In her ten year-long career in Bollywood, actress Radhika Apte has had a mixed bag of big small budget films, but she believes at the end of the day an actor needs commercial viability.
Apte, 29, who started her Bollywood career with “Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!” in 2005, before turning heads with this year’s box-office success “Badlapur”, feels commercial movies provide actors with a reach which is necessary.
“A commercial movie is not a statement to prove anything to an audience, but it gives the actor a certain amount of reach. Unless you reach, how will things happen. It is a calculation at the end of the day where you not only need to be good at your job but also should have commercial viability to be cast in films.
“You cannot juts make films, invest crores and get nothing in return. So it is a balance of both,” she said.
The actress was praised for her performance in the Varun Dhawan-starrer and followed it up with the adult comedy “Hunterrr” and garnered acclaim for her mysterious turn in Sujoy Ghosh’s short film “Ahalya”.
Apte is elated with the response and is hoping that the love stays, bringing along some criticism too.
“The appreciation that I am receiving definitely feels good. I hope the love continues to stay. I have been criticised too, which is good. I hope there is a lot more criticism and appreciation to come.
“I enjoy the process of work so long I am getting good offers and that gets better day by day, I am happy.”
The actress will be seen in Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer “Manjhi- The Mountain Man”, directed by Ketan Mehta.
