Shama Sikander: I was the first one to speak about casting couches

Actress Shama Sikander has opened about going through an unsavoury moment of casting couch proposition adding that she dealt with it as maturely and wisely as she couldI think I was the first one to speak about casting couches Today you realise it because one MeToo movement happened and it was big enough to shake everybody So everybody is now trying to talk about these things but before this none of you even wanted to talk about these things Everybody was so scared The media has got power Its appreciating that thought Shama told IANSEverybody is coming together and fighting for that thought and thats why everybody is empowered today to speak about these things So yes I have always been telling people that of course it exists and not just in this industry It will exist wherever power exists she addedHowever Shama says showbiz is not as bad as many think adding that she met some of the greatest people hereIt exists everywhere but just because our line is under media radar all the time we speak about it But I have also met some of the greatest people in our line some of the very talented creative most nicehearted people in our line I cannot disregard that fact Some of my best friends are from this line and they are wonderful people she saidBut it did have a negative effect on Shama Yes it exists and I have had a couple of experiences I dealt with it as maturely and wisely as I could Yes they affected me badly from time to time but my meditations and therapies healed meShama does not see anything wrong in a man trying to sleep with a woman but believes that it has to be with permissionA man trying to sleep with a woman there is nothing wrong in it Everybody man woman we attract each other but what is wrong is in trying to achieve that a lot of people stoop to very cheap and low levels because somehow the sexual energy is also connected to your mind she saidShe says people who do such things are suppressed If you know psychology youd understand that these people are suppressed from many angles not just sexually but physically and mentally too They probably have been abused so they think it is okay to abuse others They are people who have not been healed A healed person will not do that torture to anybody else Amicably sleeping with each other with permission there is nothing wrong in it she saidShama believes that there is a need for subconscious awakening This whole mentality of getting someone to sleep with you and doing the cheap things that they end up doing pulling the other person down and making them do things because you are a person in power today and somebody else did it to you You are just repeating history This will require a lot of subconscious awakening in each and every personShama believes the MeToo movement has scared people but the sick mentality will still be thereIt will always be there That will only come out when you go through all therapies when you clean yourself your souls and your childhood traumas Only then you can have a better world Before that we can just pretend to be nicer people because we are afraid of some police complaints or some girl would say something she saidOf course she agrees that fear does help I have seen it reduce from before to now thanks to all the women who fought for it But I really wish people would think this is wrongdoingShama says she is a happy soul today as she dealt with her nasty experience with a lot of meditation adding I forgave all the people who were bad to me and I forgave myself for letting it happen to me and I moved onCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news