rahadian played in six films in 2012. for "brokenhearts", in which he played as an anorexic, he lost to prepare for his role. later he acted in "perahu kertas" and its sequel, adapted from the novel of the same name by dewi lestari; rahadian played remi, a businessman who becomes romantic foil for the leading character. writing for "the jakarta post", niken prathivi found that rahadian had performed well "as expected", showing a mental struggle between love and business.