Jasmin Bhasin On Disturbing Audition Experience: 'The Director Locked Me In Hotel Room'
For many aspiring actors, the early days in the industry are filled with auditions, hopes, and the dream of a big break. But for Jasmin Bhasin, one such audition turned into a deeply unsettling experience that left a lasting mark. The television and film actor, known for her work in Dil Se Dil Tak and Naagin 4, recently opened up about a frightening encounter during her initial years in Mumbai. It made her vow never to attend a meeting in a hotel room again.
The audition that went wrong
Bhasin explained that the incident occurred soon after she moved to Mumbai to pursue acting. 'I had come to Bombay for auditions, and in a hotel in Juhu, there was this meeting. A lot of girls and actresses were there waiting in the lobby, and there were many coordinators. Everybody was going in for the meeting. When it was my turn, I got scared seeing a man having a drink and telling me to audition. Even the coordinator left the room. So first, I got scared," she recalled during her appearance on The Himanshu Mehta Show.
The situation escalated when the man insisted she perform the scene immediately. 'After that, he told me, 'You have to do this scene.' So I told him, 'Sir, okay, I will prepare the scene and come back tomorrow.' He said, 'No, no, you have to do it now.' He basically told me a scene, for example, 'Your lover is going, you have to stop him.' So I did that. He said, 'No, not like this. You have to…' then he locked me in and was trying to do something else. But I used my skills and ran off from there. That day, I decided no meetings would ever happen in a hotel room — never in my life," she said.
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Bhasin went on to establish herself as a prominent face on Indian television and in Punjabi cinema, appearing in films such as Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di, Warning 2, and Badnaam. She has also participated in several reality shows, including Bigg Boss 14 and more recently The Traitors, a game-based reality series hosted by Karan Johar. The show featured personalities like Maheep Kapoor, Jannat Zubair, Uorfi Javed, and Ashish Vidyarthi, with Uorfi Javed and Nikita Luther emerging as winners.
The actor has not yet revealed details of her next project.
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