Casting couch is not a new concept of Bollywood and Indian television. Time by time actors and actresses reveal their ordeal to compromise to get a break in movie or tv serials. The recent entrant into this is none other than Four More Shots actress Maanvi Gagroo.
Recently, Maanvi revealed her experience where she was allegedly asked to "compromise" in order to get a role in a series. The 34-year-old actress, in an interview with Koimoi.com, revealed that she received a phone call from an unknown number, last year. She revealed that the budget was not up to her expectations, so the makers instantly "tripled" it but on a condition. "They told me the budget and I said, nahi yaar, this is too less and why are we talking about the budget? Tell me the script, only if I'm interested and you are interested in roping me, we can discuss about money, dates and all. So he's like, we're asking people if they are okay with the budget. When I said nahi, it's less, he tripled the budget just in his next sentence. He said, I can give you this much also, but aapko compro (compromise) karna padega.," Maanvi told Koimoi.com.
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Maanvi revealed that she was very upset with the phone call. Ms Gagroo pointed out that she was "pissed off" at how things function in the industry despite the #MeToo era. She added, "Suddenly I don't know what triggered me, I started abusing him. Told him aap phone rakho, how dare you? Mai police ko complaint kar rahi hu. I was really mad because in this pro imposed #MeToo era, I was baffled at how things like this still happen."