Radhika Apte confirms project with Dev Patel

Having quickly become a favourite with audiences, it seems many of the industry’s filmmakers want Radhika Apte in their projects too. With a number of films in the pipeline, the actress made a rather exciting announcement confirming that she’ll be sharing the screen with Dev Patel.

Without dwelling on the details, Ahmedabad Mirror reports Apte revealing “Yes, I’m doing a film with Dev which I will announce soon.”

In the meantime, Apte is gearing up for the release of ‘Padman’ which also stars Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor. Talking about Kumar, Apte expressed, “We stayed in this small resort which grew its own plants and didn’t have room service so the crew ended up eating together. Akshay’s table was the most fun as everyone was cracking jokes. Even on set he would surprise me or throw me off with his innovative ideas. He is really funny.”

When asked if she felt any rivalry with Kapoor, the actress stated, “I don’t believe in that cliche, just like I don’t agree that women are bad drivers.”

Apte will also be working with Anurag Kashyap on a number of projects, including a film titled, ‘Love and Lust’ which the filmmaker had said that she has co-written. When questioned, Apte explained, “It’s kind of Anurag to say that I have co-written the film. It was a collaborative effort and a lot of the scenes were improvised. The film is a product of my discussions with him. Usually actors work with a written script but Anurag wanted to experiment so we tried things differently.”

Talking about the other project with Kashyap, Apte expressed, “There is a film I plan to do with Anurag next year. I hope it happens because we have been talking about it for so long. I’m not sure about the prep yet but I will do whatever it takes because the script is wonderful.”

Directed by R Balki, ‘Padman’ is set to hit the silver screens on 26th January.