Overview

• In a new chat with Siddharth Kannan, Chawla said casting couch demands felt so widespread they seemed to be “trending” in Bollywood.
• She added that holding her ground against such advances led to her losing parts and hitting what she called the end of the road in her career.
• Chawla described the environment as “filthy, dirty” and admitted those experiences brought her to consider leaving the industry.
• She detailed a harrowing moment when an executive tried to kiss her at his office gate after a casting meeting.
• Chawla says she has reframed those rejections as lessons that strengthened her resolve, a mindset she carries into her upcoming Netflix series Mandala Murders.