Telugu
actress
Shweta
Basu
Prasad
has
admitted
making
wrong
choices.
She
was
arrested
after
she
was
found
involved
in
the
high
profile
prostitution
racket
at
a
reputed
hotel
in
Banjara
Hills,
Hyderabad
on
Sunday,
August
31.
During
the
police
interrogation,
the
actress
has
reportedly
told
that
some
people
encouraged
her
to
choose
prostitution
to
earn
money,
when
she
was
struggling
to
support
her
family.
"I've
made
wrong
choices
in
my
career,
and
I
was
out
of
money.
I'd
to
support
my
family
and
some
other
good
causes.
All
the
doors
were
closed,
and
some
people
encouraged
me
to
get
into
prostitution
to
earn
money.
I
was
helpless,
and
with
no
option
left
to
choose,
I
got
involved
in
this
act," the
Deccan
Chronicle
quotes
Shweta
Basu
Prasad's
statement
made
before
the
Police.
Shweta
Basu
Prasad
is
not
the
first
Telugu
actress
to
get
involved
in
flesh
trade.
Earlier,
actresses
like
Yamuna,
Bhuvaneshwari,
Aish
Ansari,
Saira
Banu,
Jyothi
and
a
few
others
were
caught
red-handed.
Shweta
Basu
Prasad
added,
"I'm
not
the
only
one
who
faced
this
problem,
and
there
are
several
other
heroines
who
have
gone
through
this
phase."
She
has
starred
in
some
Telugu,
Hindi
and
Tamil
movies
and
won
few
awards
including
one
National
award.
We
bring
you
the
some
interesting
facts
about
her
and
here
rare
photos.
Continue
to
see
them
in
the
slideshow.
Shweta
Basu
As
Child
Artiste
Shweta
Basu
Prasad
started
her
acting
career
as
a
child
artiste
with
the
Hindi
movie
Makdee
in
2002.
Shweta
Winner
Of
National
Award
Shweta
hogged
the
limelight
after
she
won
National
Film
Award
and
Star
Screen
Award
for
Best
Child
Artist
for
her
performance
in
the
movie
Makdee.
Shweta's
Debut
In
TV
Industry
Shweta
forayed
into
TV
industry
with
Hindi
serial
Kutumb.
Later,
she
starred
in
few
other
popular
daily
soaps
like
Kahaani
Ghar
Ghar
Kii,
Karishma
Kaa
Karishma
and
The
Magic
Make-Up
Box.
Shweta
In
Iqbal
Shweta
started
playing
matured
roles
with
Nagesh
Kukunoor's
Bollywood
movie
Iqbal
starring
Shreyas
Talpade,
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Girish
Karnad,
Yatin
Karyekar
and
Prateeksha
Lonkar.
Iqbal
Gets
2
Awards
For
Shweta
She
has
won
Star
Screen
Award
for
Best
Supporting
Actress
and
Zee
Cine
Award
-
Critics'
Choice
Best
Actress
for
her
performance
in
the
movie
movie
Iqbal.
She
was
also
nominated
for
Filmfare
Award
IIFA
Award
in
Best
Supporting
Actress
category.
Shweta's
Look
Out
For
Heroine's
Role
Following
these
recognition,
Shweta
was
desperately
looking
for
the
female
lead
role.
She
received
several
offers
the
Bollywood,
but
all
of
them
were
supporting
roles.
Shweta's
Association
With
Mahesh
Manjrekar,
RGV
She
continued
to
supporting
roles
in
Mahesh
Manjrekar's
Hindi
film
Vaah!
Life
Ho
To
Aisi
and
Ram
Goapl
Varma's
Darna
Zaroori
Hai.
None
of
them
gave
her
much
needed
attention
or
break
to
her.
Shweta
In
Kotha
Bangaru
Lokam
Finally,
her
wish
of
becoming
heroine
came
true
with
Varun
Sandesh's
Telugu
movie
Kotha
Bangaru
Lokam,
which
marked
her
debut
in
Tollywood.
She
got
good
response
for
her
performance
in
the
film.
Tollywood
Offers
For
Shweta
Shweta's
performance
in
Kotha
Bangaru
Lokam
fetched
her
nomination
for
Filmfare
Award
in
Best
Telugu
Actress
category.
Though
it
was
a
hit
at
the
Box
Office,
the
movie
did
not
fetch
her
any
exciting
offer
in
Tollywood.
Shweta'
Debut
In
Bengali
Later,
she
also
forayed
into
Bengali
with
Ek
Nadir
Galpo:
Tale
of
a
River.
She
failed
to
make
her
mark
in
all
these
industries.
When
she
did
not
get
offers,
she
started
performing
item
songs.