Ravi Kishan says he faced casting couch in early days of showbiz struggle: ‘Can’t name her because she’s a big shot now’

The actor, while speaking at Rajat Sharma’s Aap ki Adalat, said, “Yeah, it happened and this is something that happens in the industry. But I somehow managed to escape. My father had taught me that I should approach my work with honesty, I never wanted to take a shortcut. I knew I was talented.”

When he was probed further about the details of what had transpired, the actor added, “I can’t name her, because she has become a big shot now. She had said, ‘Coffee peene raat me aayie (Come over for a cup of coffee tonight)’. I thought that is something people prefer to have during the day, so I got the hint and refused.”

Ravi Kishan first appeared in the 1992 Hindi release Pitambar, and has since become a well-known name in Bollywood. He is regarded as a superstar of Bhojpuri cinema. Some of his better known works are Army, Hera Pheri, Tere Naam, Luck, Agent Vinod, Mukkabaaz among others. He was last seen in Love You Loktantra, which released last year, and the Netflix web series, Khakee: The Bihar Chapter.