Actress
Radhika
Apte
feels
more
comfortable
in
playing
characters
that
are
layered
than
one-dimensional
parts,
which
are
either
too
good
or
purely
villainous.
The
actress
said
she
prefers
real
characters
over
larger-
than-life
roles.
"I
find
playing
morally-ambiguous
characters
easier
than
a
woman
who
is
always
cute
on
screen.
"I
find
that
very
difficult
because
you
can't
relate
to
anything
and
you
just
have
to
be
a
puppet.
I
find
myself
suddenly
becoming
more
flexible
and
more
fitting
into
the
thing
when
I
am
doing
a
grey
role
rather
than
all
goody-goody
or
very
bad
characters,
which
are
just
one
dimensional," Radhika
told.
The
29-year-old
actress
said
she
really
liked
her
role
of
in
Badlapur.
"It
was
interesting
when
I
was
narrated
the
script
of
Badlapur
because
the
character
I
play
is
an
independent,
educated
woman
but
still
wants
to
support
her
husband
when
she
is
not
even
sure
whether
he
has
done
the
murder
or
not.
"I
found
it
to
be
a
grey
place,
which
can
be
explored.
That
really
interested
me," Radhika
said.
The
'Shor
in
the
City'
actress
said
her
flirtatious
scene
with
actor
Varun
Dhawan
in
the
film
was
a
result
of
improvisation
and
she
feels
it
made
her
character
more
exciting
to
watch.
"We
added
this
one
scene,
where
Varun
and
my
character
flirt
in
the
car.
That
scene
showed
that
this
woman
was
mildly
attracted
to
him
and
found
him
good
looking.
I
felt
this
added
one
more
layer
to
my
role,"
she
said.
In
a
contrast
to
Badlapur
is
Radhika's
next,
coming-of-age
comedy
Hunterrr,
about
a
young
guy's
(Gulshan
Devaiah)
lustful
journey.
Also
starring
Marathi
star
Sai
Tamhankar
in
her
full-fledged
Bollywood
debut,
Hunterrr
has
Radhika
playing
Gulshan's
love
interest.
"My
character
Trupti
is
a
simple
Pune
girl,
who
has
a
traditional
perspective
on
love
and
relationships.
When
she
comes
to
Mumbai
for
work
and
start
living
alone,
her
outlook
towards
things
changes,"
she
said.
Radhika
feels
the
subtleties
in
the
relationship
between
Trupti
and
Gulshan's
Mandar
Ponkshe
add
an
exciting
flavour
to
the
movie.
"What's
interesting
about
Trupti
is
like
Mandar,
she
is
also
a
middle-class
woman.
Mandar
comes
in
her
life
and
her
perspective
changes.
There's
this
conflict
between
where
you
come
from
and
what
you
believe
now,"
she
said.
Post
Hunterrr,
which
hits
theatres
this
Friday,
Radhika
has
many
projects
lined
up
for
release
including
Ketan
Mehta's
Manji-
The
Mountain
Man,
co-starring
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui,
Kaun
Kitna
Panai
Mein
with
Kunal
Kapoor
and
Ajay
Devgn's
Indo-US
collaborative
Parched.
"I
am
happy
that
I
am
having
back-to-back
releases
after
four
years.
More
work
is
always
welcome,"
she
said.
PTI