Lucknow girl Amrapalli Gupta’s girlish giggle and sheer joy of living touches you even long distance. Small screen’s newest star has had a tough time finding a toe-hold in Mumbai and carving a niche for herself.
After being thrown out of umpteen paying guest accommodations, spending nights without food, Amrapalli is determined to make it bigger on television and make her parents proud of her. “I want them to hear good things about me. Their courage and support kept me going during all the hardships I faced during my struggling days.”
And yes, she even confesses to having been propositioned and admits that for nubile young girls like her who have no god-fathers or family in the entertainment business, the casting couch does exist and she has just about managed to get out of it. “We actors like to give the impression that there’s no such thing like a casting couch, so that the audience doesn’t hate us. But the real truth remains — it does exist. The only pressure is to not succumb to it. If one is not economically and emotionally strong, it’s easy to take short cuts to sustain oneself.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Prime_times_new_pocket_Venus/articleshow/2750413.cms
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