Published 13:26 IST, October 24th 2019
Radhika Apte announces a new step of her career with 'Sleepwalkers'
Radhika Apte announced a new step of her career with Sleepwalkers, that is set to star Gulshan Devaiah and Shahana Goswami. She has turned a director with it.
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Rhika Apte has come a long way in her career, that is set to complete 15 years soon. From doing bit roles, actor established herself as a force to reckon with. Be it sharing screen with some of major names in Bollywood like Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Varun Dhawan in commercial films or offbeat and even international ventures, actor’s success can’t be igred. Moreover, she has worked with some of most popular filmmakers of country like Anurag Kashyap, Sriram Raghavan and R Balki. w, Parched star is taking ar important step in her life. She has turned a director, wielding microphone for first time for a short film Sleelkers featuring Gulshan Devaiah and Shahana Goswami. actor stated that it all happened ‘suddenly’, when her script got backing of Abhishek Chaubey, Honey Trehan and Lalit Prem Sharma. She also shared that she is open to feedback since this will be a learning curve for her.
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Rhika Apte shared news in an interview with a tabloid. actor revealed that entire process happened ‘suddenly’. She n opened up that she was trying to write a short film, and producers Abhishek Chaubey, Honey Trehan and Lalit Prem Sharma decided to produce it. P Man star ded that she is ‘learning’ a lot in process and that she is open to ‘outcome’. shooting for Sleelkers has been completed. short film will be 30 minutes duration.
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Previously, Rhika Apte has herself featured in multiple short films. Some of popular ones include Ahalya, directed by Sujoy Ghosh and Shirish Kunder’s Kriti opposite Maj Bajpayee. Both were thrillers. It is t clear yet if Sleelkers will be in same genre, but producers have revealed that story is about Mor Nature, and citizens’ responsibility towards society.
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Before Sleelkers
Rhika Apte h recently featured in ‘India’s Got Colour’ video, again by an actor-turned-director Nandita Das. It h poked fun at discrimination on basis of colour. On film front, she last featured in Wedding Guest opposite Dev Patel.
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13:14 IST, October 24th 2019