New Delhi:
Actress Esha Kopikar, who made her Bollywood debut with the film Fiza. He recently shared his casting couch experience. The actress said, I was 18 years old. When a secretary and an actor approached me for a casting couch. He said you have to be friends with actors for work. I am very friendly. But what does that friendly mean? I am so friendly that Ekta Kapoor once told me to have some attitude.
The actress further said, “When I was 23, an A-list actor asked me to meet him alone without my driver or anyone else, as there were rumors of him having affairs with other actresses. He said, ‘There is already my driver or Having an affair with someone else and spreading rumors about me.’ But I refused and told him that I could not come alone as he was an A-list actor from the Hindi film industry.
In an interview to Indian Express, Isha Kopikar said, “I called the hero, who asked me to meet him alone. He was being accused of infidelity at that time, so he asked me to leave his staff. He asked me to meet him.” called and said she was “chosen because of talent and looks and if it can get me a good job, that’s great.”
It is to be noted that Isha Kopikar started her career as a model in the 90s. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi films. Some of the hits include Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat, Hum Tum, Don, Darling and 36 China Town.