Jasmin Bhasin | Photo Credit: Instagram

Ever since former Miss India Tanushree Dutta accused veteran actor Nana Patekar of sexual harassment in a shocking revelation, many women across the country have started sharing their stories. The MeToo movement is gaining momentum in the country and till now celebrities like Anu Malik, Alok Nath, Rajat Kapoor, Kailash Kher and Vikas Bahl have been accused of sexual misconduct. Recently, TV actor Jasmin Bhasin, who is known for the show Dil Se Dil Tak, revealed how a filmmaker once asked her to strip down.

Talking about the incident which took place five years ago when she went to meet a casting director, the 28-year-old actress said, "I was told by my agency that this director, who was known for his Gujarati and Hindi films, was auditioning for his next film. Since the meeting was set, I went to meet him. I sensed that something was wrong by the way he spoke," reports Times of India.

"He asked, ‘What will you do to become an actress and to what extent can you go?’ Being naive at that time, I replied ‘What more I can do, I left my city and home and I am living here and struggling’… I realised that I was not understanding what he was trying to say," she added further.

Jasmin further revealed that the director then asked her to take off her clothes in order for him to see how she looked in a bikini. (Also Read: MeToo: Post Shweta Pandit's harassment allegations, Anu Malik dropped as Indian Idol 10 judge)

Talking about it she said, “In cases like these, you know you can’t fight, so I told him I am not in the best possible shape to flaunt a two piece and the brief given to me was that the girl’s character is very different and I am not supposed to wear a bikini."

Immediately after the incident, Jasmin left the place saying that the agency will get back and she will meet the casting director again.

Meanwhile, Jasmin believes that one needs to be strong in such a situation, adding that girls should know how to work in their own conditions and not trust anyone, unknown, so easily.

Stay tuned for more updates.

