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Ranveer Singh Recounts Shocking Casting Couch Encounter
27 Mar
Summary
- Actor Ranveer Singh shared a personal casting couch experience from his early career.
- A casting agent demanded inappropriate advances for career advancement.
- Singh refused advances, later learning the agent targeted other actors.
In a resurfaced interview, actor Ranveer Singh recounted a significant personal encounter with the casting couch in the Hindi film industry. He described approaching a casting agent with a carefully prepared portfolio, hoping to secure acting opportunities.
However, the agent dismissed the portfolio, instead suggesting that Singh needed to be 'smart' and 'sexy' for advancement. The agent explicitly implied that sexual favors were expected, stating, 'I can send you to a lot of offices; then you will tell me -- take, touch.' Singh refused these advances, which he described as an attempt to negotiate, even as the agent became insistent.
Singh later learned that this same agent had engaged in similar inappropriate behavior with numerous other aspiring actors. The actor's powerful testimony underscores the persistent issues of exploitation within the industry during his struggling days.
