Mouni Roy has shared a deeply unsettling incident that occurred early in her career—an event that left her shaken for a long time. Although she says she never encountered the infamous “casting couch”, she revealed that she was subject to inappropriate conduct when she was just 21.During a conversation with host Apoorva Mukhija on the show Spice? It?Up, Roy recalled, “Casting couch toh nahi hua, but badtameezi hui hai. I was 21-22 years old and I had gone to someone’s office where people were there inside the office where narration was being given. Suddenly there was a scene where the girl falls into the swimming pool, she looses consciousness and the hero gets her out and gives her mouth to mouth respiration and she gains conciousness.”In the wake of her disclosure, Roy’s candidness has added to ongoing conversations around the lesser-spoken but pervasive issues of harassment and misconduct within the entertainment industry. Her story underscores that even those who appear to have “made it” still face vulnerabilities and often carry silent scars from early career experiences.
