Actress Elli Avram Reveals How Directors Asked Her To Sleep With Them And Constantly Bullied Her

 The #MeToo movement might have receded but that does not mean the stories of women in the film industry being harassed and bullied have stopped coming. Recently, actress Elli Avram opened up about her experience of working in Bollywood and sounds simply too heartbreaking.

In a recent interaction, Elli revealed, “I had gone for a few meetings. I met these two directors who especially shook my hand and scratched it with one of the fingers. After that one meeting, I asked my friend about it. He was shocked and said, "Oh, no did he do that? Do you know what that means?' I didn't know and he told me that he wanted to sleep with me.”

She also talked about how she faced incidents that almost made her give up. "I was told I needed to lose weight. They said I'm short and I was told about my forehead and my teeth. One girl who was connected to Bollywood told me, 'Oh, but sweetheart you can never become an actress because you're too short. I choose not to listen to that. Within two months of me being in India, I felt I don't have it. Some felt I looked old like an aunty because of my long hair,” she shared.

That is not all, she also opened up about how she was bullied by senior actors who got her replaced form an important film. She said, “It's been tough. I remember this very big movie where they wanted to have me and I was so excited to have that movie. Suddenly, the actor had a problem and that's why the producer took a call and replaced me. That would have been it but it's been hard times.”