Tisca Chopra’s Casting Couch Story is Disturbing, Not ‘Funny’

When Tisca Chopra was trying to make it big in Bollywood, this is how the industry treated her.

Tisca Chopra at a story telling event. (Photo Courtesy: YouTube/Kommune India)

In a world inhabited by hawks and creeps, possessing a sense of humour can be a lethal weapon.

Actor Tisca Chopra’s unsavoury experience with a very influential but “reptile-like” director gives us a piercing insight into the creepy world of Indian cinema. In a not-so-funny banter at a story-telling session, Chopra relived one of the most telling instances of casting couch nightmares that she’s had in Bollywood.

The experience dates back to the days when the Taare Zameen Par actor was trying to make a mark in the Hindi film industry.

Without a godfather in the industry, women have to deal with obscene sexual advances from a lot of influential people.

Kangana Ranaut has time and again spoken out about the industry’s base standards vis-a-vis women, yet, nothing seems to deter them from repeating the harassments endlessly.

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Here, Tisca Chopra recounts her morbid encounter with a director more interested in her sexuality rather than her work.

Get yourself primed for me? (Photo: The Quint)

When she met the director for the first time, he was more interested in her body than her work. Seems about right, doesn’t it?

Let’s do more than just scripting? (Photo: The Quint)

To discuss a script in the middle of the night, really?!

Oops! Not the most inviting sight. FYI, this director’s son was an AD in the same movie.

You can watch her retell the complete experience below.