Mandira Bedi opens up on the Harvey Weinstein case and she also stated that in her 23 years in the film industry she has never found herself in a position where somebody has propositioned her or she has been offered work in return of a favour. She even expressed that she cannot point a finger at one person.
Mandira Bedi said, “In the 23 years that I have been here in this industry, I have not once been in a position where somebody has propositioned me or I found myself in a place where they’re offering me good work in return for some favours. You can’t put the blame squarely on one person. Casting couch is not just about one person who says ‘come and compromise’. The other person is also willing to compromise. It’s always a two-way street. People are willing to do whatever it takes to get to where they want to.”
She further added, “I can tell with certainty that in all these years, nobody has once said ‘Aapko compromise karna padega (you have to compromise)’ or ‘We need you to do this for this’. My work has spoken for itself, and I’ve been offered work purely on merit. And if ever I found myself in a certain position, which I found was dodgy or weird, I’d step away. So, I really can’t point a finger at one person. I’m the kind of a person, who’d reveal that this person did this to me, but it hasn’t happened to me. And those to whom it has happened — those who are not projecting themselves — must speak up. If something like that has happened to you, it’s your moral obligation to talk about it, especially with so many people speaking about it now.”
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