Bollywood Actresses Share Casting Couch Experiences: The stories of casting couch have been heard in the Hindi film industry for many years and while there are many actors and actresses who are trapped in the casting couch situation, there are many such actresses too. Those who left projects at such times but did not compromise on their principles. These actresses include many big names, from Raveena Tandon to Ankita Lokhande. Let us know what kind of situations these artists had to face and what happened.
Ankita Lokhande: Ankita Lokhande of ‘Pavitra Rishta’ had said in an interview that when she was 19-20 years old, sitting alone in a room, she herself asked the producer’s man what kind of compromise the producer wanted, ‘ Will I have to go to dinner?’ When the producer said yes to this, Ankita gave ‘her band instead’. Ankita also said, ‘Your producer wants a girl who sleeps with you, not one who is talented.’
Prachi Desai: Prachi Desai, a well-known artist of the TV and films industry, has also said in interviews that she has received some direct offers to be a part of many big films, for which she would have got a film offer only after she agreed. Even after categorically refusing these offers, the director called her repeatedly but still she did not let the director pressurize her.
Malika Sherawat: Malika Sherawat has also said in many interviews that many times men in the industry have tried to take advantage of her even with her. She has been pulled out of many projects because she refused to ‘intimate’ off-screen with the hero. Several co-stars asked Malika what’s wrong with doing it off-camera when she can kiss her on camera.
Radhika Apte: Radhika Apte has also told about her casting couch experiences during her interviews. Radhika says that once she got a call in which the person said, ‘We are doing a film in Bollywood and want to have a meeting with you. But will you be comfortable sleeping with the person you will be meeting?’ On this Radhika first laughed and then strictly refused her and asked her to go to hell.
Raveena Tandon: One of the biggest heroines of the 90s, Raveena Tandon has also said during a media interaction that she was given the label of ‘bullshit’ in the industry because she would never do ‘whatever’ with her. Hero used to ask ‘to do’, she did not laugh when the hero used to say or did not get up and down at her behest. She never had an affair with any actor for the role.
