MUMBAI: Mita Vasisht is an actress who has acted in numerous regional and Bollywood films. She recently talked candidly about the casting couch incident involving her in an interview. She talked about how the incident made her even stronger.
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According to Mita Vasisht, a Telugu film directly asked her to live with him for 2 months. As she addressed the popular news portal, she stated, “A film producer from the Telugu film industry tried to force himself on me. Those days I was participating in the Chennai Film Festival. I was offered the lead role by a Telugu director in his film. The actress he had worked with in his previous film had won a National Award. He offered me the lead role and said I would have to live with him for two months."
She further added, “For a moment I thought that maybe his English is weak and he is telling me that I have to go to his house and prepare for the character, but he reiterated his words and said that you will have to stay with me. When I heard this and started leaving from there, he tried to block my way, but I somehow managed to get out of there."
When asked if she has witnessed any cases similar to this involving another actress, Mita responded, "I had made it clear to the directors at the beginning that I was not going to sleep with them for films. Some people removed me from the film after hearing this, while some people respected me and cast me in their film."
Regarding her career, Mita's upcoming project is the Vishal Furia-directed movie Chhorii 2. Nushrratt Bharuccha plays the main character in the movie.
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Credit- Free Press Journal
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