If you don’t sleep with your male co-star you are out of the film: Mallika Sherawat

MUMBAI: In a stunning observation, Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat said that if a female actor refused to sleep with her male co-star or male hero and dance to his tunes, she would be out of the film the next day.

Murder fame actor Mallika Sherawat has openly admitted, time and again that the casting couch does exist in the Hindi film industry.

The actress, who recently made her comeback to Bollywood with Rajat Kapoor’s film RK/RKAY, shared her casting couch story and said that there was a time when all A-star actors refused to work with her because she would not sleep with them.

Mallika, while exposing the dark side of the Bollywood film industry, also mentioned that female actors are expected to do whatever “heroes say or else they are out of the film.”

When asked to elaborate on her allegations and what she meant by “compromise”, the Welcome actor alleged that if male actors would call their female counterparts home during odd hours, they had no option but to obey.

“If the hero calls you at 3 am and says, ‘Come to my house’, you have to go, if you are in that circle and if you are doing that film. If you don’t go, then you are out of the film,” Mallika alleged.

Mallika Sherawat is best known for her role in the 2004 film Murder.

Anurag Basu’s crime thriller saw her in a very bold avatar and featured many intimate scenes between Emraan Hashmi and her.

She made her comeback after three years with ‘Rk/RKay’ alongside actors Ranvir Shorey and Kubbra Sait. The film released last month on 22 July.