Imlie Lead Star Megha Chakraborty Opens Up On Casting Couch & Bold Content On OTT: I’m Not…

Megha Chakraborty On Nepotism: TV star Megha Chakraborty, who entered showbiz with &TV show Badii Devrani in 2015, has come a long way in her career. While she rose to fame after essaying the lead role in the popular Star Plus show Krishna Chali London, her current show Imlie 2 made her a household name.

While the actress is getting all the love and appreciation for her performance as Imlie in the hit Star Plus show, she fells that, at times, it's not easy to get good work in the industry. Besides your talent, there are other superficial factors that come into focus.

Sharing her views about the existence of casting couch and nepotism in showbiz, the actress said, "I've never personally faced a casting couch, but I know that it exists. We've seen the power game in Bollywood, with lobbying and nepotism. I'm not referring to the television industry. I'm solely referring to the Bollywood industry. As a result, we must deal with it. A lot of people are finding jobs, and even in the television industry, a few of them are getting work in films and OTT, but we still have to strive. There are performers who have gotten jobs through nepotism but have proven themselves and are still working because they are talented. But when individuals who aren't skilled get the chance to work with amazing directors and producers, it makes us feel horrible about how easily they acquire that opportunity and location when we are still struggling."

She adds that if you are looking for work on OTT, you need to be okay with bold scenes. "And with OTT, the material is all bold with all intimate scenes for actresses, thus it has become necessary to be open to this sort of stuff in order to get a job in OTT. So, if we receive offers, there's at least one bold sequence, a kissing moment, or an intimate scene, and I'm not comfortable doing that, and there are a lot of people like me who are deserving performers but aren't comfortable performing these scenes, so we miss out. As a result, I have to refuse to do OTT for this reason, I cannot compromise with that. So that's my own choice; otherwise, I will wait for that opportunity where the character has something to do. I hope I get it," she says.