Bollywood Actors And Casting Couch – Casting couch is not new in Bollywood.

There are many celebs who experienced casting couch in the Bollywood industry. Firstly, it takes a lot of guts to share casting couch stories, as everything spilled in Bollywood becomes a gossip quickly.

There are many actors and actresses in Bollywood who experienced casting couch scenario, and shared everything about it.

Firstly, here’s what casting couch means – “Casting couch refers to a mentality in which directors and movie makers take advantage of actor and actresses who wants to make their mark in Bollywood industry.”

Here is a list of Bollywood actors who shared their casting couch stories –

Bollywood Actors And Casting Couch –

1. Ranveer Singh

Ranveer is sexy, and maybe this is the thing that attracted directors. Bollywood’s badass star shared insights about the whole issue and said he was the victim of casting couch. But, he knew that his talent is much more important than such idiotic things. So he refused it all.

2. Ayushmann Khurrana

We all know Ayushmann Khurrana as he is a brilliant singer and actor. Well, to make it big in Bollywood, it isn’t as easy as it seems. Ayushmann Khurana struggled a lot during his starting days. Ayushmann revealed that there are many casting directors who asked him to deliver sexual favors but he refused them all then and there.

3. Priyanshu Chatterjee

You must’ve certainly seen him in Tum Bin. Priyanshu once openly discussed about the whole issue and revealed “I was asked for a sexual favor by this man who promised me a film in return. But I didn’t believe him, and was right in doing so because the movie wasn’t made at all.”

4. Harshvardhan Rane

Harshvardhan revealed it all on the Firstpost Show, by saying that “yes, I am a victim of casting couch.” He revealed that the person was very interested in his sexy body, and tried to take an advantage of it. Shocking, isn’t it?

5. Shakti Kapoor and Aman Verma

In their case, Shakti and Aman were caught in 2005 sting operation. It is been said that Kapoor was trying to give work in exchange of sex, and Verma was seen tampering with a girl.

Bollywood Actors And Casting Couch – There are many actresses who faced casting couch in their life. The list includes Radhika Apte, Kangana Ranaut, Kalki Koechlin, Surveen Chawla, Sunny Leone, Hard Kaur, Tisca Chopra and many more.

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Casting couch is indeed one of the worst kept secrets of filmdom from time immemorial. And another fact is that it is still prevalent.

There are many cases which showcase the seedy side of the industry. Many actors compromise and go ahead to trade favors in a bid to make it big but some say direct no on the face.

There are very few cases like sting operation that caught Shakti Kapoor and Aman Verma red handed or take the case of Madhur Bhandarkar as well as of Subhash Ghai;  that come into light.

The questions that loom on our head are that why there are no strict laws against such heinous crime? Why is this nuisance not yet curbed?

As we ponder and come up with answers, here is the list of actors who faced this menace :

1. Ranveer Singh

If you think only females are exploited then you are wrong even males are the victims of casting couch syndrome and many like Ranveer are asked to trade sexual favors.

In one of the recent interviews, Ranveer Singh expressed how he too encountered casting couch problem.

He said, “Casting couch is a very real thing.” He goes on to give a description of that disgusting meet with the casting director, “ I visited a certain gentleman at his home in Andheri and handed him my portfolio. But he kept it aside, and later I got to know what he was interested in. When I said ‘No’, he was heartbroken like a jilted lover.”

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