Adding her voice to the MeToo movement, a credible art-house actress has been privately telling friends about her "sickening encounter with a top male star some years ago. She has revealed that she was asked to meet the action star to discuss a role that she was being considered for in a movie he was doing. When she showed up, however, the star was with his famously sleazy business manager- cum-producing partner, and the actress has said she immediately felt uncomfortable.
She has said it wasn't a "great role to begin with, but mainstream visibility had been hard to come by, and an opportunity to be in a big Bollywood movie was one she didn't want to miss. The meeting was "odd because the star barely spoke. At one point she felt obliged to state her skills because she got the feeling that neither the star nor his manager was familiar with her work. When she went on to list her accomplishments, the star cut her off irritably and asked: "Woh sab theek hai. Yeh bata, tu degi kya? ("All that's okay, tell me, will you comply?)
The actress has said she felt revolted and her demeanour made it more than evident to the star and his manager. The meeting ended awkwardly and quickly, and she didn't get the role. She is conflicted about exposing the actor because she doesn't think anything will come of it. "Very unlikely his career will be affected. I will surely suffer, she has told friends, justifying her decision not to go public.
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Action Star is clearly mentioned, so is it Akshay Kumar or Ajay Devgn? And Who could be the Art House Actress?
Tell your guesses.
Udne Ki Aasha
Pushpa Impossible
