Ankit Gupta Horrific Casting Couch Experience: In his recent interview, the actor revealed a casting couch expereience he faced during his strugging days in the entertainment industry.
Casting Couch is one of the most disgusting truth of the entertainment industry. There is a general perception that one has to make compromises to work in films or TV, be it TV actors or big screen stars. At the same time, some of these stars keep this matters a secret, while many are seen openly expressing their opinion about it in front of the world. Now actor Ankit Gupta, who has made his mark with Bigg Boss 16, has made a shocking disclosure referring to a similar incident that happened to him. Also Read: Ishq Mein Ghayal Cast Salary: Here’s How Much Karan Kundrra, Gashmeer Mahajani, & Reem Shaikh Charge For The Show
Ankit Gupta Horrific Casting Couch Experience
Bigg Boss 16 fame Ankit Gupta remembered what the other person told him, “Yaha to compromise karna padta hai (you have to compromise here). A lot of people, who wanted me to compromise, used to say ‘See Ankit aise toh kaam milta nahi hai industry mein (See Ankit, you won’t get work here in the industry by being morally correct). We have launched several people’. They used to take names of biggies, stating that the celebs were launched by him.”
The Udaariyaan actor further revealed that he refused it straight away. “I am not into guys and even if I am, I cannot do this. It was my worst experience,” he said. Also Read: Tina Datta Excludes Shalin Bhanot From Top 3 Of Bigg Boss 16, Calls Shiv Thakare Deserving Along With THESE 2 Female Contestants
After Gupta refused to compromise, the big and influential people asked the actor to let him touch, “‘Okay, you don’t want to do it but at least let me touch it. Upar se hi hai (from the top). Ankit was shocked and he asked himself, ‘What is happening?’
On the professional front, Ankit will soon be seen with his reality show co-contestant Gautam Vig in the musical drama series Junooniyat. During his stint with Bigg Boss, Ankit and his Uddariyaan co-star Priyanka Chahar Choudhary’s friendship was one of the hottest topics of discussion among netizens.
Watch The Interview Here-
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