The
recent
reports
on
actress
Payal
Rahotgi
being
a
victim
to
casting
couch
is
still
in
a
confusing
state.
Payal,
who
was
seen
in
films
like
Plan,
36
China
Town
and
Yeh
Kya
Ho
Raha
Hai
has
claimed
that
she
was
approached
by
director
Dibakar
Banerjee
for
a
role
in
his
upcoming
film
Shanghai.
The
actress
continued
alleging
that
Dibakar,
who
shot
to
fame
with
his
film
Love,
Sex
Aur
Dhokha
dropped
by
her
home
with
an
excuse
to
talk
about
her
role
in
the
film
and
later
mis-behaved
with
her
asking
her
to
take
off
her
top.
Payal
added
that
when
she
refused
to
do
so
Dibakar
stamped
her
out
of
the
film.
Payal's
version
of
the
story
reveals
that
the
actress
got
in
contact
with
the
director
through
a
message.
Very
soon
they
became
friends
and
Payal
considered
Dibakar
a
mentor.
She
then
insisted
on
getting
a
role
in
Dibakar's
film
Shanghai
starring
Emraan
Hashmi
and
Abhay
Deol.
Payal
was
then
asked
to
give
auditions
for
the
role.
Later,
after
the
auditions
the
casting
couch
episode
followed.
Meanwhile,
Dibakar's
version
of
the
story
claims
that
Payal
started
the
conversation
with
all
'flirtatious'
messages
and
then
stressed
on
getting
a
role
in
the
film,
for
which
he
asked
her
to
give
the
screen
test.
Later,
she
kept
calling
her
asking
for
the
results
of
the
screening,
she
sounded
very
disturbed
and
insisted
on
meeting
him.
She
asked
Dibaker
to
pick
her
up
from
her
place.
They
then
headed
towards
the
studio,
where
while
conversing
with
a
group
of
people
they
did
talk
about
her
putting
on
weight,
but
he
didn't
ask
her
to
lift
up
her
top.
He
continued
narrating
the
story
to
TOI
by
saying
that
after
leaving
the
place
she
kept
messaging
and
calling
him
asking
about
the
screen
test
results,
to
which
Dibakar
asked
her
to
contact
his
casting
director.
When
the
calls
and
messages
became
repetitive
he
stopped
taking
any
of
her
calls
or
messages.
Well,
who
between
the
two
is
narrating
the
right
version
of
the
story
is
something
that
cannot
be
guessed
at
least
in
this
lifetime,
however
casting
couch
seems
to
have
become
a
part
and
parcel
of
the
film
industry.