Be it TV or films, from Bollywood to South, the issue of casting couch is a very old one, the debate on which is still not over. Some actress or the other often reveals this. Many times even male actors have to go through this. In such a situation, TV serial ‘Jodha Akbar’ fame actress Lavina Tandon has revealed after years that she faced this problem twice and once she was offered Rs 7 lakh for compromise. Let us tell you what he said.
Actually, actress Lavina Tandon, who played the role of Ruqaiya Begum in the popular TV serial ‘Jodha Akbar’, revealed the casting couch. He recently participated in Josh Talk’s show, where he talked about his career life and working in OTT after serials and made interesting revelations. In the same conversation, the actress talked about casting couch and told that she was offered Rs 7 lakh for compromise.
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Lavina Tandon spoke on casting couch
Lavina Tandon says, ‘Our industry looks glamorous from outside but it is also a bit infamous that casting couch happens. People get roles and do something in return. Such incidents have happened to me only twice in so many years, where I was asked very directly that will you compromise?
Offer of Rs 7 lakh for compromise
‘Jodha Akbar’ fame ‘Ruqaiya Begum’ further tells about the incident, ‘Some casting person from South had called for some film. He had told me very clearly that a shoot like this would take about 15-20 days or 10-15 days…it must have been something like that. The budget is around 5 lakhs and if you compromise then it will be 7 lakhs. I replied to him very boldly that thank you very much for approaching me and for your honesty. But I don’t do all this. If you have such offers then do not call again. If anything different happens then please keep in touch.
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When I got a compromise offer for the second time
Along with this, Lavina Tandon also mentioned another incident and said, ‘This happened recently. He told me very casually that people do this and you can also do it. My answer again was that if I wanted to do it, I would have told you very clearly that okay, yes, I will do it and why should I do it at this point in my career? I don’t do any point. So there are some such things but no one will force you, no means no.
Lavina Tandon’s career
However, if we talk about Lavina Tandon’s career, she started her career in acting as a child artist. In the year 2004, she was seen in the role of little Khushi Mehra in ‘Tum Bin Jaun Kahan’. After this, she was seen in ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Dhoom’, ‘Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai’ and ‘Dil Mil Gaye’. However, in the year 2013, she got ‘Jodha Akbar’ and in this she became a household name by playing Ruqaiya Begum.
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Lavina Tandon’s professional front
Apart from this, if we talk about Lavina Tandon’s professional front, these days she is in the news for the series ‘Undekhi 4’. In this, she has played the role of a police inspector named Rashi Dangwal. It has been released on the OTT platform Sony Liv.