Rasika Dugal, who featured recently in the role of a school counsellor in the horror web series Adhura, spoke about the menace of bullying. The show centres around a boarding school, the troubles of a new student called Vedant and the secrets it entails.

Talking about how bullying sometimes gets internalised by the victim, Rasika said, “I feel situations of bullying are hard to identify and hence very difficult to overcome. Very often people being bullied tend to internalise the problem. So, it becomes even more important to talk about it. And it (bullying) can happen anywhere, to anyone, not just in boarding schools.”

“Unfortunately, it's something very relatable, and the constant need to defend oneself and fight to be who you are is a terrible feeling… especially in one’s formative and impressionable years,” she added.

Produced by Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikkhil Advani of Emmay Entertainment and created and directed by Gauravv K Chawla and Ananya Banerjee (also, written by), Adhura features Rasika Dugal, Shrenik Arora, Ishwak Singh, Poojan Chhabra, Rijul Ray, Zoa Morani, Sahil Salathia, Aru Krishansh Verma and Jamini Pathak in pivotal roles.

Read our review of Adhura here.