Thursday Throwback: When Nandita Das commented on set magnificence requirements |

This Friday, director Balwinder Singh Janjua’s ‘Tera Kya Hoga Beautiful,’ a profound exploration of pigmentation and societal biases, will hit the theatres. Within the film, actress Ileana Cruz takes on the function of a woman dealing with societal judgments resulting from her darkish pores and skin, hindering her prospects of discovering a husband.
Bollywood has not shied away from addressing such pertinent points, with racism turning into a recurring theme in motion pictures.Celebrities have actively voiced their opinions on this matter on numerous media platforms. Diving into the previous, we recall an impactful assertion by actor-filmmaker Nandita Das addressing the prevalent magnificence requirements within the Indian movie trade. Nandita Das overtly supported Nawazuddin Siddiqui‘s condemnation of racism throughout the leisure sector in 2017.

Nandita mentioned, “I’m positive it’s no shock to anybody that Nawazuddin’s pores and skin color would have impeded his profession. Throughout us the pictures of ladies and now more and more of males, are these with mild pores and skin. Be it movies, tv, magazines, hoardings, advertisements… In every single place we’ve got ‘honest’ folks, in a rustic that’s largely darkish!”

“Each skincare product has a pores and skin lightening component. Darkish skinned persons are usually made to really feel insufficient… proper from their childhood. I can see the challenges that Nawazuddin will need to have confronted in his profession. After he has been round for over 10 years, it’s his sheer expertise and perseverance that has made him overcome this prejudice,” she concluded.