The
casting
director
said
she
will
have
to
do
‘everything’
without
specifying
what
that
meant.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Fatima
Sana
Shaikh/Instagram
Fatima
Sana
Shaikh’s
views
on
the
casting
couch
in
the
south
film
industry
has
created
a
stir
on
the
Internet.
In
an
interview
with
Bollywood
Bubble,
the
actor
shares
her
experience:
‘I
was
told
to
send
my
profile
which
I
did
to
the
casting
director.’
She
said
the
casting
director
called
her
back
and
said
that
she
will
have
to
do
‘everything’
without
specifying
what
that
meant.
Fatima
replied,
‘I
will
work
hard
and
do
whatever
is
required
for
the
role.’
She
added,
‘He
kept
asking
repeatedly,
but
I
played
dumb
because
I
wanted
to
see
how
low
he
would
get.
I
got
irritated
and
wanted
to
see
whether
he
will
speak
(clearly)
or
not.
Then
he
too
got
irritated
and
left.’
The
incident,
Fatima
said,
occurred
in
Hyderabad
before
she
shot
to
fame
with
2016’s
Dangal.
‘All
young
actresses
at
that
point
of
time
thought
that
getting
a
break
in
Bollywood
would
be
difficult,
so
they
chose
the
path
to
the
South
film
industry
where
they
hoped
to
get
a
break,’
she
said.
‘They
would
speak
weirdly
but
of
course,
not
clearly.
We
hear
about
big
actresses
and
actors
getting
abused
in
modeling.
This
is
a
very
sad
thing;
it
shouldn’t
happen,’
she
said,
clarifying
that
‘Everyone
is
not
like
that.’
