Actress Hina Khan, who became a household name due to the Hindi television show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and continues to impress fans with her subsequent projects, recently revealed that she was not supposed to play a Kashmiri girl. Even though he is a Kashmiri. She shared, “I couldn’t crack a project because I couldn’t see enough cashmere. I am Kashmiri and I can speak the language fluently but I was not cast because I am dark complexioned and I am not very fair. That’s what the team and character demand. I felt really bad.”
Here are more talented actresses who faced rejection based on their complexion and not skills:
Gulki Joshi was told ‘Aap looks me itna match nhi karte ho’
Television actress Gulki Joshi had shared, “Many times I have been told, ‘You don’t match me that much, but you are the artist good toh hum cast you. (You don’t match so much, look wise, but You are a good artist so we will cast you) ‘I don’t know whether it was a compliment or an insult but it has happened.
Bipasha Basu’s first adjective was ‘dusky’ for a long time
Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu was also not untouched by this. She had shared, “At 15-16 I started modeling and then I won the supermodel contest… read all the newspapers… dusky girl from Kolkata is the winner. I wondered why dusky is my first adjective??? There was a strong mindset of beauty and how an actress should look and behave.”
Radhika Apte was told, ‘If you are dark, you will be cast as a village girl’
‘Netflix girl’ Radhika Apte, who has earned a reputation for doing unconventional roles, had said, “We still don’t have really dark actresses, right? If she is cast, it would be a special one. The film will be, Ekbaargi. Out of all the new faces launched, do you see a dusky girl? There is still a bias. If you are dark, you will be cast as a village girl. I myself faced a lot of it . “
Esha Gupta was called ‘Kali Maa’ because of her skin tone
Bollywood actress Esha Gupta opened up about being called ‘Kali Maa’ because of her skin colour. She had said, ‘I remember one of my aunts used to call me Kali Maa and I used to get upset because of it. I remember when I used to go to meetings or auditions people would say, ‘Oh, you light your color or take those injections, which costs a lot of money.'”
Even when we talk about diversity and representation in showbiz, there is an inherent bias that runs deep within the society against which women still struggle.
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