leaned into that time . The show is written and directed by Dharmaraj Shetty. “For me, it is a whole fictitious world. But he has worked really hard to make it very detailed. So, on paper this was even a longer show, it was not five episodes. Like, he has gone into doing research and figuring out things. “It’s far more interesting than playing a very nice person. The fun part about this show is that Bhavani is a protagonist and she’s going to do whatever it takes to protect her legacy. So, that doesn’t make her goody-goody at all.
It is a character reference; it was just costume and hair,” Apte told PTI in an interview. And she’s also from Bombay, so just some of the references were like some of her roles on-screen,” she said. The actor said she was instantly drawn to the matriarchal world of “Akka”, which explores themes of power, legacy, loyalty, family and revenge. So, it feels quite real but it is not,” she said. And, Rudra is also somebody who has her own mission,” she said. Some of her popular work on streaming platforms includes films such as “Lust Stories 3”, “Saali Mohabbat”, “Mrs Undercover”, “Monica, O My Darling”, and OTT shows like “Sacred Games”, “Ghoul”, among others.
