Asha Negi Opens Up About Casting Couch Experience: ‘Called Me Alone, Talked Dirty…’

Recently, ‘Munjya’ star Abhay Verma made a shocking revelation about the casting couch. After this revelation, it became clear that not only girls but also boys are victims of the casting couch in the entertainment world. In the last few years, many beauties have spoken openly about this. Asha Negi, who became a household name with the TV show ‘Pavitra Rishta’, is also included in this list. Recently she talked openly about this and told how difficult it had become for her to establish her footing in the industry after all this happened.

Asha shared her horrifying casting couch story.

Asha Negi, who completely disappeared from TV, has entered the OTT platform. Asha is no longer in the mood to return to TV. One reason is that she does not want to be typecast while working on TV. These days, Asha is in the news for her upcoming web series ‘Honeymoon Photographer’, which will be released on the OTT platform on 27th September. Asha is promoting her web series vigorously. She has played the role of a photographer in the series. In a conversation with Hotterfly, she also talked openly about her initial experience in the TV industry. Along with this, many shocking revelations have been made regarding the casting couch.

The ‘Ludo’ actress said she faced the casting couch in the early days of her career. Recalling her scary experience, she said, ‘I must have been around 20-22 years old when all this happened to me. At that time, there used to be coordinators who used to give us work…’

Asha said he started talking to me and to be honest, he was trying to woo me with his words. He was trying to brainwash me, but I was able to understand everything. I was wondering what kind of things he would talk to me about.’

The actress further said, ‘He directly told me that if you want to become a heroine, you will have to do all this. All the big heroines have done this. You too will have to do all this to become a heroine. He further said that as soon as he left from there, I called my friends and told them everything, my initial experience was very bad.’