Popular Bollywood casting director Shanoo Sharma, recognized for locating contemporary expertise for a number of the business’s largest movies, lately sat down for an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to debate her work on the newly launched movie Saiyaara. However, a submit associated to the interview sparked a wave of candid revelations from actors who’ve auditioned for her in the previous.
Isha Talwar recalls Shanoo Sharma’s “weird” audition request early in her profession: “It shattered my confidence”
Isha Talwar Recalls “Weird Ask” During Early Audition
In the feedback part of the submit, actress Isha Talwar opened up about an uncommon audition she was requested to carry out early in her profession.
She recounted, “So when I started auditioning for roles with Shanoo… I was told to perform a scene at a restaurant called Mia Cucina in Versova, Bombay… a CRYING scene in the middle of a busy working restaurant with customers dining next to my table. I was told I should have no inhibitions as an actor and hence I should be able to do a crying scene with Shanoo sitting in front of me and some of her assistants… It was such a confusing/weird ask… it shattered my confidence as a young girl in films.”
Talwar went on to say she felt an audition must be carried out in a correct casting house or, if required at an actual location, one must be employed for the aim. She added, “I do remember saying I can’t do it and of course I never got the role… but at least I didn’t give in to the weird ask and surely didn’t cry at a restaurant for a role!”
Sharing her story “a decade later,” Talwar mentioned she wished newcomers to really feel “no pressure” if confronted with comparable conditions.
Nidhi Subbaiah Echoes Concerns Over Audition Environment
Another actress, Nidhi Subbaiah, additionally took to the feedback to replicate on her personal early expertise with Sharma’s casting course of.
She wrote, “Shanoo is sweet but I’m not sure of her casting process. Was shunned and made fun of by her assistants when I’d gone for my first audition. They kept giggling about how different photos are from reality while pointing at a Miss India who was with me for that audition.”
Shanoo Sharma has not but responded publicly to those accounts.
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