Overview
- Banerjee says requests for sexual favours were once a routine part of Bollywood casting.
- He reports fewer coffee shop and dinner meetings since the MeToo movement, with fewer direct advances toward women.
- He says Casting Bay enforced a rule against meeting actors outside the office and that violations meant termination.
- He recalls actors assuming a quid pro quo after being cast and expressing surprise when roles were awarded purely on merit.
- He describes flirting and informal pressure as a regular presence in casting offices despite greater caution post-MeToo.