When Radhika Apte locked herself at home to stay away from her watchman and driver

Radhika Apte is one of the Bollywood actresses who is unapologetic about baring it all for the camera. Even though she began her acting journey with a small role in the 2005 film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!, the actress has come a long way since then. Not only, she has proved her acting prowess in films like Shor in the city, Padman, and Badlpur among others, she went bold with nude scenes in a few of her movies. One of them is Leena Yadav's Parched that opened to wide critical acclaim in 2016.

As today marks Radhika’s 37th birthday, we are reminded of a weird anecdote that the actress shared in 2016. The actress was shooting for Anurag Kashyap’s short story Clean Shaven for the anthology Madly, and that's when a nude video went viral. And reports claimed it was her in the video, however, it was not her, but still, she didn't step out of her house for four days. Not because of the media reactions, surprisingly, she feared being recognized by her driver and watchman.

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In an old interview with Grazia Magazine, the actress said, “When a nude clip of mine leaked, while I was filming Clean Shaven, I was trolled badly, and it did affect me. I couldn’t step out of the house for four days, not because of what the media was saying but because my driver, watchman, and my stylist’s driver recognised me from the images. The controversial photographs were bare-skinned selfies, and anyone with a sane eye would have guessed it wasn’t me. I don't think there is anything one can do, or one should do, but ignore it. Anything else is a waste of your time. So, when I stripped for Parched, I realised: 'There’s nothing left for me to hide'".

Meanwhile, Radhika will next be seen in Vikram Vedha alongside Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. She also has a Netflix movie, Monica O My Darling co-starring Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, and Akansha Ranjan Kapoor in key roles.