Actor Aradhna Sharma Reveals ‘Harrowing’ Casting Couch Experience
Mumbai: Actress Aradhna Sharma who was recently seen in Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has opened about her harrowing experience when a man touched her inappropriately during a script reading session for a show.
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Aradhana said that she was modelling at that time and went to Ranchi for the same casting call but during the reading session she ran away from the room when the casting director started touching her inappropriately.
Aradhana, told ETimes, “It happened in my hometown Ranchi. There was a man who was casting in Mumbai. I was doing modelling assignments in Pune and hence was little known. I went to Ranchi because he said that he is casting for a role. We were doing script reading in a room and he was trying to touch me. I couldn’t understand what was happening. I just remember pushing him, opening the door and running away.”
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Aradhana mentioned that they had a trust problem after that incident and the way she had gone through, she could not be in the same room with a man. Describing the traumatic experience, she said, “I started having trust problems. I can’t live in the same room with a man. I can’t even be with my father. This has happened to me. I was 19/20 years old then. I couldn’t let anyone touch me. I used to feel so bad. It was a very bad experience for me. My mother and I wanted to confront him but then our family members stopped.”
Aradhna rose to fame after her stint in the dating reality show Splitsvilla after which she featured in Aladdin-Naam Toh Suna Hi Hoga in the role of Sultana Tammana.
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