Mithun Chakraborty, the cult star of hindi cinema, recently revealed that he has been tried and humiliated many times in hindi cinema because of his skin color. This has also been the reason for his repeated denial of his autobiography.
Mithun's life has been a struggle and he doesn't want anyone to go through those memories and see his days of struggle. Even after receiving the National Film Award for Best Actor for his debut film 'Mrigaya', his struggle did not subside and he was often taunted for his dark complexion. Let us tell you about some other such stars who had to be insulted again and again because of their skin color in hindi cinema and their personal life.
When rekha, the evergreen actress of her era, ventured into hindi cinema, she was despised as 'Kali Kaluti'. In the early part of her career, rekha was full of full body and her skin color was also not as clear as it is today. Because of this, he had to face a lot of criticism. But, later rekha did such a makeover that the onlookers were stunned and the critics were left speechless. Rekha's first hindi film 'Sawan Bhadon', which came in the year 1970, proved to be the turning point film for her career.
When ajay Devgan was entering bollywood, people used to make fun of his dark complexion. Due to his dark complexion, there was a time when ajay Devgan wanted to leave his industry. But, after his debut film 'Phool Aur Kaante', he changed the thinking of the people. ajay Devgan says, 'If your work is good and your personality is visible to the people. Personality is not looking wise, it includes how you carry yourself and what kind of person you are.
Known for her strong acting, nandita das has been a victim of apartheid many times due to her dark complexion. During an interview, he said that bollywood songs have contributed a lot to promoting apartheid. Often the lyrics of the songs point toward a fair complexion. The wrists have always been fair in the songs. From songs like Gora Rang Kala Na Pad Jaye, Gore Rang Pe Na Itna Guman Kar, and Gori Tera Gaon Bada Pyaara to Chittiyan Kalaiyan Ve, there are many such songs, listening to which the definition of beauty in people's mind is only fair.
Bipasha Basu was targeted since the beginning for her dark complexion, but she became a star because of her dark complexion. She says, 'When I won the supermodel contest for the first time in kolkata and it was published in the newspaper that Kolkata's dark girl became the winner, I was surprised that how dark color can be my specialty? When I started my career in modeling, I realized that my dark complexion was being appreciated a lot and I got more work and attention. When my first film 'Ajnabee' came and people liked it, then I realized that looks don't matter. Even today I remember when people used to tease me by calling me fat and black, then I used to get very irritated.
Her family members used to tease priyanka chopra by calling her kali Kali. During an interview, priyanka chopra revealed that her cousin used to tease her by calling her kali Kali. Not only this, but when she was studying in America, people used to tease her by calling her brownie due to her dark complexion. Even after becoming a world beauty, she had to be a victim of color discrimination due to her dark complexion and a hollywood film went out of her hands.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui fought against apartheid for many years. He says, 'I was rejected for many years only because I am short and I look dark. If all these things are over then maybe we can make good cinema. Now can't complain about this thing because I have made my place but I can keep this thing for those artists who are still facing this problem because they are brilliant and hardworking also.
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