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How To Get Cast In India: Shivam Gupta on Authenticity, Bombay, and Breaking In
He left home at 13 with a letter under his mother's pillow and a one-way conviction toward cinema. From theater rounds in Delhi to casting "Big Girls Don't Cry" and producing Venice-recognized films, Shivam Gupta has quietly become one of Bollywood's most trusted casting directors. Shivam joins Ritika Agrawal to break down the real state of casting in 2026, why OTT budget cuts are actually creating more opportunity for new actors, and the one thing he says separates the actors who get cast from the ones who don't.Credits include *Big Girls Don't Cry*, *Sacred Games 2*, *Trapped*, *Daddy*…
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