Rajeev Khandelwal On His Casting Couch Experience: ‘A Top Director Asked Me To Go To His Room’
Rajeev Khandelwal is currently basking in the success of his crime thriller web series, Marzi. An official adaptation of the hit series Liar, the 6-part Voot select series also stars Aahana Kumra in t
Rajeev
Khandelwal
is
currently
basking
in
the
success
of
his
crime
thriller
web
series,
Marzi.
An
official
adaptation
of
the
hit
series
Liar,
the
6-part
Voot
select
series
also
stars
Aahana
Kumra
in
the
lead
role.
Speaking
about
his
show,
its
theme
and
the
conversation
around
consent,
the
actor
recently
opened
up
about
his
own
casting
couch
experience
in
an
interview
with
TOI.
Rajeev
revealed,
“The
incident
gave
me
flashes
of
a
once-upon-a-time
super
director
who
had
offered
me
a
movie
back
then
when
I
did
not
start
doing
films.
Next
time,
he
called
me
from
his
office
to
his
room,
and
then
he
made
me
sit
there
and
decided
not
to
give
me
the
story,
instead
asked
me
to
decide
whether
I
want
to
do
the
movie
based
on
one
song.”
(sic)
He
went
on
to
add,
“By
the
second
meeting,
I
had
realized
things
were
just
not
alright.
It
turned
into
a
hilarious
situation
as
well.
I
found
myself
feeling
how
any
woman
in
my
place
would
have
felt.
He
asked
me
to
go
to
his
room
which
I
refused
to.
I
dropped
names
and
mentioned
that
I
have
a
girlfriend
back
then
waiting
for
me
so
that
the
guy
knows
that
I
am
straight.”
Rajeev
also
stated
that
the
director
allegedly
threatened
to
ruin
his
career
prospects
for
having
rejected
his
advances.
“Later,
he
offered
me
a
two-film
deal,
saying
that
he
had
heard
that
I
was
doing
a
small
budget-movie,
which
was
Aamir,
at
that
time.
I
replied
to
him
saying
that
I
was
happy
with
my
small
budget
movie.
I
don’t
know
what
happened
to
his
film
when
it
came
out,”
he
said.