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29 March 2024

So is casting couch a reality in Bollywood?

Rina Golan mentions Subhash Ghai and Anees Bazmi in her book 'Dear Mr Bollywood: How I Fell In Love With India, Bollywood And Shah Rukh Khan' (SUPPLIED)

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By Bindu Suresh Rai

A small-time model and struggler created a sensation when she dared to expose the Bollywood infamous casting couch in her new book, taking a few names that shook up the film industry.
 
Rina Golan and her book, “Dear Mr Bollywood: How I Fell In Love With India, Bollywood And Shah Rukh Khan” ruffled quite a few feathers when she mentioned celebrity filmmakers such as Subhash Ghai and Anees Bazmi, along with singer Anoop Jalota, all propositioned her.
 
In an interview with 'Mail Today', the lady said: “I wonder why people get shocked at the mention of casting couch. I have witnessed numerous young girls and boys getting exploited.”

 
Golan talks about how Ghai tried to take her to his bedroom and then it was Bazmee at a later stage who asked her out to dinner when she approached him for a role in his movie 'Thank You'. 

“We would have some fun,” she said was what he had told her. Bazmee and Jalota have both denied the allegations.

 

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