Radhika Apte recently recalled the trauma she went through when an intimate scene from one of her films was leaked. The actor admitted that she felt unsafe and was unable to step out of her home for four days after the incident.
The actor announced the news by sharing a picture of herself breastfeeding her one-week-old baby during her first work meeting after giving birth. Radhika has also been balancing her career with motherhood in recent years. She and her husband, British musician Benedict Taylor, welcomed their first child, a baby girl, in December 2024. Radhika continued working after becoming a mother, with Sister Midnight among and she also returned to the screen in Lust Stories 3, which premiered on Netflix this month.
She also revealed that filmmaker Anurag Kashyap had advised her against starring in that particular project. Because if you have not, I’ll send it to you. Because i was living alone in an apartment at the time, i was really scared. Because of the political environment at the time, in the same interaction, Radhika also admitted that she once really wanted to do a project but decided against it. Because she did not want to jeopardise her entire family, she said it was the first time she had allowed fear to dictate her professional choice.
Have you seen it? Watch it. If you’re okay with it, then you have to protect me. Otherwise, do not work with me. Here’s your salary; you can go’. So yes, it can get quite tricky,” she added.
She said, “I eventually called my driver and my spot dada and told them, ‘There is a clip that has been leaked. And they both said, ‘We will look after you’. Radhika said she felt “ashamed” about the decision but ultimately chose to protect her family.
