Bollywoods obsession with beauty irks me: Konkona Sen Sharma - Page 5

Originally posted by: ibelieveinpink

This is true everywhere. If you watch the actresses roundtable in HW that problems lies there too. Some notable actresses even said that studio heads told them to get botox but they would never dare tell any of the leading men. It's so bogus. It's hard for women to get roles after the age of 40 and in BW 35, but it's even harder to get meaty, GOOD roles.

And then again we have the fair = beautiful mentality, which is why Koko despite being an amazing actress will never get here due. Same with Nandita and Smita Patil faced that issues too.

Originally posted by: pallavi25

Totally agree with Konkona! That is the misogynist mindset of BW!

Aging actors in 40s and 50s want to star opposite 20 yr olds, their heroines get younger in every film.

But their contemporary heroines with whom they had hit movies in the past, they are called aunties and supposed to retire, even if they look better and much younger than those aging heros. 

Lookswise also there is so much prejudice! Thats why brilliant actresses like Konkona Sen, Nandita Das dont get lead roles, because of their dark complexion. They want barbie dolls who cannot act, just be flowerpots in hero centric movies! 

I hope the good directors with good scripts change this trend in BW and bring a revolution!

Originally posted by: pallavi25

This total obsession with beauty and makeup must be a recent trend because Smita Patil and Amitabh Bachchan were big stars back in the 80s, and both were not conventionally good-looking or fair skinned. Smita did not put on layers of white paint either. And yet people loved her because of her acting skills. She acted in many commercially successful blockbusters as well as in parallel cinema.

 Seems desis are getting more obsessed with pale complexions. 🥱

Originally posted by: lhcj21

I knew this skin color prejudice has always been around and I thought recently things were changing with Priyanka, Lara, Bipasha, and Deepika entering the scene.  But I think you might be right that things might be going backwards.  We have all noticed that these dusky girls (even though they are pretty) have made their skin lighter.  I've asked this before, why even bring dark girls in the industry when filmmakers pressure them to lighten their skin??  In the 90s, Kajol had her tan complexion and she was successful.  I thought she was one of the most beautiful women of the 90s and she was a natural beauty too.  I never noticed her getting fairer in the 90s.  Only in recent times, she became fair.  

It's really sad.  And this skin color prejudice doesn't make any sense.  The audience is okay with dark men, but not women?  Well what do you think happens when genes mix??  We cannot control our genetics, but we can control the way we think.  

Originally posted by: -Vaishvi-

AMEN to that!