#MeToo in Indian TV

An Indian actress describes the casting couch culture in Indian television.

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00:00Nobody talks about it because they're too afraid that if I say something and you know

00:04Then everybody will know and I won't get any work or something

00:07Initially I didn't know how to, I didn't know who was bad when I was young

00:33So that time I had a few bad experiences like even though sometimes my mother would be there

00:40along with me but yet there would be these sleazy men and they would ask for nonsense

00:48stuff like nonsense sort of things to do during an audition

00:56I don't have a plan B because this is the only thing I know like I think I can, this

01:03acting is the only thing I can do the best so right now I don't have any plan B because

01:09I'm going to stick to this

01:16The biggest challenge is to try finding a job and that happens only when you have a

01:23couple of things with you, first is that you have the looks, second is that you're

01:28able to act and third is your networking skills, I mean it all depends on all these three things

01:35and of course a little bit of luck is always important