India, July 24 -- Actor Narayani Shastri has made startling revelations about the industry, claiming that drug use is more common than many realise. Without naming anyone, she claimed that substance consumption is often treated as the norm in entertainment circles and said she has witnessed it firsthand. Narayani also admitted that she had experimented with drugs in the past.

Recently, Narayani joined Siddharth Kannan for a video on his YouTube channel, where she spoke about the rising drug culture in the entertainment industry.

She claimed that unlike in the past, when parties in the entertainment industry had a fixed budget for alcohol, they now set aside a budget for illegal drugs.

She said, "Earlier, there would be a budget for alc...