Actress Richa Chadha Reveals She Was Asked To Play Hrithik Roshan’s Mother In Agneepath!
Richa Chadha On Her #MeToo Moment
Updated : October 15, 2019 10:56 AM IST
Stories of sexism, sexual exploitation, pay parity, nepotism are rampant in the filmdom! And now, Richa Chadha has brought to the forefront another experience of hers which is like a final nail of the coffin!
Many actresses had revealed their #MeToo moments. And according to a report in Pinkvilla Richa too revealed that there were sexual advances made towards her by directors and producers when she was not as established as she is today. The report quotes her as saying, “A couple of times I didn’t get it. I was very young and stupid. Once a man came to me and said, ‘we should have dinner together suggestively but I was too naïve and I said I have already had dinner. And then he insisted.”
The report further quotes her as saying, “It has happened to me even after I got established as an actor. If you an established actor and the person opposite you who is making advances, who has power in the industry. Given the outcome of Me Too or what is happening today, this is stuff we have to navigate every day. I have managed to bypass it. I am sure, I have lost the project because of this but doesn’t matter.”
The report further states a horrifying incident where she revealed, she was asked to play Hrithik Roshan’s mother in a film. Richa was obviously horrified at the offer and she wanted to speak to the casting director but they were never to be seen again.
On the work front, Richa has played the role of a lawyer in the film Section 375 opposite Akshaye Khanna and the film was received very nicely by the critics and it managed to garner mostly positive reviews.