Hollywood is being flooded with horrifying casting couch stories after the numerous sexual abuse allegations against the powerful producer Harvey Weinstein. Actors like Kalki Koechlin, Tisca Chopra, Ranveer Singh and Ayushmann Khurrana had also spoken up on the existence of casting couch in Bollywood. Now, Swara Bhaskar has opened up on her experience of sexual harassment. In an interview to a leading publication, the 'Veere Di Wedding' actress recalled a shocking instance of how a film director entered her room, drunk, and wanted to hug her. She also revealed that she was asked for sexual favours in exchange for a role, and how she lost out on some movies because she wouldn't agree to it.

Swara Bhaskar