Overview

• Chawla described being startled when a Mumbai director who had just inquired about her husband leaned in to kiss her after a meeting and she had to push him away.
• She recalled a South Indian filmmaker using a translator to demand she sleep with him during a shoot because he wasn’t fluent in Hindi or English.
• The actor said she was repeatedly body-shamed, including being told to gain weight for southern roles because she was “too thin” and wouldn’t have anything to “bounce.”
• She opened up about childhood harassment—including being flashed at age 15—and said school-time shaming over teenage dating led to depression and migraines.
• Chawla is earning praise for her performance in Criminal Justice Season 4 and will next appear in Netflix’s Rana Naidu Season 2, premiering June 13.