#MeToo: Aditi Rao Hydari lost work for speaking up on harassment.

ActorAditi Rao Hydarihas shared her #MeToo story and how she lost all hope of finding work when it happened, Hindustan Times reported. Aditi was speaking at theIndia Today Conclave South 2018in Visakhapatnam on Friday.

Aditi said that though her experience with sexual harassment in the film industry wasn't as severe as the accounts of other women, it still made her lose work for eight months. "I remember when I started, I was extra-naive because I came from a protected background.

I didn't know that the rumours were true, that things like this did happen. And honestly, I have not had such a bad time.

I had one incident which actually didn't harm me very much. But yes, I did lose work because I was given a choice it's either this or this.

For me, it was a no-brainer. I had to walk away," she said.

Aditi said the incident made her hopeless about finding work again. With positive support from her team, she found work again after eight months.

Now, Aditi says that victims of harassment should be allowed to set their own pace. "I think you should speak about something only when you are ready.

And when you don't talk about it, people are like, Oh, they were paid off' or oh, they were silenced," she said. Aditi spoke about casting couch in July as well to the Sunday Guardian.

"I did lose work and I cried...