Ankita Lokhande’s shocking revelation on casting couch, says ‘was asked to sleep with the producer’

New Delhi: Television actress turned Bollywood star Ankita Lokhande has an enormous fanbase – all thanks to her Pavitra Rishta days. But it has not been a straightforward transition for her from telly actress to a film star. Ankita lately shared horrific casting sofa situations whereby she was asked to sleep with the producer for work.

In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Ankita Lokhande opened up on dealing with casting sofa whereas she was attempting to maker her entry into films. “I feel I am a very strong personality. I don’t let anybody look at me also like that. I’m like ‘Don’t you dare to do that.’ Yes, I have faced it once, no, I think I have faced it twice. Bohot pehle jab me choti thi, mujhe South film k liye bulaya gaya tha. He called me into his room and said, ‘Ankita we want to ask you something.’ I was like, ‘Yes.’ He then said, ‘Aapko compromise karna padega.’ I was so smart, I was alone in that room and was 19 or 20 years old, asked him, ‘Which type of compromise does your producer want? Do I have to go to parties or dinners?”, she stated.

As she tried to evade the scenario, she was asked to ‘sleep with the producer’.  “And the second he stated it, maine uski band baja di thi. I instructed him, I feel your producer desires a lady to sleep with, not a really gifted woman to work with.’ And I left from there. He then apologised and stated he’ll attempt to take me to his movie. But I stated, ‘If you try and take me in also, I’m not fascinated with your movie,” she added.

And that is not it, even after she gained fame with Pavitra Rishta, Ankita confronted it once more. 

“When I got back again into films, I felt it again, just shaking hands with that person. I don’t want to take names, he was a big actor. I got those vibes, and I quickly got my hands away from him. I knew it, ab mera yahaan nahi hoga, because it is a give and take thing. I understood and I left from there because it was not for me,” Ankita stated.

Ankita Lokhande and late actor Sushant Singh Rajput made their tv debut as leads in Balaji Telefilms’ ‘Pavitra Rishta’ by Ekta Kapoor.