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‘You Know, I Am Not Going To Sleep With You.’: Lekha Washington Opens Up About “Adjusting” In Kollywood!

He died later!

From Varalaxmi Sarathkumar to Lekha Washington many have recently opened up about the ‘casting couch’ situation and how women are objectified, looked as a mere piece of meat. In a recent interview with Hauterfly, Lekha talked about what she had to do if she had to get the part. This is what happened:

“As an actor, there have been many incidents of discrimination and of being sidelined, and I think other actors will tell you the same thing. But I haven’t let it affect me. I haven’t changed much, I am as enthusiastic as I used to be. I am a little more cynical and skeptical about the way the world works, but I am not a shrinking violet. I just continue to live on my own terms and don’t really care what people think.

But yes, there is a lot of conflict with being a woman, especially when working in films. It is very dark, and it is misogynistic. As an actor, I have had to deal with quite a lot of shit, but as an artist or designer, it’s a lot less in-your-face.

Of course, there’s patriarchy and it’s widespread in various places, and subtle in others. But I can’t spend my life wallowing in self-pity, so it’s just a question of dealing with it.

There was one incident that was particularly funny. It’s not a key one that makes me cry at night, but it’s one I’ll definitely remember forever.

A Tamil film director was offering me his film. He drove me around and kept asking “what will I get in return?”. I sort of played dumb, and said: “maybe a good actor”. But he kept persisting and finally, I snapped and said, “you know, I am not going to sleep with you.”

He was quite taken aback but kept trying to convince me. Needless to say, I didn’t get the role, but I’m glad he brought it up at the onset. And I was fine with it because it meant not having to deal with continuous harassment during the shoot.

Later, I found out that he went for the film’s shoot in a foreign country with the lead actress of the same film, and died of a heart attack caused by an overdose of Viagra. I thought that was so perfect! I mean, that’s karma for you. So yeah, that happened.”

The Stunning and sensational VJ and actress Lekha Washington who was last seen in “Kalyana Samayal Saadham” has acted in numerous Kollywood films in “Unnale Unnale”, “Jayamkondaan”, “Va” and “Arima Nambi”.

Also read: Varalaxmi Sarathkumar slams the casting couch!

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