Marathi actress Shruti Marathe recently opened up about her #MeToo story and revealed that once a producer had asked her for sexual favours in return for casting her in the lead role in a film. The actress was speaking with Humans of Bombay, in which she shared some of the lesser known secrets of showbiz.
Revealing the incident with the producer, Shruti told the portal, "Once I met a producer who'd offered me a lead role. At first he was professional, but soon he began using the words, 'compromise' & 'one night'. I couldn't let this slip so I asked him, 'If you want me to sleep with you, who are you making the hero sleep with?' He was stunned. I immediately informed others of his behaviour & they asked him to leave the project."
She added,"All it took was one minute of being fearless-that day, I didn't just stand up for me...I stood up for every woman who's been objectified & judged for simply being who she is; for being ambitious. Why should the archaic rules of society & today's so-called modern world stop me? My clothes don't define me-my talent does, my hard work does, my success does & I think it's high time, people realise that."
Not just that, Shruti also spoke about the time when she was new to the film industry and was asked to wear a bikini in a Tamil film. "I've been in this industry since I was 16 years old. Over the years I've been celebrated in the limelight & shamed behind the camera. People have a misconception that actors lead a comfortable life & always feel good about themselves-that's not true. Whether we like it or not, whether we feel right or not, we have to be the best versions of ourselves. There are no 'bad days'. I remember, early on in my career, for a south film, I was asked to wear a bikini-I agreed without thinking twice. Questions like, 'How are you going to shoot it?' or 'Is it required?' didn't even cross my mind. I was getting an opportunity to be in a film & that's all that mattered!", she said.
Shruti further shared, "Years later when I gained popularity in a Marathi show, people looked me up & stumbled upon the bikini scene. I was trolled for the way I looked & how it was shot. Do you know how much that damages your self-esteem? I put myself out there without any barriers-but I wasn't accepted; I was objectified. I still continued working as if it didn't bother me."
She added, "But I had a dream. I'd worked so hard & was finally moving forward, I wasn't going to let it go-just because someone else had a problem, they weren't in my shoes & would never know what it felt like. Slowly, I made myself tougher."
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