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Radhika Apte at 41 discusses ageing in Lust Stories 3
Hindustan Times··28 Sept
Radhika Apte, who turned 41 this month, said Lust Stories 3 let her explore sexuality through a woman in her 40s. She told Hindustan Times society is ageist and treats getting old as deterioration. Apte said she knows her body better now than in her 20s or 30s. She called her 40s a peak time of desire, understanding and needs.
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What It Means For You
- Lust Stories 3 places a woman in her 40s at the centre of a desire narrative on a major streaming slate.
- Apte said she plans to discuss ageing and sexuality openly with her daughter.
- Her comments challenge the film industry's usual silence on desire after motherhood.
What's Happening
- Apte said she feels fittest, youngest and most alive in her 40s.
- She argued people who police others' sexuality are often unable to express their own.
- The HT interview ties the remarks directly to her Lust Stories 3 role.
What she said about each decade
- In her 20s, Apte said, people are busy doing what parents forbade.
- In her 30s, she said, panic sets in about agreeing with some of those parental rules.
- In her 40s, she said, the work is to find personal space after the body changes through motherhood.
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