Radhika Apte is an Indian actress who was born on September 7, 1985. She primarily works in Hindi films, but she has also acted in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Bengali, and English-language films. She began her career in theater and made her film debut in the Hindi fantasy Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (2005).
Antaheen, a 2009 Bengali social drama, was Apte's first main role. She rose to prominence in three of her 2015 Bollywood films: Badlapur, the comedy Hunterrr, and the biographical film Manjhi - The Mountain Man. Her main appearances in the independent flicks Phobia and Parched in 2016 gained her critical recognition. Apte appeared in three Netflix original films in 2018: the anthology film Lust Stories, the thriller series Sacred Games, and the horror mini-series Ghoul. For her work in the first of them, she was nominated for an International Emmy Award. She has since appeared in the Netflix movie Raat Akeli Hai (2020) and Monica, O My Darling (2022), as well as the American film A Call to Spy as Noor Inayat Khan. (2019).
In addition to her work in independent films, Apte has played the leading lady in commercially successful mainstream films such as the Tamil action picture Kabali (2016), the Hindi biographical film Pad Man (2018), and the Hindi black comedy Andhadhun (2018). She has been married to Benedict Taylor, a musician residing in London, since 2012.
Radhika Apte was born on September 7, 1985, in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. When she was born, her parents were studying and working as doctors at the Christian Medical College & Hospital in Vellore. Dr. Charudutt Apte went on to become a neurosurgeon and the chairman of Sahyadri Hospital in Pune. She graduated from Fergusson College in Pune with a degree in Economics and Mathematics. In Pune, she attended a regular school before being homeschooled with four friends by their parents, who lived in the same building and did not want their children to go through the regular schooling system. Apte felt this experience liberated because it enhanced her self-esteem. Apte spent eight years as a child in Pune studying Kathak with Kathak exponent Rohini Bhate. During this time, Apte became active in theater in Pune and chose to relocate to Mumbai to work in films. Apte, however, became disheartened by her experience in Mumbai and returned to her home in Pune a few months later. Apte described these years in an interview with Scoop Whoop in 2018 as a learning but disheartening experience, in which she coped with an income of 8,000 to 10,000 from theatrical parts and had to put up with strange house owners and housemates in Goregaon, where she stayed as a paying guest. During this time, Apte appeared in her first film, "Gho mala asala hawa," a Marathi film. (2009). This was followed by Emiway Bhantai, her debut Hindi film, and then Rakta Charitra, Rakta Charitra 2, and "I am."
Apte returned to Pune and made an instant decision to fly to London for a year to study contemporary dance at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Apte described her time in London as "life-changing," because she was exposed to a whole new and free manner of working professionally. There she met her future husband Benedict, who later moved to Pune with her, traveling to Mumbai on a regular basis for work, but Apte refused to return to Mumbai due to her previous experience. She finally consented to move to Mumbai after a year, and her second experience in Mumbai was significantly more positive because she no longer felt alone.
Early roles in a career (2005–10)
Apte made her acting debut in the 2005 Hindi film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!, which she did "just for fun" while still in college. After seeing Apte in Anahita Oberoi's play Bombay Black, actor Rahul Bose submitted her name to director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, who cast her in his National award-winning Bengali film Antaheen alongside Aparna Sen, Sharmila Tagore, and Rahul Bose. In Antaheen, she portrayed TV journalist Brinda Roy Menon. Apte was described as a "revelation" by Riddhima Seal of The Times of India, who added, "With eyes that speak a thousand words, her passion for work and the loneliness of her heart as she waits to chat every night with that special stranger just strikes the right chord."
Apte made her Indian debut in 2009 with KBC productions' Gho Mala Asla Hava by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar, in which she played Savitri, a country girl. She later worked again with Bhave and Sukthankar on the Hindi documentary Mor Dekhne Jungle Mein. She also worked on Jatin Wagle's Ek Indian Manoos, Akash Khurana's Life Online, about "a bunch of youngsters working in a BPO," and Amol Palekar's Samaantar that year. She first appeared in Maneej Premnath's thriller The Waiting Room in 2010, and then in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra and its sequel. When Apte returned from London, she was offered a role in a huge blockbuster Hindi film, but she was (in her words) thrown out because they thought she was too fat to be in it.
Make a name for yourself and rise to stardom. (2011–present)
Apte starred in Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures' anthology film I Am and Shor in the City in 2011. She collaborated with the Bhave-Sukthankar combo for the third time on Ha Bharat Majha (2012), a film inspired by Anna Hazare's movement that was shot in 14 days and screened at several film festivals. Tukaram in Marathi and Dhoni, her first Tamil film, were her two other 2012 releases. She was nominated for a SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in the latter.
She appeared in the Bengali film Rupkatha Noy in 2013. "I play Sananda, an IT engineer who is a single mother of a three-year-old child," she stated of her character. Sananda has a terrible past that haunts her." Apte's first four 2014 releases were Postcard, Pendulum, Legend, and Vetri Selvan in three languages—Bengali, Telugu, and Tamil—followed by another feature, Lai Bhaari. Apte described Pendulum as a "story on magic realism that takes you through multiple layers of parallel realities, or apparent realities," with her playing a working woman in a relationship with a younger man, whereas in Vetri Selvan, she portrayed a lawyer. Legend and Lai Bhaari were both commercial hits, with the latter smashing the opening weekend box office record and becoming Marathi cinema's highest grossing film of all time.
Apte rose to prominence in 2015 after appearing in six feature films in the first eight months. She played a minor supporting role in Sriram Raghavan's Badlapur, the year's first release, for which she shot for six days. Despite only appearing briefly in the film's final act, she was highly recognized and praised for her performance, with some reviews remarking that she stood out among the ensemble cast. Rediff's Raja Sen, in particular, called her "sensational" and said she appeared in "possibly the film's finest" moment. Following her first Malayalam release, Haram, and a Telugu release, Lion, she had her next Hindi release, the sex comedy Hunterrr, directed by Harshvardhan Kulkarni. Despite the film's mixed reviews, Apte was praised once again for her performance. While Shubha Shetty-Saha of mid-day.com called her "excellent in an absolutely realistic role," Rachit Gupta of Filmfare said, "While you're at it, hand one (award) to Radhika Apte...She really comes into her own, in an unconventional and full of surprises." With the economic success of Badlapur and Hunterrr, as well as critical acclaim for Apte, she increased in prominence, breaking into the mainstream Bollywood scene, with the media labeling her the "latest sensation of Bollywood," Bollywood's new "go-to girl," and the "new constant in Indian cinema." "Radhika Apte is on her way to stardom, whether she likes it or not," writes HuffPost India. Ketan Mehta's critically acclaimed biogeographical film Manjhi - The Mountain Man, based on Dashrath Manjhi and starring Apte as Manjhi's wife Falguni Devi, and Kaun Kitne Paani Mein, a satire on water scarcity starring Apte as an agriculture graduate, were released a week apart in late August. Her next film was the Tamil mafia drama Kabali, in which she played Rajinikanth's wife. Her performance got good acclaim from critics upon its debut, and the picture was a monetary success as well.
Apte co-starred opposite Akshay Kumar in R. Balki's comedy-drama Pad Man in 2018, which was inspired on a short story in Twinkle Khanna's book, The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad. It is based on the life of Tamil Nadu's Arunachalam Muruganantham, who advocated for menstrual hygiene in rural India. Apte played a bashful housewife whose husband (Kumar) invents low-cost sanitary napkins. "Radhika Apte is, as always, a scene-stealer," NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee observed. She makes a significant contribution to keeping the protagonist's and his wife's dialogues from becoming corny."
The Sleepwalkers, starring Gulshan Devaiah and Shahana Goswami, was Apte's directorial debut. The Sleepwalkers will compete in the Best Midnight Short category at the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2020.
Apte's upcoming films include The Field, Rohit Karn Batra's feature debut, Leena Yadav's Parched, a US-Indian co-production, Bombairiya, an Indo-British production, and Ula, a Tamil project.
Apte is extensively involved in theatre and has been in various stage productions, largely in Hindi. She is a member of Mohit Takalkar's Aasakta Kalamanch theatrical troupe in her birthplace and has appeared in pieces such as Tu, Purnaviram, Matra Ratra, and Samuel Beckett's That Time with Rehan Engineer. She also performed Kanyadaan, a commercial Hindi drama, and Bombay Black, an English play. In 2013, she appeared in Uney Purey Shahar Ek, an Indian drama based on Girish Karnad's Benda Kaalu on Toast. ("Baked Beans of Toast"). She has also declared her intention to perform in an English play in London. Apte has stated her preference for working in experimental theatre.
Short movies
Radhika Apte has also appeared in a number of short films, including Darmiyan, in which she played a college girl named Ekta, and Vakratunda Swaha, which was shot over a 12-year period by Ashish Avikunthak. She appeared in Anurag Kashyap's film on eve teasing, That Day After Everyday, which was uploaded on YouTube in 2012. She starred in Sujoy Ghosh's 2015 Bengali short film Ahalya as the title character.
Private life
Apte met Benedict Taylor in London in 2011 on her year-long sabbatical to learn contemporary dance. Radhika's friend, director Sarang Sathaye, stated in October 2012 that the two had been living together for a long time and that a registered marriage took place a month before the actual wedding, which was scheduled for March 2013.
Apte has condemned sexual harassment in the Indian film industry. She endorsed the MeToo movement in India, expressing that she hoped it would result in change if enough significant industry people participated.
 | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! | Anjali | Hindi | |
| 2009 | Antaheen | Brinda | Bengali | |
| Samaantar | Rewa | Marathi | ||
| Gho Mala Asla Hava | Savitri | Marathi | ||
| 2010 | The Waiting Room | Tina | Hindi | |
| Rakta Charitra | Nandini | Telugu | Bilingual film | |
| Hindi | ||||
| Rakta Charitra 2 | Nandini | Telugu | Bilingual film | |
| Hindi | ||||
| 2011 | I Am | Natasha | Hindi | In the segment Abhimanyu |
| Shor in the City | Sapna | Hindi | ||
| 2012 | Dhoni | Nalini | Tamil | Bilingual film |
| Telugu | ||||
| Ha Bharat Maza | Unknown | Marathi | ||
| Tukaram | Aavli | Marathi | ||
| 2013 | Rupkatha Noy | Sananda | Bengali | |
| All in All Azhagu Raja | Meenakshi | Tamil | ||
| 2014 | Pendulum | Nandita | Bengali | |
| Legend | Radhika | Telugu | ||
| Postcard | Gulzar | Marathi | ||
| Vetri Selvan | Sujatha | Tamil | ||
| Lai Bhaari | Kavita | Marathi | ||
| 2015 | Badlapur | Kanchan (Koko) | Hindi | |
| Haram | Isha | Malayalam | ||
| Hunterrr | Tripti Gokhale | Hindi | ||
| Lion | Sarayu | Telugu | ||
| Manjhi – The Mountain Man | Phaguniya | Hindi | ||
| Kaun Kitne Paani Mein | Paro | Hindi | ||
| The Bright Day | Rukmini | Hindi | ||
| X: Past Is Present | Rija | Hindi | In the segment Biryani | |
| 2016 | Parched | Lajjo | Hindi | |
| Phobia | Mehak Deo | Hindi | ||
| Kabali | Kumudhavalli | Tamil | ||
| 2017 | Madly | Archana | Hindi | In the segment Clean Shaven |
| 2018 | Pad Man | Gayatri | Hindi | |
| Lust Stories | Kalindi | Hindi | Anurag Kashyap's segment Served as co-writer Released on Netflix | |
| Andhadhun | Sophie | Hindi | ||
| Baazaar | Priya Rai | Hindi | ||
| 2019 | Bombairiya | Meghna | Hindi | |
| Chithiram Pesuthadi 2 | Durga | Tamil | ||
| The Wedding Guest | Samira | English | ||
| The Ashram | Gayatri | English | ||
| A Call to Spy | Noor Inayat Khan | English | Released on Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2020 | Raat Akeli Hai | Radha | Hindi | Released on Netflix |
| 2022 | Forensic | SI Megha Sharma | Hindi | Released on ZEE5 |
| Vikram Vedha | Priya | Hindi | ||
| Monica, O My Darling | ACP Vijayashanti Naidu | Hindi | Released on Netflix | |
| 2023 | Mrs Undercover | Durga | Hindi | ZEE5 |
| Year | Title | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Darmiyan | Ekta | English/Hindi |
| 2010 | Vakratunda Swaha | Unknown | Bengali |
| 2013 | That Day After Everyday | Rekha | Hindi |
| 2015 | Ahalya | Ahalya | Bengali |
| The Calling | Shaheen | English | |
| 2016 | Kriti | Dr. Kalpana | Hindi |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Stories by Rabindranath Tagore | Binodini | Hindi | Netflix |
| 2018 | Sacred Games | Anjali Mathur | Hindi | Netflix |
| Ghoul | Nida Rahim | Hindi/English | Netflix | |
| 2021 | OK Computer | Laxmi Suri | Hindi | Disney Plus Hotstar |
| Year | Production | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Nako Re Baba | ||
| 2003 | Pan Amhala Khelayachay | Marathi | |
| 2003 | Brain Surgeon | English | British play |
| 2006 | Shobha Yatra | Marathi | |
| 2006 | Tu | Marathi | |
| 2007 | That Time | English | British play |
| 2007 | Poornaviram | Marathi | |
| 2007 | Kanyadaan | Marathi | |
| 2007 | Matra Ratra | ||
| 2008 | Bombay Black | ||
| 2009 | Garbo | ||
| 2009 | Kashmir Kashmir | English | |
| 2013 | Uney Purey Shahar Ek | Marathi |
| Year | Film | Awards | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Rakta Charitra | Screen Award | Best Female Debut | Nominated |
| 2012 | Dhoni | Vijay Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| SIIMA Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Badlapur | Stardust Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Producers Guild Film Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated | ||
| Manjhi – The Mountain Man | Stardust Award | Performer of the Year (Editor's Choice) | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Parched | Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles | Best Actress | Won |
| Indian Film Festival of Melbourne | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Madly | Tribeca Film Festival Award | Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature Film | Won |
| 2018 | Lust Stories | International Emmy Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Andhadhun | Star Screen Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| 2019 | International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated | ||
| Herself | iReel Awards | Best Breakthrough Artist | Won | |
| 2020 | The Sleepwalkers | Palm Springs International Festival of Short Film | Best Midnight Shorts | Nominated |
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Profession | Actress |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 158 cm in meters- 1.58 m in feet inches- 5’ 2” |
| Weight (approx.) | in kilograms- 50 kg in pounds- 110 lbs |
| Figure Measurements (approx.) | 32-26-34 |
| Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Career | |
| Debut | Bollywood Film: Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (2005) Bengali Film: Antaheen (2009) Marathi Film: Samaantar (2009) Telugu Film: Rakht Charitra (2010) Tamil Film: Dhoni (2012) Malayalam Film: Haram (2015) Hindi TV: Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015) |
| Awards | 2016: Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Award for Best Actress for the Bollywood film, Parched 2017: Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the Bollywood film, Madly 2018: Vogue Digital Disruptor Award |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 7 September 1985 (Saturday) |
| Age (as in 2022) | 37 Years |
| Birthplace | Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Virgo |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| School | Tilak Nagar High School, Dombivli, Maharashtra |
| College(s) | • Fergusson College, Pune • Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London |
| Educational Qualification(s) | • A Bachelor's degree in Economics and Mathematics • Diploma in Dance Studies |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian |
| Address | A flat in Versova, Mumbai |
| Hobbies | Reading, Dancing, and Listening to Music |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Marriage Date | March, 2013 |
| Family | |
| Husband/Spouse | Benedict Taylor (Musician) |
| Parents | Father- Charudutt Apte (Doctor) Mother- Name Not Known (Doctor) |
| Siblings | Brother- Ketan Apte |
| Favourite Things | |
| Food(s) | Chicken Biryani, Caramel Custard, Asparagus, Rosy Rhubarb Pie |
| Beverage | Black Tea |
| Actor(s) | Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Jack Nicholson |
| Actresses | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shabana Azmi |
| Film(s) | The Lady in the Van, Son of Saul, Where to Invade Next |
| Restaurant(s) | Blue Nile, Kayani Bakery, Cafe Goodluck, Vaishali in Pune |
| Colour | Green |
| Film Director | Sriram Raghavan |
| Style Quotient | |
| Car | Volkswagen Passat |
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