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Radhika Apte a Netflix favorite after 'Sacred Games, Lust Stories and Ghoul'

Actor Radhika Apte in Ghoul, Netlix's first Indian original horror series

Streaming giant Netflix is quickly churning out a slew of original movies/ series aiming at Indian viewers. Some of them like Lust Stories and Sacred Games became instant hits and attracted rave reviews.

Netflix’s next India-based creative venture will be a horror series titled Ghoul. What all these Netflix originals have in common, other than the fact that they are based on India? The answer is the presence of actor Radhika Apte.

When Ghoul start streaming on Netflix on August 24, it will mark the third collaboration between Apte and Netflix. She had performed in Neflix originals Sacred Games and Lust Stories previously.

In Ghoul, Apte will play the role of an interrogator. Apte’s character finds out that the terrorists held in a detention center are not from this world.

Wathc Ghoul trailer here: 



Who is Radhika Apte?

Apte has appeared both art and commercial films. She has acted in  Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, and Marathi-language films in India.

Apte has garnered very good reviews for acting prowess. Badlapur, Hunterr and Manjhi-The Mountain Man are some of the films that fetched her huge praise.

She has also performed in indies like Parched and Phobia that made her the darling of critics.

More about Ghoul

Ghoul will be the first Indian horror series made by Netflix. Patrick Graham will direct the series and will also serve as the writer.

Ghoul is likely to have only three episodes.

Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane’s Phantom Films, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, and Ivanhoe Pictures are the co-producers of Netflix’s first Indian horror series.
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