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Radhika Apte came under the spotlight after playing a scared but protective wife in Sriram Raghavan's 'Badlapur' and a liberal city girl in Harshavardhan Kulkarni's 'Hunterrr'. (Reuters)
Bollywood actress Radhika Apte, who was in news earlier for leaked pictures controversy, is embroiled once again in a similar case.
This time Radhika's adult video from a short film has been leaked and is being shared on WhatsApp.
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This is the second time that the 'Badlapur' and 'Hunterrr' fame actress has been involved in a controversy like this.
Director Anurag Kashyap is furious after a clip from a short film he directed began circulating on WhatsApp over the weekend.
The clip, which Mr Kashyap says has been taken out of context, features actress Radhika Apte in a scene that required her to be partly-nude. "She feels victimised and I feel responsible," Mr Kashyap told the Times Of India.
In an interview to the Times Of India, Mr Kashyap explains that the short film was meant to be released internationally only and was one of a series of such films.
The report quotes the 'Bombay Velvet' director as saying, "It took us so much time to do it in a non-sexual way, as it is meant to be absolutely non-sexual and we took all the care we could. It was not easy to find an actor who is brave enough to participate in it.
"The entire shooting crew was women as we knew that we were making something as sensitive as this. And there were girls at every stage of the post-production. At every stage of the post-production, that part was either sent blank or pixelated before being sent.
"So, nobody even knew who is a part of the film. And everybody assumes that since it is an Indian film, it will always be pixelated. After taking all the care, the film was delivered to New York a month back. And then, all of a sudden after a month from nowhere, this video popped up online."
Mr Kashyap says he contacted Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria who activated the cyber-crime branch. He also says he's 'going to spend the rest of (his) life to find this guy,' who he's convinced is an Indian living in New York.
Kashyap describes Radhika Apte as 'one of the bravest actresses we have' and 'forward thinking.'
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