Upasana Singh Recalls A Traumatic Casting Couch Experience With A 'Big' South Director: 'He Called Me At Night'
Upasana Singh has talked about a disturbing casting couch experience, revealing how a South Indian director made her feel uncomfortable during a meeting.
New Delhi: Actress Upasana Singh recently reflected on a casting couch experience that affected her deeply. During a conversation with Siddharth Kanan, Upasana Singh, who gained more popularity after appearing in the hit TV program ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil’, revealed how a South Indian director made her feel uncomfortable during a meeting.
Upasana Singh's Casting Couch Experience
Upasana shared that she was called to a hotel in Juhu, Mumbai, for a "meeting" late one night by a big director, who had cast her alongside Bollywood star Anil Kapoor. Nevertheless, the conversation swiftly shifted from professional to awkward.
The actress recalled, "A big South film director had signed me for a film opposite Anil Kapoor. I used to take my mother or sister whenever I visited the director's office. One day, he asked me why I always bring them with me. He called me at 11:30 at night and asked me to come to a hotel for a 'sitting'. I insisted that I will listen to the story the next day since I didn't have a car to reach there. But then he asked, 'Nahi, tum sitting ka matlab nahi samjhi?"
According to Upasana, the next morning she stormed into the director's office and publicly scolded him. She said, “Phir mera sardaarni vala dimaag satka. His office was in Bandra and, the next morning, I went there. He was having a meeting with three to four people. His secretary asked me to wait outside, but I didn’t. I barged in and abused him in front of those people in Punjabi for nearly five minutes continuously.”
Even after addressing the director, dealing with the emotional fallout was a real challenge. “But when I left his office, I remembered that I had informed a lot of people that I had signed the film with Anil. I couldn’t stop crying while walking on the footpath,” she remembered.
Upasana spent a whole week alone in her room, battling emotions of humiliation and doubt. She said, “I didn’t leave my room for seven days. I would cry nonstop, wondering what I would tell people. But those seven days made me stronger. I was like ‘teri aisi ki taisi.’ My mother worked hard to support me. I thought about her and decided I will not leave the film industry.”
Actor Upasana Singh has established a solid reputation in the worlds of cinema and television. Her breakthrough came in 1997, when she co-starred with Salman Khan in the hit Bollywood comedy ‘Judwaa’.
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