Esha Gupta reveals her experience with casting couch
- IndiaGlitz, [Friday,October 29 2021]
While Bollywood seems very bright and glamourous to outsiders, its underbelly is full of some really dark tales and malpractices. Casting couch is one such malpractice which affects psyche and career of many aspiring actresses. Several actresses have spoken about this issue in the past and recently, Esha Gupta also shared her experience and opinion about the same. She stated that only outsiders have to go through such traumatic experiences and starkids are generally safe from this.
In an conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Esha said, Yeah, two people…One of them, well I did the film still. Because it was a little sly move. I think they also expected an outdoor shoot, 'we’ll just be really nice to her, things may change then'. But I am also really smart, I said, 'I am not going to sleep alone'. I used to make my makeup artist sleep in the room with me. I said ‘Oh I am scared, I won’t sleep’...But the problem is also they only do it to us, they won’t do it to the industry kids because there, their parents will come and kill you. But to us, they would do thinking she wants work.
Sharing another experience, Esha said, “There was where halfway through the film, the co-producer told the maker of the film, ‘I don't want her in the movie. Why is she there?’ This is after 4-5 days of starting the shoot. He said, ‘No she is my heroine’. The maker came to me and asked ‘Did this happen with this guy?’ and I looked at him, laughed and said 'Yes sir. Why?' He said, 'No. He just told me, 'Why's Esha there in the movie?' and I realised because (gestures with her hands). There are also people who don't give me work because they say, ‘She is not going to do anything, what’s the point?’