Divyanka Tripathi opens up on casting couch experience, says was threatened that career would be ‘ruined’

Divyanka Tripathi says she was promised a 'big break' at a time when she had no money and bills and EMIs to pay.

New Delhi: Popular television actress Divyanka Tripathi recently opened up about facing casting couch. The actress shared that after her first show ended, she had no money and EMIs and bills to pay. The ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ star was told, “You have to be with this director and you’ll get a big break’. However, Divyanka revealed she never got influenced by such offers as she had full faith in her talent.

In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Divyanka revealed, “You finish a show, and then your struggle starts again. There was a time when there was no money. I had to pay my bills, EMIs, etc. There was a lot of pressure. Then an offer comes, ‘You have to be with this director and you’ll get a big break’. But why me? I was told that ‘you are really intellectual, this, that.’ Selling it off like my life will be made just by that and everyone is doing it.”

Divyanka also shared how people try to influence girls by telling them everyone does it to get roles and that’s the way industry functions. Which she says is misleading as she was able to get roles due to her talent.