Radhika Apte has bagged accolades of reviewers and watchers alike after donning real characters including a village girl Lajjo in Parched, a female affected by phobic neurosis in Phobia, fiery village female Faguniya in Manjhi The Mountain Man and so-called character of Ahalya in Sujoy Ghosh Bengali short movie Ahalya.
And currently with her forthcoming Bollywood flick, Padman, we will witness her donning the role of an immature and naive village girl Gayatri on the big screen.
Radhika dons the character of Akki’s companion in R Balki directorial venture. The movie funded by Twinkle Khanna endorses menstrual sanitation and has actress Radhika playing the character of a village lass who faces different problems during menstruation but doesn’t approve of her spouse presenting her sanitary napkins or him attempting to transform the thinking of public who think menstruation a taboo.
When questioned, what transformations do she and the film producers of this social play aspire to bring in the civilization and she answered, “There are three things for which we made this film. First, it is an incredibly inspiring story that needs to be told. Second, if we can make people talk about periods, that would make a lot of difference and third, it’s high time that people understand that menstrual hygiene is of utmost importance. Bacteria thrive on period blood and if you do not use a clean material you can get different kinds of infections and it is extremely dangerous for health.”
The flick is based on the life of an entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham who discovered a low-priced sanitary napkin developing machine.
Muruganantham made tries to break the taboo across periods in a traditional culture and managed to encourage the females of his village to make use of sanitary pads in place of cloth or dry leaves.
While discussing this much widespread taboo in the culture, the actress stated, “The menstruation taboo is ancient and there are so many theories about it. For some, it is fear of blood and for some period blood is toxic. If you read the theories about menstruation you might even laugh.”
But the 32-year-old actor refuses to accept it is women who are responsible for menstruation being a taboo.
“Men don’t talk about things. Women do not talk about things. It is what goes into society. It’s not only about women or men, it’s about how we have been living in the society. Men and women are sometimes equally responsible for this. Daughters are told about periods by their mothers. But that’s because a father is very uncomfortable talking about it. Why don’t fathers talk about it? Why can’t he say that ‘you will get your periods’ or why can’t both, mother and father talk about it together?” added Radhika.
Padman will hit theatres on February 9. It is directed by R Balki and also stars Sonam Kapoor in an important role.
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