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Vidya Balan, who has at all times been outspoken about points which are in any other case swept below the rug, recalled how she dealt with an uncomfortable scenario with a director as soon as in her newest interview. The actress was requested about her ordeals with the casting sofa in showbiz in an interview with Humans Of Bombay. Vidya Balan revealed that she has at all times been “very fortunate” as she by no means had a “tryst with the casting couch” however as soon as, a director “insisted” they go to his lodge room after they met for work. However, the actress “did a smart thing” – she left the door of the lodge room open in order that the director knew “that the only way for him was out.” 

Vidya Balan, within the interview, mentioned, “I’ve actually not really had a tryst with the casting couch. I’ve been very, very fortunate, because I’ve heard horror stories, and that was my parents’ biggest fear, because they were resistant to me joining films. But the one incident I had… I remember, on one of my films that I had been signed to do, I was meeting with the director because I was visiting Chennai for an ad film shoot.” She added that they met in a espresso store however he “kept insisting that ‘we go to my room and chat’.” 

“I didn’t understand, because I was alone,” mentioned Vidya Balan and continued, “But I did a very smart thing. When we went to the room, I left the door open. And then he knew that the only way for him was out. So, I don’t really believe that I’ve had an experience with the casting couch. There was no suggestion made, there was no proposition made. But this was a sense, a vibe I picked up. And I reacted to it. Self-preservation kicks in, and a woman’s instinct…And then I got thrown out of that film.”

On the work entrance, Vidya Balan was final seen alongside Shefali Shah within the critically-acclaimed movie Jalsa. Her upcoming tasks embrace Neeyat and Lovers.