Renowned and senior actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has termed racism and discrimination on the basis of skin colour in the Bollywood industry as the biggest problem in the film world. He says that films are often written and produced on the basis of white skin colour, due to which artists with brown or tan skin rarely get lead roles.
In a recent interview, Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that although there is a lot of discussion on nepotism in Bollywood, the real problem for him is discrimination on the basis of skin colour. According to him, ‘the definition of beauty should not be limited to any specific standard, this decision should be left to the people’.
He further said that in the past, during the era of parallel cinema, talented actresses like Asmita Patel and Shabana Azmi created a new identity with their acting, however, even today most of the roles in mainstream films revolve around actors with white skin colour.
The actor also said that women with fair complexions are generally considered ‘average’, while in Western countries, the same complexion is considered ‘exotic’, meaning unique and attractive. According to him, this thinking is also deeply present in the film system where stories are written keeping in mind specific physical standards.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, while describing the late actress Smita Patel as his personal favorite and the most beautiful actress, said that beauty has a different reality from the point of view of the camera and the real art is in capturing this aesthetic feeling.
Regarding work, Nawazuddin Siddiqui was recently seen in ‘Raat Akeeli Hai: The Bansal Murders’ and ‘Thamma’, while he will also be seen in many upcoming films like ‘Main Actor Nahi Hoon’, ‘Noorani Chehra’ and ‘Timbed 2’.
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