Bollywood Actress Daisy Shah Recounts Traumatic Casting Experience

Kathmandu. Bollywood actress Daisy Shah has publicly shared a harrowing experience from the early days of her career. In a recent interview, she opened up about the harassment she faced from a filmmaker during a casting meeting and the lasting impact it had on her life.

Speaking to the 'Free Press Journal', Daisy recalled the incident in Mumbai. According to her, a filmmaker from the South Indian film industry had come to Mumbai for casting, where she and six to seven other young women had arrived for work-related meetings.

The filmmaker was calling each girl into the room one by one. When it was Daisy's turn, she began to feel uncomfortable with the atmosphere before the conversation had even concluded.

Recalling the moment, Daisy shared that the filmmaker touched her with malicious intent and grabbed her hand. For someone like Daisy, who has disliked being touched by others since childhood, being touched by a stranger was a deeply distressing experience.

She clarified that she does not even go for massages and feels uncomfortable even when touched by women, noting that she felt extremely unsafe at that moment. To escape the situation, Daisy acted quickly.

She decided to leave without reacting, telling the filmmaker, 'I will talk to you later.' She never contacted the individual again. This incident taught her a valuable lesson: never meet anyone alone while working in the film industry.

During the same interview, Daisy also responded to comments linking her to Salman Khan. Addressing the rumors that her career is solely due to Salman Khan, she stated that there is a tendency in society to always attribute a woman's success to someone else's influence.

While she acknowledged that receiving help in life is normal, she emphasized that her hard work plays the primary role in her success and that such comments no longer affect her.