Updated On: 05 May, 2020 12:19 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Ayushmann Khurrana makes some shocking revelations about facing the casting couch and how a promiscuous casting director asked him to show his 'tool' if he wanted the role!

Picture Courtesy: Official Instagram Account/Ayushmann Khurrana
The casting couch is a dark and depressing reality of the Hindi film industry that has time and again exposed the grime tucked beneath the glamour. Some of the most successful actors and actresses have gone through this horrific process and exposed this brutal truth. The latest one to do the same is someone who's currently going through the best phase of his career - Ayushmann Khurrana.
Talking to Pinkvilla about facing the casting couch during the initial days of his struggles in Bollywood, he made some shocking revelations. He said, "A casting director had told me, 'I'll give you the lead role if you showed me your tool.' I told him I'm straight and I politely refused his offer." He also shed some light on how the process of auditions began to change as years passed by and how it was accompanied by rejections.