Early life

Apte was born on September 7, 1989 in Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

. She is an Economics graduate from Fergusson College

Fergusson College

Fergusson College is a degree college in western India, situated in the city of Pune. It was founded in 1885 by the Deccan Education Society and at that time was the first privately governed college in India. It is named after Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of Bombay, who donated a then...

, Pune. She is associated with Mohit Takalkar’s theatre troupe Aasakta in her hometown.

Career

Actor Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, social activist, and rugby union player.Bose has appeared in Hindi films such as Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Jhankaar Beats. Time magazine named him "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema" for his work in parallel cinema films like English,...

, who had seen her perform in Anahita Oberoi’s play Bombay Black, suggested her name to director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

Aniruddha Roy "Tony" Chowdhury is a Bengali film director. He is the director and producer of two films: Antaheen and Anuranan.-Early life:...

 who cast her in Antaheen

Antaheen

Antaheen is a 2009 Bengali film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. The film stars Radhika Apte, Rahul Bose, Mita Vashisth, Aparna Sen, Kalyan Ray and Sharmila Tagore.-Plot:...

along with Aparna Sen

Aparna Sen

Aparna Sen is a critically acclaimed Bengali Indian filmmaker, script writer, and actress. She is the winner of three National Film Awards and eight international film festival awards.-Biography:...

, Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...

 and Rahul Bose. She played the role of Brinda Roy Menon, a TV journalist, in Antaheen.

She has also done Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 plays like Tu, Purnaviram, Matra Ratra, Kanyadaan and Samuel Beckett’s That Time with Rehan Engineer.

Apte appeared as Savitri, a village girl in KBC productions' Marathi film Gho Mala Asla Hava. She appeared in a significant role in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakhtcharitra and it's sequel. She also appeared in Shor in the City

Shor in the City

Shor in the City is a 2011 Hindi film directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. starring Tusshar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Preeti Desai, Nikhil Dwivedi, Pitobash Tripathy, Sundeep Kishan, Girija Oak, Radhika Apte and Amit Mistry in the lead roles. The background score of the film was composed by...

 under Ekta Kapoor

Ekta Kapoor

Ekta Jeetendra Kapoor is an Indian TV and film producer. She is the Creative Director and Joint Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, her production company.-Biography:...

's Balaji Films banner. She was also seen in Maneej Premnath

Maneej Premnath

Maneej Premnath is a film director. He started his career as an assistant director and worked on many TV series independently. His short film Who Am I ? was India's official entry in the 2008 Kara Film Festival...

’s thriller The Waiting Room. Apte will also star in Akash Khurana’s Life on Life, about a bunch of youngsters working in a BPO and Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar is an Indian actor of the 1970s and a director of Hindi and Marathi cinema.-Theater career:Palekar began in Marathi experimental theatre with Satyadev Dubey, and later started his own group, Aniket, in 1972 [citation needed]...

’s Marathi film, Samaantar.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2005	Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! is a 2005 Bollywood film written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and produced by Sangeetha Ahir; it was released on 23 December 2005...	Anjali	Hindi
2009	Antaheen Antaheen Antaheen is a 2009 Bengali film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. The film stars Radhika Apte, Rahul Bose, Mita Vashisth, Aparna Sen, Kalyan Ray and Sharmila Tagore.-Plot:...	Brinda	Bengali Bengali language Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
	Gho Mala Asla Hava	Savitri	Marathi Marathi language Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
	Samaantar Samaantar Samaantar is a 2009 Marathi film directed by Amol Palekar and starring Palekar himself and Sharmila Tagore in the lead roles. This is Sharmila's first Marathi film.-Plot:...	Rewa	Marathi
2010	The Waiting Room The Waiting Room (2010 film) The Waiting Room is a 2010 Hindi film written and directed by Maneej Premnath, starring Raj Singh Chaudhary, Radhika Apte, Sandeep Kulkarni, Prateeksha Lonkar, and Indrajith Sukumaran in the lead roles.-Plot:...	Tina	Hindi
	Rakht Charitra I	Nandini	Hindi
	Rakht Charitra II
2011	I Am		Hindi
	Shor in the City Shor in the City Shor in the City is a 2011 Hindi film directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. starring Tusshar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Preeti Desai, Nikhil Dwivedi, Pitobash Tripathy, Sundeep Kishan, Girija Oak, Radhika Apte and Amit Mistry in the lead roles. The background score of the film was composed by...	Sapna	Hindi
2012	Karikalan Karikalan (film) Karikalan is an upcoming Tamil-language action film directed by L. I. Kannan featuring Vikram and Zarine Khan in the lead roles. The film which has been reported as a "period cum contemporary drama" is likely to release in 2012.-Cast:* Vikram...		Tamil	Filming
	Dhoni Dhoni (film) Dhoni is a forthcoming Tamil Sports film to be written and directed by Prakash Raj. The film stars himself and Mugdha Godse in the lead role.-Cast:* Prakash Raj* Mugdha Godse* Radhika Apte* Thalaivasal Vijay* Prabhu Deva in a guest appearance...		Tamil	Filming

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