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'Criminal Justice 4' actress Surveen Chawla reveals shocking details about her casting couch experience: 'The director leaned towards me trying to kiss and...'
The actress revealed her story in detail about her experience with a director from the South and said, 'After the meeting at his office cabin, he came to see me off at the gate.' read more
'Criminal Justice 4' actress Surveen Chawla, also known for Hate Story 2 and the web-series Rana Naidu, has recalled her casting couch experience in her latest interview.
The actress revealed her story in detail about her experience with a director from the South and said, 'After the meeting at his office cabin, he came to see me off at the gate, and this is after I got married. And we spoke about that in the meeting. He asked me how it was going and what my husband did, and it was just us speaking inside his cabin because he had a big office.'
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Surveen added, 'So, when I opened the door and he leaned towards me trying to kiss, and I literally had to push him back and said, 'What are you trying to do here?' Walk off dude. My instant response was, 'What are you doing'. I just walked off.'
Chawla continued with her story and said, 'This was the code language, and I gave them the time to really say what I thought he was saying, but finally I asked him whether he was really asking that the director wants to sleep with me? 'Sir, I am sorry you are knocking on the wrong door. I am not in for bartering myself in exchange for work'. I will never forget these lines.'
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