Actress
Shweta
Basu
Prasad,
who
was
recently
caught
in
a
prostitution
racket,
may
land
a
role
in
a
film
directed
by
Hansal
Mehta.
Besides
confirming
the
news
about
casting
her
for
his
next
directorial
venture,
the
ace
filmmaker
has
urged
the
authorities
to
expose
the
clients
of
the
National
Award
winning
performer.
Hansal
Mehta,
who
is
known
for
his
films
like
Anjaan,
Raakh,
Shahid
and
City
Lights,
took
to
his
Twitter
page
on
September
4
and
wrote,
"Stop
posting
pictures
of
Shweta.
Put
out
the
pictures
of
her
wealthy
clients
and
the
pimp.
Expose
the
sc****gs,
not
the
soft
target." Meanwhile,
he
added,
"I
intend
to
offer
Shweta
Prasad
a
role
in
my
next
film.
She
was
so
good
in
Makdee."
Shweta
Basu
Prasad,
23,
was
arrested
in
Hyderabad
on
August
31.
She
has
revealed
that
she
took
to
the
sex
trade
as
she
was
running
out
of
money.
She
is
currently
lodged
in
a
state-run
rescue
home.
The
actress
was
also
seen
in
Bollywood
movie
Iqbal,
Telugu
film
Kotha
Bangaru
Lokam
and
TV
show
Kahaani
Ghar
Ghar
Ki
and
she
bagged
the
national
award
for
best
child
artist
for
Makdee
in
2002.
Several
actors
have
come
forward
to
speak
up
for
Shweta.
Aditi
Rao
Hydari
tweeted,
"A
girl
is
in
the
news
and
in
prison
for
prostitution,
why
not
her
high
profile
clients?
We
are
so
damn
sexist...
#Pathetic."
Upen
Patel,
"Breaks
my
heart
about
Shweta
Prasad.
Remember
meeting
her
when
she
was
a
little
girl
in
Iqbal
..
Great
actress..I'm
know
she
will
bounce
bck
(sic)."