Actress opens up about compromise and one night stand

Shruti Marathe is well known face for south Indian audiences as she has been the part of few Tamil movies. The actress is well known face for Marathi and TV audiences. She made her film debut with the Marathi film Sanai Choughade produced by Shreyas Talpade, which was released in 2008.

Recently during the media interactio , Shruti Marathe revealed the dark side of the glamour world. She opened up about casting couch, compromise, one night stand and trolling.

Shruti Marathe wrote on the Instagram page of Humans of Bombay, “I’ve been in this industry since I was 16 years old. Over the years I’ve been celebrated in the limelight & shamed behind the camera. People have a misconception that actors lead a comfortable life & always feel good about themselves–that’s not true. Whether we like it or not, whether we feel right or not, we have to be the best versions of ourselves. There are no ‘bad days’. I remember, early on in my career, for a south film, I was asked to wear a bikini–I agreed without thinking twice. Questions like, ‘How are you going to shoot it?’ or ‘Is it required?’ didn’t even cross my mind. I was getting an opportunity to be in a film & that’s all that mattered!”
Years later when I gained popularity in a Marathi show, people looked me up & stumbled upon the bikini scene. I was trolled for the way I looked & how it was shot. Do you know how much that damages your self-esteem? I put myself out there without any barriers–but I wasn’t accepted; I was objectified. I still continued working as if it didn’t bother me.

 

Shruti Marathe wrote about her casting couch experience without naming the producer, “Once I met a producer who’d offered me a lead role. At first he was professional, but soon he began using the words, ‘compromise’ & ‘one night’. I couldn’t let this slip so I asked him, ‘If you want me to sleep with you, who are you making the hero sleep with?’ He was stunned. I immediately informed others of his behaviour & they asked him to leave the project. “

All it took was one minute of being fearless–that day, I didn’t just stand up for me… I stood up for every woman who’s been objectified & judged for simply being who she is; for simply being ambitious. Why should the archaic rules of society & today’s so-called modern world stop me? My clothes don’t define me–my talent does, my hard work does, my success does & I think it’s high time, people realise that.”
Shruti Marathe was last seen in Kannada movie Aadu Aata Aadu, which was released in 2017.

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