Rithvik Dhanjani recalls traumatic casting couch experience: ‘I was shaking’

Updated On: 13 November, 2025 12:35 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent

Rithvik Dhanjani revealed he faced the casting couch at just 20, recalling a terrifying encounter with a casting director in Mumbai. He shared how what seemed like an audition quickly turned traumatic, leaving him shaken and scared

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Rithvik Dhanjani has been a known face in the television industry with his memorable stints in shows like Pyaar Ki Yeh Ek Kahaani, Pavitra Rishta, and several others. However, his journey has not been a bed of roses. In a recent interview, he recalled a harrowing experience from his struggling days, recounting how he was subjected to a casting couch incident when he was just 20.

Rithvik Dhanjani on facing casting couch

He recently appeared on the Two Girls and Two Cups podcast and recalled how he met a casting director in Mumbai`s Aram Nagar and faced the casting couch when he was only 20 years old. Rithvik recalled that the director had chosen him from a line of actors. “That guy took me inside the studio and said, ‘You are shortlisted.’ I was shocked, it felt like an angel had come from nowhere, taken me out of the line and said I was shortlisted. I was elated, and I started thanking him,” Rithvik said, “Then he said I had to come to his office right away, and I said, ‘Yeah, sure.’”

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