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#MeToo movement: Fire turns on casting agents Mukesh Chhabra, Vicky
Updated On: 13 October, 2018 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Multiple women come out against top Bollywood casting agents Mukesh Chhabra and Vicky Sidana, detailing how they allegedly harass aspiring actors
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Mukesh Chhabra and Vicky Sidana
In the fortnight since Bollywood witnessed the #MeToo revolution, several actors and filmmakers have been named and shamed by the survivors. Taking the movement ahead, women have now come forward to expose the murky side of casting prevalent in the industry. In four separate incidents, aspiring actors recounted to mid-day the sexual abuse they were subjected to by casting directors Mukesh Chhabra and Vicky Sidana.
A budding actor, who had auditioned for a role in a 2015 mega budget film in Chhabra's Aaram Nagar office, revealed that he "grabbed me hard and felt me up". "He asked me to enact a scene which had the hero and the heroine hugging each other. Under the pretext of showing me how the scene should be performed, he grabbed me hard and felt me up. I could feel his hand on my butt. I was shell-shocked and immediately withdrew. He realised [my trepidation] and started vehemently apologising. At one point, he said, I thought you were fine with it because other girls are." Traumatised by the incident, she said that she left the industry and went on to pursue a career in engineering in Bengaluru.
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