'Violence in Hindi films feel harmful for mental health'

Radhika Apte speaks about her latest, Saali Mohabbat, being done with gore in cinema, the need for fixed working hours for actors, and Al’s advent in creative fields

- KARTIK BHARDWAJ

RADHIKA Apte plays a submissive homemaker who may or may not have killed her husband in Saali Mohabbat, a mystery-thriller currently streaming on ZEE5. She describes the film as more of a howdunnit than a whodunnit. “What intrigued me, that it’s not just a suspenseful mystery. It also explores what cracks can develop in a relationship. The question it poses is that do we really know the people we think we know? I found that relatable.”

But the big impetus to agree to the film wasn’t just limited to the idea. “The first thing that pulled me into the project was the fact that it was produced by Manish (Malhotra, fashion designer now turned producer),” she says. “He is genuinely very nice and you don’t get to say that about a lot of people in the industry.”

Saali Mohabbat also marks actor Tisca Chopra’s (