Surveen Chawla has been vocal about her struggles in the industry and never shied away from exposing the dark side. She recently opened up about how the casting couch was a trend in the industry that made her almost want to leave. She even reveals how she had to lose out on films just because she blatantly refused to succumb to the pressure.

Surveen Chawla on casting couch trend in the industry

The Rana Naidu actress shared with Siddharth Kannan on his YouTube channel how it felt dirty to step out. She said, “There was a time when it was all about casting couch. It just felt dirty to even step out and I was like, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ There was that phase. It was almost like it was trending.” She explained what she meant by trending and said, “Trending, of course, I am not talking about social media. Metaphorically. Symbolically. It was almost like it was trending.”

Surveen said that she lost many roles because she refused to compromise. “Every time I would lose a part because I had the audacity to say no, or the audacity to just keep my ground in some way, shape or form. But it was crazy. I felt like I had hit the end of the road. So that phase was like really tough. And I had to lay low and laze around and be like, ‘I can’t do this, this is not what I was here for’ sort of a thing,” she shared.