Radhika Apte Says Film Industry Isn’t Supportive Of New Mothers: 'It's Really Difficult To...'

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Last Updated:June 01, 2025, 20:02 IST

Radhika Apte says the movie manufacture isn’t conducive to the needs of caller mothers, calling it “really difficult” to equilibrium agelong shoots with motherhood.

Radhika Apte opens up astir the harsh realities of returning to enactment arsenic a caller mother, admitting the movie manufacture isn’t structured to enactment women with young children.

Radhika Apte whitethorn person returned to enactment conscionable a week aft giving birth, but she’s the archetypal to admit that the Indian movie manufacture isn’t built to enactment women similar her. Speaking from London portion caring for her six-month-old daughter, Apte offered a candid position connected the challenges caller mothers look successful showbiz.

“I don’t deliberation they are," she said erstwhile asked if the movie manufacture is conducive to the needs of caller moms. “I don’t cognize however I’m going to navigate that going ahead."

Her comments travel astatine a clip erstwhile conversations astir maternity successful the amusement concern are gaining traction. Just this week, Deepika Padukone was reported to person exited Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit, allegedly owed to requests for shorter, much manageable enactment hours post-pregnancy. Meanwhile, actor-producer Ajay Devgn claimed astatine a trailer motorboat that eight-hour workdays were becoming the norm for “people astatine large," not conscionable mothers.

But Radhika isn’t truthful sure. “It’s truly hard to enactment successful our movie industry, fixed the fig of hours and however we movie generally, and the clip for which we don’t get to spot the child," she explained. “So I conjecture I’ll conscionable person to fig it retired now."

This conflict isn’t conscionable theoretical for her. Radhika worked done her pregnancy, turning successful a penning draught the time earlier she went into labour, and was backmost connected Zoom calls for virtual meetings wrong a week of delivery—one of which she attended portion breastfeeding, a infinitesimal she captured successful a photograph shared past December.

On the enactment front, Radhika Apte’s latest movie Sister Midnight is acceptable to deed Indian theatres connected May 30. The film, which primitively premiered astatine the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, features Radhika arsenic Uma, a bold, rebellious pistillate challenging societal norms, peculiarly those astir arranged marriage. The formed besides includes Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam, Smita Tambe, and Navya Sawant. Sister Midnight was released successful the US connected May 16 and is slated for a French merchandise connected June 11.

Radhika was past seen successful a cameo successful Merry Christmas, starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi.

Yatamanyu Narain

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