Overview
- Sharma recounted the experience in a Pinkvilla interview published on Oct. 29, which other outlets have since summarized.
- She said a conversation when she was 17 made her feel uncomfortable, so she walked out and decided to go back to Bombay.
- Asked what she meant by not taking that path, she referenced the casting couch and said it exists everywhere.
- She described herself as level‑headed about ambition and said her choices were guided by what she would and would not accept.
- Coverage notes she did not name individuals or file complaints, and it frames her comments as a personal account explaining her move toward Bollywood and television, including Anupamaa.