Sanaya Irani shares her casting couch experience and talks about speaking to a 'Rude' filmmaker; Says 'Big director asked to wear bikini'

Sanaya Irani made her acting debut in the movie Fanaa, starring Aamir Khan and Kajol. She said also that she'd been told by a south industry filmmaker that he was looking for someone who was "fuller" person. Sanaya disclosed in the interview with the well-known news source that she had received a call for a meeting from a south filmmaker during her early days in the industry.

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MUMBAI : A "big director" once asked actress Sanaya Irani whether she would wear a bikini for a role. Irani made her acting debut in the movie Fanaa, starring Aamir Khan and Kajol. She said also that she'd been told by a south industry filmmaker that he was looking for someone who was "fuller" person.

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Sanaya disclosed in the interview with the well-known news source that she had received a call for a meeting from a south filmmaker during her early days in the industry. "At that point, I didn’t want to do films. But this person was hellbent on meeting me," she shared.

"So I just went, but after the meeting, he was like 'We need a little fuller person'. And I was like 'Then I am not the fuller person'," she recalled. According to her, when filmmakers meet up with aspiring actors, they frequently have to make assumptions about whether or not they are the type of people who would sleep with someone for work.

Sanaya related another story about an odd meeting she had with a "big director" in Bollywood. She claimed that the filmmaker was impolite to her when she finally called him, despite her was asked to do so.

She revealed without citing names, "He said he was making this big film with big heroes in it and that I'll have to wear a bikini. And I was like 'And my character is?', but he kept on asking, 'Are you okay wearing a bikini?' He was getting rude to me so I just hung up on him."

Sanaya discussed ageism in the entertainment industry in the interview, stating that although it was acceptable for 60-year-old actors to play younger roles in films, this did not apply to girls. Following her acting debut in Fanaa in 2006, Sanaya made the transition to television, where she starred in several classic shows, including Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?, Left Right Left, and Miley Jab Hum Tum.

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