Amruta Subhash opens up on facing casting couch, says she lost many roles as she refused to sleep with producers: ‘I didn't compromise'
Amruta Subhash, who played Ranveer Singh's mother in Gully Boy and Seema in Lust Stories 2, encountered many sexual harassment incidents in both her personal and professional life. Sometimes costing her work and opportunities in the film industry. In a recent interview, Amruta recalled being inappropriately touched by an old producer as well as young boy she met during her train journey.
In an interview with Zoom, she shared several incidents of going through harassment in different phases of her life. She recalled them one by one as she shared, 'I remember this incident with this big producer of this play I was doing. I was climbing stairs and maybe my top may have moved a bit, and I felt a hand around my waist. I suddenly jumped and I just looked at him and asked, 'What did you just do?' He had just brushed through it. Everybody was stunned because it was a big name. He said, 'Nothing, your top was…' I stopped him and said, 'it is none of your business. How dare you touch me here? You can't do it.' Everybody was like, 'Iska role gaya'.'
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Recalling another incident, she said, 'This another time, when I was in NSD, I was travelling back to Pune in train. During that journey, I was playing cards with this little boy. When we went to sleep, I noticed a hand around me, I quickly held on to it and when I saw it, I realised it was the same boy. He ran to the train's basin and started to wash his face when I confronted him. He started to cry. Because he was a kid, I didn't want to shame him.'
She added, 'There was this another producer who would often ask me to join him for drinks and dinner. One day, I decided to go see him while everybody else was waiting to see what I would do. I opened his room and kept the door open and asked him, 'Sir, you are my father's age, why are you speaking to me like this? What is your problem?' I kept looking into his eyes. He started to behave awkwardly.'
Amruta said she lost many roles because she refused to sleep with people in exchange for wok. 'I didn't compromise', said Amruta.
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