Esha Gupta, who will soon be seen in her upcoming mystery thriller Nakaab, recently talked about facing colourism in Bollywood. She revealed many would advise her to apply makeup to look fair and even her makeup artists would try to mask her original complexion.
During a recent interview with a Bollywood news website, Esha opened up about the same and said, “I remember, initially, when I came, there were some actors who I've not even worked with But they met me and said, ‘Tu apna makeup thoda kaala karti hai, gora kiya kar (Your makeup is very dark, you should make it fairer)’, and I was like, ‘Dude, what?’"
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Esha further described how her makeup artists would mask her real complexion, in order to make her look fairer. "There were also makeup artists who'd try to make me fair always, and then they had to paint my whole body, because my body doesn't match my face. So suddenly I'm looking like a clown.”
“I've done two multi-starrers, and they told me, ‘You’re the sexy one', because black, the skin tone that I have, which is considered black in our country, that can only be sexy or negative, and fair skin has to be the girl next door and sharif (honest),” added the actress.
Nakaab will premiere on September 15 on MX Player. Directed by Soumik Sen, Nakaab also stars Mallika Sherawat and Gautam Rode.
(Source: Bollywood Hungama)
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