Ratan Raajputh was asked to ‘compromise’ with actor, director, producer in south: ‘It’s not just Bollywood…’

Ratan recalled when she was doing the TV show Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo, she got many calls from South. “I used to get many calls from South, some from very good directors, but along with that, they would add, ‘Ratan ji you have to put on some weight, you are very thin’,” Ratan recalled. The actor agreed to the demand, but then she was asked to ‘compromise’.

Ratan continued, “Then the person said, ‘You already know the norms here’. I asked him about it and he said, ‘You know that in the industry, director, producer, and actor (lead only) and may be DOP..’. I asked him directly what about it and then he said, ‘You know, here you have to compromise’.”

The actor turned down the offer and said that to date she hasn’t received an offer from the South where she hasn’t been asked to compromise.

Ratan said, “What people are talking about Bollywood, that happens in South as well. The reason why South is still doing good work is because they still respect their culture, rituals, clothes and everything.”

She added that the South film industry “doesn’t matter” to her anymore.

In an earlier interview, Ratan Raajputh opened up about her experience with the casting couch where a casting coordinator spiked her drink and wanted to take advantage of her in a drugged state during the early days of her career.