‘He was holding my hand’: Daisy Shah recalls the chilling moment a South filmmaker made her uncomfortable during a private meeting | Bollywood News
3 min readChennaiApr 16, 2026 04:49 PM IST Bollywood actress Daisy Shah has been open about her struggles in the film industry. In a recent interaction, Daisy spoke about facing harassment during the early days of her career. She recalled how she went to meet a South filmmaker for a possible casting opportunity; however, the meeting turned into an uncomfortable experience for her. Speaking to The Free Press Journal, she recalled, “I was touched badly by one of the filmmakers in South. He had come to Mumbai for casting. We were 6-7 girls who went to meet him. He was meeting each one of us individually. But I didn’t like because he was holding my hand,” Daisy said. Daisy shared that since she has always been wary of people touching her, she immediately sensed unease in the company of the filmmaker. She said, “I’ve always been apprehensive about people touching me. The reason why I don’t get massage done is because I don’t like being touched, even by a woman…by a man is a different …
