# Janhvi Kapoor and Radhika Apte: Can Actresses Say No - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118243642028728483 - Source account: [@RangasthalamIN](https://x.com/RangasthalamIN) - Source language: Tamil - Target language: English - Duration: 8:22 - Published: 2026-11-05 - Machine translated. 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[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=7) She's the daughter of a famous actress. She comes from a powerful family. [0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=11) But still, she couldn't say no to the role she did. [0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=14) Recently, in an interview, she also said she felt violated. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=18) Another recent incident: Radhika Apte also said in another interview that in a film, a Telugu film, she was made to romance an elderly male lead. [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=30) So my point here is, even in 2026, are women characters, women actors somewhere unable to say no to a director? Is that still the case even now? [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=41) Have you been through that experience? [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=46) It's very interesting that they come out and talk about this. [0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=50) But I feel like, at the end of the day, for any actor, it's in your hands. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=59) If you feel uncomfortable, please walk out of the film. [1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=68) I don't think we should be put in a position where we say we didn't have a choice and this isn't against—it's not against men or women. [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=79) This, this I, I am an outsider, a third person, not wanting to take sides, that's what I'm saying. [1:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=88) Because as a woman, it's very easy for me to take a side, and of course I'll take the side of a woman, right? [1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=95) But I don't think any of us today especially you, the examples you give, the examples you gave, you mentioned their names, right? Janhvi and Radhika. [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=105) I don't think either of them are in a position where they should feel like— Exactly, that's the problem. I can't make a decision. [1:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=112) No, you can walk out of the film. Especially considering who you are, and, you know… [1:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=117) You said John. Where is she from? She... [2:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=122) It's interesting that she does those scenes... [2:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=125) I actually read something too, she... I wasn't given scripts like this. [2:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=130) In the South, in fact, that's a very valid point. [2:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=133) What she said was a very valid point. A lot of times, when making films in the South... [2:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=141) Scenes aren't like that in all films. I'm talking about films I've done too. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=146) In some films, in Telugu as well as Tamil... [2:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=149) In my experience, some scenes only come to you at six in the morning. [2:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=154) This is the scene. But generally, you know the story... [2:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=156) You know the character, you know everything. [2:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=159) You walk into a film pretty much... understanding the world of the film. [2:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=162) Not that you don't. What the scene is that day, what we're going to do that day... [2:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=166) Maybe you don't know those minute details for some films. [2:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=171) For some films, you'll get the entire scene. [2:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=174) Scenes. You'll get all the scenes there are. [2:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=177) You'll get everything in a hardbound copy, script-wise. [3:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=180) In Bombay, it's very different. They're much more organized there, in every way. [3:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=186) You know, they'll have your call sheet. They'll have everything, so you'll know. [3:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=190) A call sheet comes every day. They'll send it to you and your manager. [3:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=195) From that, you'll know sunrise and sunset, and what the shoot timing is. [3:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=199) Who the DOP is, who the technicians are. [3:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=202) The names of their ADs, and their ADs' numbers. [3:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=206) Which artists need to come that day, and which scene numbers there'll be. [3:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=210) Everything, right through to the end. It'll all be given on one sheet. [3:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=214) So whoever saw that sheet would know what was happening there. [3:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=218) Okay, that's how organized they are over there. [3:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=221) But it's not that organized here. But I don't think as women, we should be able to take a stand. [3:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=228) I feel like, if Janhvi had taken that same stand, she could have taken it before the film. [3:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=235) There is no reason for which— But she couldn't say no. [3:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=239) Why not? That's my question. Yeah, but she says in that interview she mentioned why she couldn't say no. [4:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=244) I had to listen to the director, and because of that pressure, I couldn't say no. [4:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=248) That's what I thought was very questionable. Yeah, it's very interesting. [4:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=251) No, I'm sorry, I haven't watched that interview. [4:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=254) Coffee with Karan. Okay, I haven't watched it. What is it? [4:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=259) But I saw some memes or something. They'll take out snippets of that and post them, right? [4:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=265) I've only read that. But at the end of the day I don't think yes, and I'm glad they're talking about this. [4:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=275) But the problem over there is which I really have a big issue with when a North Indian actor talks about South Indian cinema I have a big problem with that. [4:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=291) I have a big problem with it because you cannot do that. You are creating a North-South divide without even realizing it and that's absolutely wrong. [5:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=300) There are different ways of handling this and there are different ways of talking about it. [5:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=305) But there's already a North-South divide, and I'm saying this as a South Indian actor going there. [5:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=310) Janhvi Kapoor has spoken on a Karan Johar show, saying They have objectified me. I There was no chance to say no to voicing it. I couldn't say no. [5:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=323) The same Karan Johar in a Dharma Productions movie that I did, called Kesari 2, has decided not to promote me in the film. [5:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=334) Now what am I supposed to call that? Objectifying what? That I'm South Indian? [5:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=338) Were you given a reason for that? No. To this day, I still don't know why. [5:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=343) Why wasn't my name included? They put out a song. [5:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=345) They released a song from that film on Instagram. [5:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=349) I'm the only one in that song like, from start to finish, I'm in that song. [5:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=353) But there wasn't even a tag there. [5:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=356) So what are you trying to say? [5:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=359) So who are you standing up for? It is very strange. [6:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=362) To this day, Dharma Productions has not… [6:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=364) They haven't come and said anything to me. [6:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=366) I don't like talking about these things. and making a big deal about it. [6:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=369) But because today you are talking about it and you are bringing up names that sort of create a very bad thing for me. [6:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=377) I’m talking to you about it. Right. But these are not things I like to bring up. [6:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=381) But that’s the problem. Yeah, no, of course. [6:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=383) So when a Radhika Apte and, um, Janhvi Kapoor, who happen to be doing a lot of Bollywood, come and talk about these things, I understand. [6:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=391) But they’re not the only women who acted with older men, first of all. [6:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=395) Balakrishna, who, uh, has been doing so many films. Mm. [6:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=399) Whether you don’t like a film, you have every right to go say, “I don’t want to do it,” and walk out of the film. Right. [6:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=405) Create news about walking out of the film. Mm. [6:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=408) That would be better for you to do than to sit and talk about it, and I understand. [6:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=411) Maybe you were pushed into a place where you couldn't do it. Mm. [6:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=414) I totally get it. But you're not being raped. I'm sorry. [6:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=416) You're not being put in a position where you're totally this thing. [7:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=420) You… There are… Today, there are legal ways of handling things. Mm. [7:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=423) Yes, please come forward and talk about it and this thing, but do not create the North-South divide. Right. [7:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=428) It's very, very bad for the industry. And for South Indian actors like me, it's even worse because I already have a stigma when I go to the North. Mm. [7:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=437) I'm not given that much importance because I'm a so-called South Indian actress. [7:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=441) But my Hindi is way better than my Tamil, most likely. Mm-hmm. [7:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=444) You know, I've learned Hindi in school and college. Right. [7:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=446) And I pretty much know that I can act— Mm… to save my life. Mm. [7:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=449) So, when it comes to body issues, there's a way to handle them, and there's a place to have these conversations. [7:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=456) I understand that Janhvi Kapoor is probably sitting comfortably, in a, in a comfort zone today and is able to bring these conversations out, and that's what we want to create for women today. [7:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=465) A comfortable space where Tamil Nadu can talk about it. [7:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=468) But who's going to ask me about Dharma Productions not promoting me through the film at all? Yeah, that's very strange. [7:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=474) Yeah, we pay for that. Yeah, if they've cast you in that film, you want— And I play Akshay Kumar's wife in the film. Yeah, yeah. [7:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=479) And a pretty prominent role. Mm. And there's not been a single promotion done with me. [8:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=483) There hasn't been a single mention of my name anywhere during the promotion. [8:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=486) But is that because you're a South Indian actress? Did they tell you that? [8:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=488) I have no idea, no clue. Right. I can sit here and say, “This is probably why, and that is probably why.” [8:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=494) I'll never know, and honestly, I don't care anymore. [8:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0krHJHFhDIbA/en/janhvi-kapoor-and-radhika-apte-can-actresses-say-no?t=496) And I'm only having this conversation because I hate that North-South divide more than anything else.