Actor Ankita Lokhande Was Asked to Sleep With a South Producer

Mumbai: Describing her experience regarding the alleged casting couch in the entertainment industry, film and television actor Ankita Lokhande said that she was asked to sleep with a south producer.

Ankita Lokhande shared her casting couch experience in an interview with Hauterrfly.

In this interview, Ankita said while she was approached for a south film, she was told that she had to “sleep with” the producer to get the film.

Ankita said, “I gave an audition for a south film. I got a call to receive the sign amount. I was happy and told my mom that I would go to receive the sign amount. However, I was in two minds that how did this happen so easily?”

“When I went there, I was called alone inside the room while my co-ordinator was asked to sit outside. I was told, you have to compromise. I was only 19 then. I had the aspiration of becoming a heroine),” she added.

When she asked, “What kind of compromise?” Then the reply came straight cut, “You have to sleep with the producer.”

Ankita rejected the offer and said, “I don’t think your producer needs talent; he just needs a girl to sleep with, and I am not that one”, and she walked off.