India, Oct. 1 -- Actor Swara Bhasker is one of the contestants on MX Player and Prime Video's new reality show, Rise and Fall. In a recent episode, she spoke about how a Bollywood director behaved inappropriately with her during shooting, getting drunk, and insisting that she rehearse for a romantic scene alone. Swara recalls feeling scared and turning him down as he kept insisting on a hug.

On the reality show, Swara recalled an incident after the success of Tanu Weds Manu (2011). She said, "This was just after Tanu Weds Manu, my big lead film. It was a film that I was the heroine of, and we had to shoot for 56 days. First, he told me that directors must love their actors. Then he started texting me poetry about my looks. I was polite a...