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Rithvik Dhanjani Alleges Early-Career Casting-Couch Abuse in Podcast Interview

He urges others to speak up in hopes the post-#MeToo climate delivers accountability.

Overview

  • Dhanjani described on the Two Girls & Two Cups podcast how, at about 20, a casting director singled him out from an audition line in Mumbai’s Aram Nagar.
  • He said the man led him to a locked, dark stairwell presented as an office after name-dropping clients to appear influential.
  • According to Dhanjani, the man touched him during the meeting, he froze in fear, and he managed to leave.
  • He recounted breaking down before a friend and nearly quitting acting after the incident, which the friend downplayed as common in the industry.
  • News reports of the disclosure do not name the alleged perpetrator or note any legal complaint, and Dhanjani, now a well-known TV host, called for predators to be caught and for victims to speak up.