As the whole casting couch debate was dying down, Sri Reddy and Saroj Khan added fuel to the fire once again by their fiesty and controversial comments on the issue. The conversation started once again and Ranbir Kapoor, Richa Chadha and several other stars opened up about casting couch in Bollywood. However, wait till you hear what Mahie Gill had to say! The actress, who has portrayed several bold characters, revealed to Hindustan Times how naive and shy she was when she arrived to Bollywood and how some casting directors tried to take advantage of this!
As Mahie revealed to the national daily, "It happened with me a few times. I don’t even remember the name of the directors. I had to meet a director, so I wore a (salwar) suit, and he told me, 'If you wear a suit and come, nobody is going to cast you in a film.' Then, I met another director, and he said, 'I want to see how you look in a nightie.' There are idiots all around." The actress even mentioned how she started believing what these directors used to tell her. As she added, "I was so new to Mumbai, so I didn’t know who was right and who wasn’t. And when people know that you are new to the industry and struggling, you tend to listen to them. I mean, I actually started thinking, 'Achha, aisa hota hai ki suit pehnne se role nahi milte aur koi kaam nahi dega.' It’s very difficult to meet the right kind of people." (ALSO READ - [EXCLUSIVE] Richa Chadha on casting couch in Bollywood: It is an indefensible and abhorrent practice)
Mahie even revealed how she used to run away or use different tactics to avoid casting couch. As she mentioned to Hindustan Times, "I was anyway nervous while meeting people, so whenever someone tried to give me dumb logic or guide me in any way, I used to run away. After all this, you don’t know who to meet, how to meet them. There was a point when I stopped meeting people in their offices and I even used to take a friend along with me so that people didn’t try to act smart. But then, you want money also, so, I started doing some serials also on Doordarshan." What do you guys have to say about this latest revelation by Mahie Gill? Share with us your thoughts in the comments section below! Also stay tuned to BollywoodLife as we get you all the dope and updates from B-town right here.
