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<span style="font-style: italic">Guest | Sun, 2010-10-03 05:18
I'm Indian too. And I've worked in the South Indian film industry many moons ago. The industry demands you to be sycophant if you're working behind the scenes. And it's such a racist society... if you're dark-skinned but you're otherwise an attractive young woman you don't stand a chance in front of the lens.
The lighter your skin the more mass appeal you can command. Pathetic yardstick, even the most creative of film directors go by this demeaning and baseless measure. I've seen makeup artists dab a half-inch thick layer of fairness foundation on dark-skinned actors, so they can look 'fair and handsome'.
Some of the storylines may be original, but when the color of your skin is the sacred bottom line then the entire industry can do to my reproductive organ what a vacuum cleaner does when you switch it on.
Guest | Sun, 2010-10-03 06:59
"...dark-skinned *but* you're otherwise an attractive young woman..." ? Of course, matey, you mean "attractive dark-skinned woman"
I get your drift, anyhoo. Yep, Indians are incredibly racist. The only time I've experienced racism was at the hands of a fellow Indian.
It's disheartening to see fairness creams (goo?) do roaring business in India. Even more disheartening is the fact that we've to create ads for such ****ty products.
About Bollywood, it's amusing to see these stars (mind you, they are stars at best, not actors) shout about their fanatical fan following in the west. Bah, humbug. The only following in the west is from non-resident Indians desperate to tell the west that they're "big" & are "special".</span>
I'm Indian too. And I've worked in the South Indian film industry many moons ago. The industry demands you to be sycophant if you're working behind the scenes. And it's such a racist society... if you're dark-skinned but you're otherwise an attractive young woman you don't stand a chance in front of the lens.
The lighter your skin the more mass appeal you can command. Pathetic yardstick, even the most creative of film directors go by this demeaning and baseless measure. I've seen makeup artists dab a half-inch thick layer of fairness foundation on dark-skinned actors, so they can look 'fair and handsome'.
Some of the storylines may be original, but when the color of your skin is the sacred bottom line then the entire industry can do to my reproductive organ what a vacuum cleaner does when you switch it on.
Guest | Sun, 2010-10-03 06:59
"...dark-skinned *but* you're otherwise an attractive young woman..." ? Of course, matey, you mean "attractive dark-skinned woman"
I get your drift, anyhoo. Yep, Indians are incredibly racist. The only time I've experienced racism was at the hands of a fellow Indian.It's disheartening to see fairness creams (goo?) do roaring business in India. Even more disheartening is the fact that we've to create ads for such ****ty products.
About Bollywood, it's amusing to see these stars (mind you, they are stars at best, not actors) shout about their fanatical fan following in the west. Bah, humbug. The only following in the west is from non-resident Indians desperate to tell the west that they're "big" & are "special".</span>
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