, Oct. 6 -- Saiyaara star Aneet Padda has opened up about her early struggles in the film industry, revealing how, at just 17, she unknowingly sent her audition materials to dubious casting websites while trying to find work.

In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Aneet said she was unaware of how the film industry's casting process worked and, out of desperation, submitted her photos and biodata to several unverified online platforms. "Almost every production house in the Hindi film industry has my audition tape, a terrible biodata, and Snapchat filter pictures," she recalled.

The young actor said that during the COVID-19 pandemic, she sent cold emails to as many as 50-70 production houses, only to later realize that professional casting a...