Originally posted by monamma
Oh please.
Where exactly did I "bash"?
White skin does have an advantage in bollywood because beauty sells, and lighter skin is undeniably seen as more beautiful in india. I was simply stating my observations.
I don't have a problem with light skin tone, that's dumb; all and any skin color is beautiful. But a run-of-the-mill indian chick with acting talent should be given the same opportunity that this (imo) run-of-the-mill white girl has gotten. Unless she can actually act, then I will bow down and accept my mistake. But till then, I'm sticking to my (probably biased/ idiotic) view that she's in this movie merely because of the connections due to her sister and her sister's ex, salman khan, rather than on her acting merit. And yes, it does help that she is white because that appeals to the masses. Speaking from a business POV, it's probably a better invest in a lighter skinned girl anyway because the actually dark skinned girls such as Nandita and Konkona fade into oblivion while "dusky" girls like Priyanka, Deepika, and Bipasha gradually get lighter.
W.e I don't want to respond to any further comments about skin tone on this thread and turn it into some serious thread. But I felt like i needed to respond back to you, hope there's no hard feelings :). On topic best of luck to Isabella and I genuinely hope she can prove me wrong and show she's an actress. 👍🏼
That's my point 1st see if she can act, then respond. The debut movie should not be the bench mark because very few show potential from their 1st movie.
I agree that BW has some obsession with girls with lighter skin tone.
In BW connections matter, if not then none of the star kids would have survived. The biggest example is "Abhisheik Bachaan", despite giving flops. He still gets movies and so does Kareena Kapoor.
All I can say is lets give this girl a chance before ruling her out.
Anyways BW fraternity has always been lenient towards star kids then of those whose parent/'s are not actors.
Besides I really love Nandita Das and Konkona, they are so good.
