Aradhana Sharma: I went into depression after opening up about the casting couch incident
3 years, 4 months ago

Aradhana Sharma: I went into depression after opening up about the casting couch incident

Hindustan Times  

It’s never easy to speak up about casting couch in Bollywood, which continues to remain a grey area of the industry. Aradhana Sharma is best known for her role in show, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah The actor, who started off her journey through reality shows, going on to do Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, shared a nasty experience when a person, claiming to be casting for a film, tried to touch her at inappropriate places. But the reactions that I got after opening up about the incident shocked and surprised me,” she tells us, adding, “I was told by many people, ‘Tumhara career khatam ho sakta hai jo tumne yeh casting couch ke baare mein jo bola hai’. “I went into depression, thinking that I don’t even have a right to talk openly about something which has happened to me,” she shares, adding that the exact line was ‘Aap abhi utni badi ho nahi jo yeh sab bolo’.

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Rashami Desai talks about facing casting couch when she was 16; recalls mom slapping her perpetrator
2 months ago

Rashami Desai talks about facing casting couch when she was 16; recalls mom slapping her perpetrator

Hindustan Times  

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Actress Sanam Shetty Claims Tamil Film Industry Troubled With Casting Couch: 'I Speak From My...'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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1 year, 3 months ago

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India TV News  

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Actor Sangeeta Odwani opens up about her casting couch experience with producer: 'He was popular and very powerful'
1 year, 7 months ago

Actor Sangeeta Odwani opens up about her casting couch experience with producer: 'He was popular and very powerful'

Hindustan Times  

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Imli actor Seerat Kapoor sheds light on the dark reality of casting couch in the TV industry
1 year, 7 months ago

Imli actor Seerat Kapoor sheds light on the dark reality of casting couch in the TV industry

Hindustan Times  

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Anjali Kapoor Opens Up About Casting Couch, Says Was Demotivated After That
2 years, 1 month ago

Anjali Kapoor Opens Up About Casting Couch, Says Was Demotivated After That

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2 years, 4 months ago

Shama Sikander shares her casting couch experience, says 'asking for sex in return for work...'

India Today  

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Casting couch in Bollywood: Reality or misuse?
3 years, 5 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Rajeev Khandelwal says casting couch is not rape: ‘The one who gives in is equally responsible’
4 years, 8 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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