Actor Ankita Lokhande has opened up on her casting sofa expertise after auditioning for a movie and the way she determined to not enter that trade. In an interview with Hauterrfly, Ankita shared that she was informed she must “sleep with the producer” when she went to get her signing quantity for the movie. (Also Read | Ankita Lokhande reveals Vicky Jain initially did not want to marry her)

Ankita talks about going through casting sofa

Ankita stated, “It happened to me in Bombay for a south film. I got a call saying, ‘You have been selected’. I had given an audition. I said, ‘Ok, I’m coming’. I had to go and sign. I told my mom, ‘I’m going to sign the film. I’ll get the signing amount. However, I was in two minds, how did this happen so easily, I don’t have that good a destiny. When I went there, I was called alone inside the room while my co-ordinator was asked to wait outside. They said, ‘You have to compromise.’ I was just 19 at that time. Tabhi mera heroine banna hai walla phase chall raha tha (I was going through the phase where I wanted to become a heroine).”

Ankita recollects strolling out of assembly

Ankita shared that she ”performed good” and asked, “‘What type of a compromise? Do you need me to go to a celebration along with your producers, financers?’ I performed it very good in order that I do not get to listen to what they have been speculated to say. He then stated, ‘You have to sleep with the producer’. I simply received up. I stated, ‘I do not suppose your producer wants a expertise, they simply want a lady to sleep with, and I’m not that one.’ And I simply walked off. He stated, ‘I promise to take you within the movie, I’ll attempt my greatest. I stated, ‘You promise, you do no matter you wish to do I do not wish to do your movie now. I’m performed’…I felt so low about myself that, ‘Koi mujhe aese kaese pooch sakta hai (How can somebody ask me this)? That day I made a decision that I’m not going to do movies, I do not wish to do movies. It’s soiled’.”

Ankita’s movies to this point

Ankita made her film debut with Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019). She has since starred in Baaghi 3 (2020). She will also be seen with Randeep Hooda in the upcoming film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. The film is directed and co-written by Randeep with Utkarsh Naithani.

Ankita’s shows

Ankita made her debut in television with Ekta Kapoor’s Pavitra Rishta (2009-2014). She portrayed the role of as Archana Deshmukh opposite Sushant Singh Rajput. She participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 and Comedy Circus ka Naya Daur. She did two episodes for Ek Thhi Naayka, opposite Sachin Shroff.

The actor reprised her role as Archana Deshmukh in the web series Pavitra Rishta: It’s Never Too Late along with Shaheer Sheikh from 2021 to 2022. In February 2022, she participated and won Smart Jodi with her husband, Vicky Jain. In 2023, she participated within the actuality present Bigg Boss 17, the place she completed because the third runner-up.

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