Radhika Madan says working with Vishal Bharadwaj on Pataakha was dream

Radhika Madan says shifting to films at the
peak of her TV career was not a difficult
decision for her as she wanted to
rediscover herself as an actor. Radhika
became an overnight star after featuring in
Ekta Kapoor's Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi. Post
the show, the actor signed Vasal Bala's film
Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota and will be now
seen in Vishal Bhardwaj's Pataakha, which
is releasing first.
"My priority was never money. After giving
a hit show, you'll get huge amount of
money for your second show. If I wanted to
earn, I would have stayed in it for a year
more. But I believe in creative satisfaction
more than money, Radhika told PTI.
"After the show got over, I really wanted to
take a break because I was doing it for
more than a year. I was getting a lot of
offers even before my show got over and I
was offered good money. But I needed to
take a break and rediscover myself as an
actor, she said.
While she was a star on TV, in Pataakha she
will be seen as a newcomer but the
dichotomy never mattered to the 23-year-
old actor. "I never took my stardom on TV
seriously. I believe fame is temporary but
the journey stays with you. I never felt I am
a newcomer while working with Vishal sir.
My approach was to play with the character
and see what happens.
Pataakha is based on Charan Singh Pathik's
short story "Do Behnein and features
Radhika and Sanya Malhotra as two warring
sisters. The actor got a call for the final
audition for the film while she was
celebrating the end of Mard Ko Dard Nahi
Hota shoot. Once on board, Radhika
underwent several workshops with
Bhardwaj and Charan Singh to get the
dialect. They then went to the village and
did the daily chorescook food on a
chulha, make cow dung cakesfor about a
week.
"When we first heard the locals, the dialect
was difficult to understand. It went over
our heads. It took us two-three days to
become familiar. We used to sing songs and
dance like them every night post dinner. We
went through that process so that it looks
organic, she recalled.
They finished the film in 28 days and the
team is now looking forward to its release
on September 28. "It feels surreal to be a
part of a Vishal Bhardwaj film. It's so
dreamy, it is yet to sink in. When I saw
myself on the big screen in the trailer and
the songs, the realisation that oh I'm there'
dawned upon. But otherwise, I still can't
believe, Radhika says.
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Going ahead, the actor says she's clear she
doesn't want to fall in the trap of doing
films where she is used just as a prop. "I
was that kind of a person who used to
dream I'll make an entry on the big screen
in slow-motion with my hair flying. With
time, it became very superficial. I would
rather do a film like Pataakha where I'm five
shades darker, have no make up and with
hair bleached than a film where I am just a
showpiece, standing there for looks, she
says.

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