Sanaya Irani exposes dark secrets, shares casting couch horror stories from Bollywood and South cinema
Sanaya Irani, the actress best known for playing Gunjan in Miley Jab Hum Tum, shares her casting couch experience and shares that people in the film industry are keen on meeting new talent only to know if they are ready to compromise or not.
Casting couch is an open secret in Bollywood. Everyone who is a part of the industry knows it exists and perhaps it is considered acceptable as a way into business. Most actors have been propositioned including the men. However, only a few dare to speak out against it. Why, you ask? Maybe it's because of the fear of backlash or losing opportunities. Joining the bandwagon of actresses who revealed about the talest casting couch is Sanaya Irani, the actress best known for playing Gunjan in Miley Jab Hum Tum, Khushi in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? and Parvati in Rangrasiya.
Sanaya Irani shares casting couch horror stories from Bollywood and South cinema
Narrating the incident that took place in Bollywood, she revealed she was once auditioning for a role. While she thought it was for a music video, it was actually an audition for a film. "I told the secretary, 'I won¡¯t do it'. She was like, 'Please sir will get angry, just speak to him once'".When she agreed to be a part of the project, she was made to call the director. She did as she was told do to. However, the director was seemingly busy and asked her to call after half an hour.
She called him after 45 minutes and she felt what happened next was rude. "I called, he was like what is the time? I just blurted out the time. And he was like what time did I ask you to call me? I was like you asked me to call at 11:30 and again he was like what¡¯s the time? Now this time, I was like is he really throwing attitude at me? Because I am not buying this. So I said, 'Is this what we are talking about or are we moving forward? I just gave you a little bit grace that I shouldn¡¯t be calling exactly in half an hour'".
She was then told he was "making a big film", which had multiple heroes in it. She was told she would have to wear a Bikini. When she asked about her characters, he told her "are you okay wearing a bikini?". After this, Sanaya Irani hung up on him.
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She faced a similar incident in the South Indian film industry
Narrating that, the 41-year-old actress revealed that she was once approached by a South director. At that point in her career, she was not interested in doing movies. While she showed her reluctance, the director was hellbent on meeting her. "So I just went, and after meeting, he was like 'we need a little fuller person'. And I was like 'then I am not the fuller person'", she told Hautterfly.
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Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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