Even after being in the film industry for over a decade, actor Aahana S Kumra says she still feels she’s “alien” when it comes to casting in India. “I am just frustrated. I do more auditions in the West than in India.
In a month, I do four to five big shows’ auditions in the US or the UK, but in India, I don’t do any audition for months on end. Nobody calls me,” she says. The actor adds that with social media influencers taking up acting jobs, even getting a call from casting directors has become a challenge.
“I don’t get any call from any casting director, they don’t even acknowledge your text or send a text back, it’s that bad. You’ll get a reply from a producer but not from a casting director. I am sure they must be responding to influencers a lot more than the actors.
So, even I have stopped reaching out to them. In this year, I haven’t had a single call from a casting director to audition,” she shares. A post shared by Aahana S Kumra (@aahanakumra) Talking about her stint in the West, Aahana reveals that she recently gave an audition for the Suits ' spinoff version, titled Suits: L.
A. . “I did manage to go to LA and audition for the Suits spinoff.
(Producer-writer) Aaron Korsh took my audition there. I went to the US for literally just 24 hours for that audition. I saw how respectful they are towards their talent and how professional they were in their casting and auditioning process.
I was very overwhelmed with the kind of respect I got fro.