Radhika Apte recalls working on a Telugu film. (Photo: Radhika Apte/Instagram)

Radhika Apte has appeared in only four Telugu films in her career, two of them alongside Nandamuri Balakrishna . In a recent interview, Radhika opened up about one of the most challenging roles of her career, in which her character was required to marry her maternal uncle, played by a much older actor.

While promoting Akka , alongside co-star Keerthy Suresh , Radhika was asked about the most challenging role she had played. Recalling a Telugu film, she told Zoom, “There was a Telugu film I did where I had to marry my mama (maternal uncle). That was the most challenging role. Everything about it, I hated.” Keerthy initially looked surprised before bursting into laughter. She then explained to the stunned host and audience, “It’s a very Tamil, Telugu thing where you marry your uncle.”

Radhika , however, clarified that the age difference and the patriarchal setting also made the experience difficult for her.…