Actor told me to come meet him alone: Isha Koppikar on casting couch

When a woman says no, they can't take it, she said

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Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar is the latest to open up about casting couch in the industry. In an interview to Pinkvilla, she spoke of an incident in which she was asked to 'get into the good books' of a particular actor to bag a project.

When the actor told her to come meet him alone, she said she called up the producer and said he should 'cast her for her talent'.

“That is what is intimidating for a lot of people. When a woman says no, they can't take it. And temporarily, you're written off. I never ended up working with that actor,” she said. She added that she was inappropriately touched by many top secretaries.

Opening up about nepotism she said: “A lot of times I was about to get a role. But someone would call and their daughter or the starlet would get the film.”