Priyanka Chopra Recalls Being Lightened Up ‘Through Makeup And Blasting Lighting’ In The Movie Kismat
Priyanka Chopra spoke about her experience of being considered a dusky actress when she started her career in Bollywood
International sensation Priyanka Chopra has taken the social media by storm with her recent candid confessions. Not only has she spoken in length about being treated as an outsider despite being one of the most celebrated actors in Bollywood, she also opened up about being termed as a dusky actress. The actress, during the promotions of her upcoming web-show Citadel, opened up about her experiences as a dark-skinned actress.
In her interview with Dax Shepard on the Armchair Expert podcast, she recalled doing fairness creams advertisements and being lightened up with makeup for a few of her earlier movies. She revealed that when she joined the industry, she was termed as a dusky actress. She added that she had done a commercial for a beauty brand and it is a “really big part of an actress’ trajectory.” ALSO READ: Kangana Ranaut TAUNTS Paparazzi As She Calls Them ‘Chalaak’ For Not Asking Her Questions On Priyanka Chopra Controversy
Speaking about doing advertisements for brands that were selling fairness cream, she termed those commercials damaging. She went on to explain that she had shot for the ad in the mid-2000s. Explaining the ad, India.com quoted her saying, “I am a darker-skinned girl and this guy comes in and I’m selling flowers and he comes in and he doesn’t even look at me. I start using this cream and I get a job, I get the guy, all my dreams come true.” ALSO READ: Aligarh Writer Apurva Asrani HAILS Priyanka Chopra For Talking About Bollywood Politics; Says, ‘Massive Win, She Didn’t End Up Like Sushant Singh Rajput’
The 40-year-old went on to express how being a fair-skinned actress guaranteed success and casting in the business, however if one was darker, they lightened them up. She recalled her time working in movies where her skin tone was made fairer “through make-up and then blasting lighting.” Sharing an anecdote from the film Kismat, co-starring Bobby Deol, she further added, “There was a song that I still remember. It was called Chitti Dudh Kudi which means a girl who is as white as milk and I ain’t that but I was playing her and I was really lightened up in the movie.”
On the work front, Priyanka is all set to make her web-series debut with the Russo Brothers' Citadel. Co-starring Richard Madden, the first season of the show will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on April 28, 2023. She has Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zaraa, co-starring Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt, Love Again and Ending Things in her pipeline.
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