Bollywood casting couch exposed by Rupa Ganguly

Bollywood casting couch speculations were given new light by Rupa Ganguly, the famous TV and movie actress, in Sach Ka Saamna TV serial. Today was the last episode of Sach Ka Saamna and the 42 year old actress revealed some starting truths about her personal life, including the infamous Bollywood casting couch. Full marks to Rupali Ganguly for being achingly real.

Rupa Ganguly said that she was asked for sexual favors in returns for roles. She was asked for her ‘day rates’ and ‘night rates,’ which she said, were very disgusting. The worst insult she said was when she had received a call on her landline, which said that someone had paid Rs.50000 for a night with her. This was when Rupa had decided to leave Mumbai for good, and settle for Kolkata. This was in the 90s after Mahabharata serial made her famous . The bold and beautiful actress has admitted that casting couch in Bollywood is lesser in the present times, compared to old times. She said that people today are a lot more professional at their work. Just goes on to say that the ‘old’ generation was really not so clean as is perceived.

Rupa Ganguly also revealed some of her personal truths in which she said that she had a silent crush on one of the actors from the Mahabharata serial. She also said that she was addicted to smoking at one point of time. Rupa Ganguly confessed on having extra-marital affair too. The lady also said that she will never be able to find a perfect husband, after her divorce with Dhruba Mukherjee (mechanical engineer) whom she’d been married for 16 years. She confessed that she loved her husband and wished that he had understood her job schedule well enough.

Rupa Ganguly confessed that she was in love with her 31 year old boyfriend Diveyndu who stays with her. Though she said that she loved him as an answer to one of the final questions, the polygraph didn’t agree with her, which is why she lost the game. However Rupa Ganguly said that she will never be able to marry her boyfriend Diveyndu, because he was too young for her. Rupa said that the definition of ‘love’ for a woman in her 40s was different from the definition of ‘love’ for a woman who is 25. She guessed that this conflict in her mind, may have led to the disagreement with the polygraph.

Sach Ka Saamna season 1 ended with the Rupa Ganguly episode.