From the past few weeks, Netflix India has been trolled relentlessly by netizens for casting Radhika Apte in a number of their original series/movies.
Apte has been a recurring presence in Netflix's premium release, Sacred Games, in the anthology, Lust Stories, and now in the recently-streamed Ghoul.
While, for some reason, the Internet doesn't seem to mind the influx of Alia Bhat in a number of Dharma Productions' films, Apte's trilogy with Netflix became such an issue, it even led to a few op-ed pieces (No, seriously).
Not the one to take the (wildly) unfair criticism lying down, Netflix responded with a satirical short, a behind-the-scenes clip of a fictitious show called Omnipresent. Director Vikramaditya Motwane is seen speaking about the show, where all the roles are being played by... Radhika Apte.
Apte also makes an appearance in the short, saying, "When Netflix called me for another offer, I was a bit reluctant. But when I was told I'd be playing all the characters, that caught my attention," she says, in all seriousness.
So in the (imaginary) show, Apte is seen playing an oppressed villager, a virtuous social activist, an evil corporate overlord, you name it.
There's even a delicious twist in the end of the video, a clever, well-thought, self-deprecating rebuttal to the trolling.
Watch the clip here: