Us South-Asians need to learn to embrace dark skin. Skin colour does not determine how beautiful you are, features do.
Rani Mukherji, Namrata Shirodkar, Deepika, Aamina Sheikh (Pakistani actress), are in my opinion amongst the few very beautiful actresses. They all have dark skin and are stunning.
It's sad people think skin colour makes you pretty. Personally I think an even skin tone and good features make you pretty.
Also, the male actors should be called out on skin lightening as well. Amitabh Bachchan and SRK look lighter than they did when they started out.
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