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News Topical, Digital Desk : Casting couch has always been a major issue in the film and television circles. It raises questions about the safety of women in the industry. However, it's not just actresses who have experienced the casting couch; many actors have also experienced it. Recently, a famous TV actor shared his horrifying casting couch experience.

The actor revealed that under the pretense of offering him work, the casting director made such a move that he wet his pants and was shaking inside. 

Casting couch incident with Rithvik Dhanjani

This actor is Rithvik Dhanjani of Pavitra Rishta fame . In the Two Girls and Two Cups podcast, Rithvik shared his casting couch experience. He explained that while he was standing in a long line for an audition in Aram Nagar, Mumbai, a casting director called him and informed him that he had been selected. The actor further said:

The man took me inside the studio and said, "You've been selected." I was stunned. I felt as if an angel had appeared from nowhere, taken me out of line, and told me I'd been shortlisted. I was overjoyed and thanked him. Then he said I had to come to his office immediately, and I said, “Yes, of course.”

Ritwik's pants got wet

Rithvik Dhanjani revealed that he felt strange when, despite being such a prominent casting director, he didn't have a car or a bike. He rode Rithvik's bike to his office, and that's when the actor began to realize something was amiss. Furthermore, the casting director's location, where he took him, didn't have an office. According to the actor,

I saw there was no office there, just a grocery store and a bun-maska ​​stall. I kept thinking, 'Do they really do casting here? This can't be happening.' He asked me to come inside and led me down a narrow lane. I thought there would be a bungalow at the end, but there was a big, locked door. He opened it, and it was pitch dark inside, with stairs leading up. He said, 'Come up, this is my office.' I swear, I wet my pants. By that time, I knew something was wrong, something wasn't right.

The director started touching the actor inappropriately.

Rithvik Dhanjani further explained that the casting director at his office told him that he was a very hard worker, but in this industry, one needs to work smart, not hard. The actor further added: 


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