Bhumi Pednekar's Super Fake ‘Dark' Complexion In Bala Makes Twitter Go WTF; Not 'Fair', Not 'Lovely'

Actress Bhumi Pednekar’s brown face look from the trailer of Bala faces criticism. Twitterati lash out at the makers for not casting a dark skinned actress to play the role. They rightly point - India is so obsessed with fair skin that even a dark skinned character is played by someone with a lighter complexion

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Updated on Oct 11 2019, 17:18:25

Bhumi Pednekar's Super Fake ‘Dark' Complexion In Bala Makes Twitter Go WTF; Not 'Fair', Not 'Lovely'

Bhumi Pednekar has carved her niche in Bollywood with her talented acting skills and performances. The actress marked her Bollywood debut with the film Dum Laga Ke Haisha and has been winning hearts since then. After agism controversy around Bhumi’s character in Saand Ki Aankh, now her role in her upcoming film opposite Ayushmann Khurrana, titled Bala, has come under the scanner. Makers of the film are receiving criticism for her fake brown face dark-skinned look in the trailer.

The trailer of Bala starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, and Yami Gautam was recently released and was loved for the story revolving around the troubles a bald man faces. While the trailer was well appreciated by the audiences for the role Ayushmann played, the trailer didn’t go well for Bhumi Pednekar and her dark-skinned look in the film. Since the release of the trailer, netizens took to social media to lash out and criticize the makers for getting a fair-skinned girl to play a dark-skinned character.

Talking of an example of ‘brownface’, the Twitterati pointed out how makers want to talk about the cultural obsession of a fair-skinned person, and instead would cast a person who is naturally dark-skinned. As the film Bala speaks of the problems of male baldness through Ayushmann Khurrana’s character, it also addresses the issues faced by men and women over fair skin. While several took to Twitter to express their views, “Why is Bhumi Pednekar's face covered in soot?,” a person wrote, while another said, “Wish industry had dark-skinned actresses to properly portray the struggle. But it’ll be way too long before that happens. Until then this is what we get. Painted faces,” and expressed their fury. (Also Read: Neena Gupta reacts to Saand Ki Aankh trailer over agism )

Check out the reactions below:

if only there were any actors in this country with darker skin... if only.#BrownFace #Bala pic.twitter.com/baks9OaeFw
— Karnika (@KarnikaKohli) October 10, 2019

Why is Bhumi Pednekar's face covered in soot?
— Anantika Mehra (@AnantikaMehra) October 10, 2019

This poster is soo weird💀
and why Bhumi Pednekar when we have Konkona Sen Sharma, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra and many more bollywood actresses with dusky complextion https://t.co/uk2I2M4sW0
— ๖ۣۜƤiαﾂ (@ShadySGian) October 10, 2019

So Bala is about a man who suffers from hair loss, who is played by Ayushman, and a dark skinned girl who gets mocked because of that. However, instead of maybe hiring a real dark skinned actress they just cast Bhumi and further darken her face. Ironic, to say the least 🤦🏻‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/IH9ImpPbyq
— lost soul (@theClaiire) October 10, 2019

Dear bsdk Bollywood,

Why did you have to paint bhumi’s face brown, Is there lack of brown girls in India!? Or dark skinned Women / artists who can do a better job,Wait afterall this is just Bollywood ! 😓
What can you expect😍 #Bala
— Wellलू (@Wellutwt) October 11, 2019

Earlier, Hrithik Roshan also faced similar criticism for the role he played in his film Super 30 based on Patna based mathematician Anand Kumar and his life struggles.

While Bhumi Pednekar is going through a lot of heat for her upcoming films from fans, the actress is busy promoting her film Saand Ki Aankh with co-star Taapsee Pannu.

Directed by Amar Kaushik, Bala is produced by Dinesh Vijan and is scheduled to release on November 7 this year.

Images source: Instagram/ Bhumi Pednekar, YouTube