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This is an archive article published on June 22, 2023

Rajeev Khandelwal says he faced casting couch in the industry: ‘I didn’t feel dirty from inside… I abused that person’

Rajeev Khandelwal said that men don't report casting couch and added that they can overcome the situation.

rajeevRajeev Khandelwal was recently seen in Bloody Daddy. (Photo: Rajeev Khandelwal/Instagram)
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Actor Rajeev Khandelwal, who was recently seen in the film Bloody Daddy, has shared his experiences with the casting couch in the entertainment industry. He stressed that while there is much discussion about women’s safety, the challenges faced by men often go unnoticed. Nevertheless, Khandelwal acknowledges that men and women are inherently different, and he recognizes that things have now changed. 

In an interview with India Today, the actor said, “People talk about women’s safety, but men, too, have their own challenges. Men don’t report it as much and women’s things get a lot of momentum. Having said that, I have also faced casting couch. For some odd reason, our society feels ‘Ha theek hain, ladka hain, manage kar liya hoga isne’.”

Talking about his experience, Rajeev said,  “Men, I think, can overcome. They are made like that, I believe. Tomorrow, if I go through casting couch.. I have said it in the past also.. but you come back and say, ‘Oh, I have dealt with it and I am back’. I have heard from a lot of women that they feel dirty from inside. I didn’t feel dirty from inside. In my head, I abused that person and said ‘Sorry boss, I am not going to give in to that’. Men and women are made differently but things have changed drastically.”

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Rajeev shared that people have different emotional responses towards men compared to women. He explained that this distinction stems from historical factors, where women faced inequality and were not given their due recognition due to male dominance. As a result, society tends to empathize more with women.

The actor played the role of the antagonist in the film Bloody Daddy which is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. Bloody Daddy also stars Shahid Kapoor. 

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