She didn’t just want to post a simple message on social media, she wanted to present proofs that not everyone in the entertainment industry does drugs. So, what did actor-singer Tia Bajpai do? She went ahead and got 10 drug tests done, and shared the reports on social media!

“Not everyone is the same, and if any of my fellow artistes don’t want to get generalised, get a drug test done, and put it out in public domain,” read her Insta post. Talking to us, she says it was because of the constant comments her family had to hear.

“I come from a small community in Lucknow. Everyone has been asking ‘what’s happening with the drug case in Bollywood’. My parents have been worried, and I don’t want them to be,” she says.

What the 35-year-old wants is for the specific people abusing drugs to be named and shamed, instead of generalising everyone. “Somebody told them ‘aapki beti wahaan hai, aisa ho hi nahi sakta ki bade stars drugs karte hain, toh aapki beti bhi…’ I got upset, because it was not fair for my parents. I don’t care what people think, but for me my parents are very important,” says the actor.

So has Bajpai ever witnessed people consuming drugs? “If such messages have come out, then it does happen. Initially, when my first film Haunted (2011) was a success, I was invited everywhere. After a few times, I decided to not go and rather do my work. But I had to pay the price for that, and I stated getting less work,” she says.