Getting fake casting call nowadays has become a thing and it is not very difficult to differentiate these message from the real ones. Fake casting calls look and seem exactly similar to the real one. Often B-towners and TV industry actors receive such casting calls. One of them happened to be Namish Taneja.
Namish Taneja received a fake message for Naagin 5 and when he soon realized about it, he decided to approach the agent only to be at the receiving end of abusive messages.
Namish spoke to SpotboyE about the same and said,
I was getting WhatsApp messages, SMS and calls from this number, when I messaged her what exactly she (I assumed she was a girl after I saw her display picture on Whatsapp) wanted, she told me that she is casting for Balaji Telefilms and wanted to cast me for Naagin 5, I requested her to send the details. Though she failed to provide the details in a professional way, still I gave her the benefit of the doubt, but while chatting I realised something is corny. Earlier also I had received calls from Balaji, and they are utter professionals and this girl (God knows whether she is a girl or a boy) was a bit rude and weird. Later, when I stopped replying, she started using bad words and asked me to commit suicide. I wonder, what kind of people are these? And what do they get from doing such things? What will these fake casting/creative directors get after chatting with the actors?”
He also shared screenshots of rhe whatsapp chat. Take a look:
Namish went on to add,
“Everybody is fighting a battle, and especially during these tough times, we should be kind to others. How can you tell someone to commit suicide? Maybe the other person is facing personal or professional problems or is in depression, God forbid, what if it instigates the suicidal feelings in them. I feel sad for these kinds of people, who say such things without even thinking. They are mentally sick, God bless them.”
