<p>Radhika Apte is one of the finest actresses Indian cinema has. Far from commercial cinema, the actress has&nbsp;been in search of roles that get her wide recognition and respect rather than&nbsp;fame and income.</p>

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Radhika Apte was born on September 7th 1985 and she happened to be a stage actress. Radhika is the daughter of Pune's leading neurosurgeon and chairman of Sahyadri Hospital, Dr. Charudutt Apte. From Marathi community by birth,she is an Economics and Mathematics graduate from Fergusson College, Pune.While growing up in Pune, Apte trained under Kathak exponent Rohini Bhate for eight years. After doing four films, she moved to London and studied contemporary dance at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance for a year.

Hailing from Pune, Apte began her acting career in theatre, working with the theatre troupe Aasakta in her home town, before venturing into films. She made her feature film debut in the 2005 Bollywood film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!.Apte's first starring role was in the 2009's Bengali film Antaheen. She made her Marathi film debut in 2009 with Amol Palekar's Samaantar.Her Bollywood breakthrough came in 2015, following acclaimed performances in Badlapur and Hunterrr.

Apte is actively involved with theatre and has been part of several stage plays, mostly in Marathi language. She is associated with Mohit Takalkar's theatre troupe Aasakta Kalamanch in her hometown and has acted in plays like Tu, Purnaviram, Matra Ratra and Samuel Beckett's That Time with Rehan Engineer. She also performed a commercial Hindi play Kanyadaan and an English play named Bombay Black.In 2013, she was part of a Marathi play named Uney Purey Shahar Ek, which was an adaptation of Girish Karnad's Benda Kaalu on Toast ("Baked