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RADHIKA ADITYA

Aditya Roy Kapur has been roped
1 in for what’s being touted to be an
entertainer,
titled
action-packed
OM - The Battle Within. The movie
will be produced by Baaghi 2 and 3
Director Ahmed Khan, along with his
wife, Shaira Khan and Zee Studios
while it’ll mark the directorial debut
of noted action director Tinu Verma’s Chitrangda Singh has always been
son, Kapil Verma, who helmed one vocal about the general obsession that
short film, Nitishastra. a vast section of Indians have with fair
Ahmed khan made the dhamekadaar skin. Some time ago, the actress even
announcement on his official took to social media to express that
Radhika Madan has been consistently Instagram handle. she’s ‘brown n happy’. In an interview,
impressive with her roles lately, and Aditya Roy Kapur said in a statement. she recalls the stigma she faced over her
she says she will leave no stone “Last year I was juggling between skin color while growing up. “I know the
unturned in her bid to prove her shooting Malang and Ludo around this feeling of living life as a girl with a dusky
mettle as a versatile artist. time and both the films have received complexion. This is not something that
The young actress scored as Irrfan immense love and appreciation. people will say directly to your face. You
Khan’s daughter in Angrezi Medium COVID notwithstanding, this year can only sense it. I have been through
earlier this year, after her performance has been a special one on the work the biases, especially while growing up in
in her debut film Patakha (2018) won front. I have been living with OM for the north. So, with my post, I just wanted
her many fans. a few months now and to see it being to say that one needs to feel beautiful in
Speaking to media, Radhika opened announced on my birthday makes it their own skin,” she says.
up about her upcoming projects and extremely special. Looking forward to Chitrangda has lived across various
the roles she would like to do in the the journey.” regions in India, including Rajasthan, UP,
future. Talking about Aditya’s prep, Ahmed and Delhi before she came to Mumbai.
“I want to do roles I haven’t done highlighted, “Adi will be doing full- Ask her if she faced discrimination owing
before. I don’t like to play the same on action for the first time. He is to her skin color when she ventured into
character again and again. It’s structurally built for action, and this showbiz, and she is quick to add, “I did
very important for an actor to play character fits him. Adi has been lose out on modeling assignments. In
different roles and takes different training with specialists for a while.” fact, when I lost out on one ad in the
challenges,” she said. initial days of my career, I was specifically
The actress claims the novelty of told the reason as it had come down to
character is a reason she is excited selecting between two people for the
about her next release, Shiddat. 2 part. Luckily, the audition that I did for a
“In my upcoming film Shiddat, I product was seen by Gulzar saab, who
am essaying the role of a swimmer. got me on board for his music video. I
Honestly, I didn’t know swimming realized that not everybody goes out
before signing the project. I learned looking for white-skinned people here.”
it now. It took me four to five months The actress, whose last release was
to learn swimming. I want to play the Saif Ali Khan-starrer Baazaar, will
different roles. I don’t want the next be seen in Bob Biswas, which is a
audience to put me in a box,” she thriller. The film also features Abhishek
said. Bachchan, about whom she says, “He is
Shiddat, co-starring Mohit Raina, a walking encyclopedia. I had no idea he
Diana Penty, and Sunny Kaushal, is is so knowledgeable and well-informed.
directed by Kunal Deshmukh. It is so much fun working with him.”

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