Radhika Apte will be seen alongside Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor in the upcoming movie Padman. Padman releases on January 25, 2018.
Radhika is known to be one of most vocal actresses in B-Town and has on many occasions taken a stand on several issues. With sexual harassment cases coming to light in the West, we asked Radhika if women in Bollywood must speak up against it as well. We cited Kalki Koechlin's recent comment on sexual harassment wherein she said that women in Bollywood don't speak up against sexual harassment because "their careers are in lines."
Reacting to this, Radhika in an interview to PINKVILLA said, "She is right that the reason why people don't speak up is because they know their careers will get ruined and the dream that they had for so long. But we need to speak up otherwise it is not going to stop. We also just not need to speak, but also say NO and we need to support the people who speak up. It is a slow process but I hope people find the courage and it is our responsibility to help them find the courage."
When asked if she knows of anyone in the industry who has gone through this or if she has personally faced any such thing, Radhika said, "I have never had a first-hand experience so bad. The little bit that I have gone through I have always spoken about it. I have spoken about it then and there also. I have never hidden anything. I would never disclose other people's stories, unfortunately."
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