The
Incident
Dates
A
Year
Back
Aahana
told
BT,
"I
had
a
meeting
with
Sajid
Khan
about
a
year
ago,
knowing
the
fact
that
he
is
a
shady
guy.
I
met
him
and
he
did
the
same
thing
that
Saloni
(Chopra)
has
written
about
him.
Same
drill
-
you
go
to
his
house,
you
are
escorted
to
his
room
which
is
pretty
dark.
He
makes
you
watch
what
he's
watching.
He
did
not
make
a
pass
at
me,
but
he
said
that
he
wanted
to
get
to
know
me."
"When
I
asked
him
why
we
can't
sit
outside,
he
said
his
mother
was
sitting
there
so
why
trouble
her.
I
asked
him
to
switch
on
the
lights
of
the
room,
which
he
did.
You
have
to
be
assertive
here.
He
wanted
to
chat
with
me."
'I
Told
Him
My
Mom's
A
Police
Officer'
"I
told
him
my
mom's
a
police
officer
which
I
think
made
him
behave.
But
he
still
asked
me
bizarre
questions
like,
‘Would
you
have
s*x
with
a
dog
if
I
gave
you
`100
crores'?
He
didn't
touch
me.
I
guess
he
was
trying
to
give
me
gyaan
on
how
I
need
to
be
a
dumbf***
or
laugh
at
his
sexist
jokes,
if
I
wanted
to
be
a
mainstream
heroine
in
his
films?'
'He
Implied
That
I
Think
Too
Much'
"He
implied
that
I
think
too
much
and
that
I
am
too
vocal
about
what
I
think.
Hence,
I
am
not
mainstream
actress
material.
Point
being,
you
can
meet
anyone,
but
be
wise
about
who
you
work
with."
When
Anirban
Blah
Made
Her
Feel
Uncomfortable
"Anirban
Blah
met
me
at
the
lobby
of
a
five
star
hotel
and
said,
‘There's
a
room
here.
Let's
negotiate
there.' I
walked
out
of
that
meeting
because
I
wasn't
comfortable.
It
didn't
go
down
well
with
me.
That's
‘normal'
conversation
he
has
with
women.
The
day
I
chatted
with
him,
I
was
shaken."
Aahana
On
If
She
Faced
Advances
From
Anyone
In
Bollywood
"People
tell
you
things
like,
‘acting
ke
upar
dhyaan
mat
do.
Just
take
care
of
your
looks.'
These
are
big
directors
who
have
already
been
outed.
Sajid
Khan
once
messaged
me,
‘Oh,
you
can
look
hot
in
a
bikini
also!'
I
think
it
shocked
him
that
I
could
look
good
in
a
bikini.
This
was
after
our
meeting.
Talent
managers
like
Anirban
Blah
speak
horribly
to
aspiring
actresses.
What
is
wrong
with
these
men?
A
handful
of
directors
feel
that
inhi
logon
ke
paas
kaam
hai
(only
they
have
the
power
to
give
people
work).
Phantom
dissolved
the
company
citing
various
issues,
weren't
they
aware
of
what
was
happening
in
it?
We
should
not
pass
the
buck.
We
are
all
responsible."
'It's
Not
About
Wanting
To
Punish
Someone
By
Putting
Him
Behind
Bars
"I
wanted
to
talk
about
my
experience
with
Anirban
and
Sajid
earlier,
but
their
stories
came
out,
and
though
they
tried,
they
couldn't
misbehave
with
me.
Some
of
us
are
looking
for
a
simple,
‘Sorry'.
It's
not
about
wanting
to
punish
someone
by
putting
him
behind
bars.
It
is
about
letting
people
know
what
he/she
did.
Those
who
are
guilty
should
accept
it.
I
read
Anirban's
letter
and
I
am
glad
that
at
least
he
accepted
it.
Also,
not
all
are
sleazy.
I
have
worked
with
a
lot
of
good
casting
directors,
actors
and
filmmakers,
and
a
lot
depends
on
how
you
conduct
yourself.
Your
vibe
attracts
your
tribe."
Aahana
Was
So
Disillusioned
By
Bollywood
That
She
Was
Almost
On
The
Verge
Of
Committing
Suicide
"I
am
a
different
person
today.
About
five
years
ago,
I
was
disillusioned
by
this
culture
of
Bollywood,
and
there
was
no
one
to
pull
me
out
of
it.
I
was
on
the
verge
of
committing
suicide,
because
this
culture
is
so
normalised
by
certain
people.
I
couldn't
live
with
who
I
was
anymore.
I
started
questioning
myself
about
who
I
had
become.
I
was
not
what
my
parents
expected
me
to
be.
It
has
taken
me
a
lot
to
come
out
of
it."
Aahana
On
What
Went
Wrong
Back
Then
"When
you
start
working
as
a
professional,
you
tend
to
get
sucked
into
a
group
of
people
who
do
the
kind
of
things
that
you
are
not
conditioned
to
do.
Then,
you
become
a
different
human
being.
I
will
not
deny
the
fact
that
I
was
in
bad
company.
I
had
to
consciously
steer
away
from
it,
as
I
realised
that
it
will
take
me
down
badly."
" There
were
some
people
from
a
known
production
house,
who
were
part
of
my
circle,
but
today,
they
are
not
my
friends
anymore.
In
college,
guys
were
scared
to
talk
to
me,
also
because
my
mom
is
a
cop.
A
guy
touching
me
inappropriately
was
something
I
could
never
handle."
'My
Principles
Were
Shaken'
"When
I
came
in
to
the
industry,
my
principles
were
shaken.
One
day,
I
sat
myself
down
in
my
bedroom
and
deleted
all
the
blocked
numbers.
Till
date,
these
people
cannot
contact
me.
These
are
big
names!
Directors,
ADs,
producers."
Aahana
Took
Up
A
TV
Show
Just
To
Retain
Her
Sanity
"I
never
aspired
to
be
TV
actor,
but
I
choose
to
do
a
TV
show
called
Agent
Raghav
just
to
retain
my
sanity.
I
told
myself
that
I
will
work
and
make
a
living
without
letting
anyone
feel
that
‘she
is
so
desperate
that
she
will
do
anything
for
work'.
In
this
industry,
people
can
smell
desperation.
They
do
talk
like
that
and
I
have
heard
people
say
these
things
about
me.
I
told
myself
I
won't
do
it
anymore.
I
hosted
Kabaddi
on
TV.
I
did
everything
that
I
never
imagined
myself
doing."