Priyanka Chopra has been breaking the internet ever since she made a shocking revelation about leaving Bollywood because of dirty politics.
Priyanka Chopra who has made it this big has also seen her share of ups and downs in life. She has received a lot of backlash due to her brown skin. She admits to have faced hostility. Priyanka Chopra also recalled that when she initially started working in movies she was considered dusky. Hence she still did a commercial for a fairness cream because that was a beauty brand. She added that a beauty brand is a big part of an actress’ trajectory and all the beauty brands were selling those creams.
Explaining the commercial further, she explained that she played a dark-skinned girl who is selling flowers and getting rejected by a guy. But later when she uses the fairness cream, then she even gets a job, gets the guy and all her dreams come true. Priyanka further went on to add how she was lightened up for many of her roles through makeup and then blasting lighting. Priyanka recalled being nicknamed a “black cat” and a “dusky” She also expressed “When I joined the movie business, if you were fair you were guaranteed some form of success or casting but if you were darker, I’m not even that dark, for darker girls it was, ‘let’s lighten you up.’”
Fair skin has always been a standard in Bollywood. Many actors have previously spoken about the issue.
