Webseries: Maanvi Gagroo Gets A Disturbing Call, and It’ Shocking
Tripling or Four More Shots Please, web series actress Maanvi Gagroo, revealed something that is shocking and reinforce the me-too challenges that the industry talents faces even now.
Her revelation was a disturbing phone call by a producer to compromise for a big budget web-show.
In a chat with a entertainment website the Maanvai told “A year ago, I got a call from a random unknown number. They were like ‘we’re doing a web series and we wanted to cast you.’ They told me the budget and I said, ‘no, this is too less and why are we talking about the budget? Tell me the script, only if I’m interested and you are interested in roping me, we can discuss money, dates and all.”
Revealing more about the disturbing, and to compromise call for the big budget series by the producer. she said “He tripled the budget just in his next sentence and said, ‘I can give you this much also, but you’ll have to compromise.” Gagroo says in a state of shock.
Her reacting was very strong and vociferous , Maanvi who expressed “I was hearing these words of ‘compromise’ after 7-8 years. Suddenly I don’t know what triggered me, I started abusing him. Told him, ‘you keep the phone, how dare you? I’ll complain to the police.’ I was really mad because in this pro imposed #MeToo era, I was baffled at how things like this still happen.”
Gagroo will be next seen in the second season of the web series Four More Shots Please, along with Sayani Gupta, Kirti Kulhari and Bani J.
Why reveal now is a question? probably the actress want to open up the debate again that actress do face this challenge even now. The Gladdening factor is that she was firm in saying no.