Ananya Nagalla responds to claims that the Telugu film business uses casting couches: "I have never encountered it."

Casting couch incidents in the Telugu film business were rejected by Ananya Nagalla.

When a reporter asserted that every female actor in the Telugu film business had experienced the casting couch, Ananya Nagalla became defensive.

In response to a recent question concerning the casting couch in the Telugu film business, actor Ananya Nagalla became defensive. The star referred to claims that all female performers face casting couch as "bullsh*t" when a reporter asked her to discuss it during a press conference for her next movie, Pottel.

Ananya Nagalla on the sofa for casting

According to a reporter at the press conference, a female performer is asked for "commitment"—a euphemism for casting couch—every time she is "given a chance" in the Telugu film industry. Industry sources allegedly told the reporter that agreements (NDAs) are signed for it and that performers' compensation is contingent on their agreement.