When Bollywood stars opened up about their casting couch experiences

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Ankita Lokhande

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Ranveer Singh

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Radhika Apte

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Ayushmann Khurrana

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Kalki Koechlin

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Prachi Desai

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Kishwar merchant

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Surveen Chawla

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Esha Gupta

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