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It's a question that I've been thinking about recently. People of Caucasian and Hispanic background are very easily accepted into Bollywood.
Yes many of them tend to be mixed, but many of them are not. But the ones with more european features are given more privilege and benefit of the doubt. I am not saying that they are MORE successful, but they are given that initial open door and chance to even be in bollywood.
Lets not try to be all politically correct. In all honesty, would directors and film wale give the benefit of the doubt to someone of African descent?? What if they are not mixed, not light skinned, and are dark skinned? Hell, indian girls with dark skin are given a hard time, how would a Black person be given the benefit of the doubt? This can refer to people from an African country, or from the Caribbean Islands, etc.
there are beauties in every race. Say for example a Black beautiful woman, who watches bollywood, can brush up on hindi, can dance, can act, wants to join bollywood. Would she be given a fair chance and benefit of the doubt? Or is that limited to foreigners with light skin only.
And I for one condone foreigners working in bollywood, given that they deserve it. Some people who I feel deserve it (imo):
katrina kaif (good screen presence, dances like a dream)
dia mirza (no particular reason, just liked her a lot from childhood)
ellie avram. her acting is still questionable but she just started. her hindi is already so good
but then there are the plethora of others given the benefit of the doubt, and allowed to work despite lack of many redeeming qualities other than their looks and white skin (evelyn sharma, amy jackson, giselle monteiro, izebelle leite) and on and on
so what say? shouldn't the "foreigners should work in bollywood" be extended to both sides of the color spectrum?
DISCLAIMER: These are my merely my own opinions, so don't jump on my throat. feel free to post your views too.
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