Bollywood actors who faced casting couch
Yes, male casting couch also exists in Bollywood. Actors like Ranveer Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajeev Khandelwal and more have faced the horror of unwanted sexual advances from the industry folks but they refused to give in to their demands in exchange for roles. Take a look.
Ranveer Singh
Revealing his first-hand experience with casting couch, Ranveer had said that a highly sleazy gentleman did not even look at his portfolio and went on to tell him, You have to be smart. You have to be sexy. Jo smart hai, jo sexy hai, wo aage nikal jaata hai. The man then advised Ranveer to be open to 'take and touch'. When Ranveer said no, he started negotiating if he can just touch or at least see it. I later spoke with other strugglers who said the man had made similar propositions to them,” Ranveer said.
Ayushmann Khurrana
Recounting his early days in Bollywood, Ayushmann Khurrana had said, A casting director had told me, ‘I’ll give you the lead role if you showed me your tool.’ I told him I’m straight and I politely refused his offer.”
Harshvardhan Rane
Recalling his casting couch incident, Harshvardhan Rane had said that a casting director asked him to take off his pants and show off his strong legs. He tried to take advantage of it but the actor didn't let him.
Rajeev Khandelwal
Rajeev Khandelwal had recalled a super director had called him into his home office to discuss the film. By the second meeting, I had realised things were just not alright. It turned into a hilarious situation as well. I found myself feeling how any woman in my place would have felt. He asked me to go to his room which I refused to. I dropped names and mentioned that I have a girlfriend back then waiting for me so that the guy knows that I am straight,” he had said.
Aftab Shivdasani
Recalling his casting couch incident, Aftab Shivdasani had said, When I was not an actor and was doing music videos and modelling assignments, I visited a person who promised me a film. He used to call me late nights, kept me hanging. Later on, I realised that it's a hoax and stopped picking his calls. And the guy was a very well known personality and I can't name him here. I did meet him once or twice but later I stopped when his intentions became clear.
Ashish Bisht
Ashish Bisht had recalled, When I was struggling work I used to end up going for every audition, and once a producer called me to a shady place and his first question was Are you comfortable in bed?
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Priyanshu Chatterjee had revealed, I was asked for a sexual favour by this man who promised me a film in return. But I didn’t believe him, and was right in doing so since the film wasn’t made.
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