Bollywood actress Radhika Apte has bagged the ‘Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature’ honour at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival for her performance in the anthology film Madly.
The 30-year-old actress starred in Clean Shaven, one of the segments ofMadly. The award was announced by French actor Jean Reno.
The jury commented in Radhika’s honour:
This award goes to an actress who has conveyed bravery and emotional depth in different relationships around her. A contemporary story that breaks through established culture.Tribeca Film Festival Jury
MADLY explores six stories of modern love in all of its dizzying, sweet complications, culminating into one iconoclastic, feature-length anthology. The film takes a passionate trip around the world with Gael García Bernal, Sion Sono, Sebastián Silva, Mia Wasikowska, Anurag Kashyap, and Natasha Khan behind the camera for each 15-minute vignette. Clean Shaven, directed by Anurag Kashyap tells the story of a young Indian housewife, who feels trapped in a boring marriage with a restrictive, old-fashioned husband. She finds solace in a quasi-romantic friendship with her much-younger neighbour. Although this arrangement boosts her self-esteem, her husband continues to imprison her heart and body. The short film is about whether she finds the courage to break free from it all.
Director-choreographer Farah Khan congratulated Radhika on her prestigious win via Twitter.
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