The concept of casting couch, unfortunately, still exists in the film industry and for any star; it takes a lot of guts to recount their horrific experiences. In the past, we have had many actors and actresses open up on their casting couch trauma and the latest star to share her story on it is a TV star, Surveen Chawla. The Sacred Games actress, who has been a part of several daily soaps and web shows, made some shocking revelations to Pinkvilla.
Surveen revealed how some of her most traumatic struggles were being criticised for things like ‘being overweight at 56 kilos’ and being called as someone who ‘overexposes herself’. However, that wasn’t it about her agony. The actress further added that she had to face the casting couch experience not once or twice, but for a total number of five times in her career – twice in Bollywood and thrice in the South film industry. Recounting those horrific days, Surveen told, “A director wanted to see how my cleavage looked. Another director wanted to see how my thighs looked.”
Surveen added how she was called as someone overweight, despite being 56 kilos. "I went to give this audition and the person told me, 'You are overweight'. I was just 56 kilos and I thought the person needed glasses," quipped the actress.
Surveen also remembered the days when she was criticised for doing TV shows. She said, "Yes, there was a time when people told me you are overexposed because of television. For some time, I tried to hide it from producers and tell them I did TV only for a year but I realised later that 'Why am I doing this?' Isn't it going to be easier for a team to get someone who already knows how to do their lines?”
Sigh!
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