B-town lends support to Nawazuddin Siddiqui, raises their voice against discrimination over appearance

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Many celebrities came forward and raised their voice in support of one of the most talented and versatile actors in Bollywood, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who sparked the new debate by sharing a cryptic message about the discrimination he has faced in the Hindi film industry over appearance. They supported Nawaz’s view and urged all to get out this ‘fair and lovely’ mindset which apparently exists everywhere in India.

01 / 19

B-town lends support to Nawazuddin Siddiqui, raises their voice against discrimination over appearance

Bringing out the worst of Bollywood industry to the forefront, talented actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui took to social media and expressed himself through a recent abstruse tweet. (BCCL)

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02 / 19

Nawazuddin is known for giving impeccable performances in hit Bollywood movies like ‘Kick’ Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, ‘Raees’, 'Gangs Of Wasseypur', 'Kahaani', etc. (BCCL)

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03 / 19

In the early years of Nawaz’s career, he was rejected from TV, and was a mere junior artist on movie sets. (BCCL)

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04 / 19

It all began after ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’ casting director Sanjay Chouhan’s “weird” statement. (Photo: Facebook)

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05 / 19

Sanjay Chouhan had apparently said that after Chitrangada Singh quit the film they had to find an actress who could look good opposite the actor as they "can't cast fair and handsome people with Nawaz. It would look so weird."

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06 / 19

However, the casting director later clarified that his comments have been misconstrued. "I would never want to hurt Nawaz sir or the film by giving such statements. I haven't spoken to him yet, but I am deeply saddened by how the comments, which I never made in the first place, have turned out," he added. (Photo: Facebook)

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07 / 19

“We are a colour-obsessed nation selling fairness creams in high volumes. Our matrimonial columns till date have a mention of skin colour. So let’s not target only the film industry, ” says Taapsee Pannu.

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08 / 19

"My definition of beauty is very different I believe that beauty is entirely skin deep... You can come from any background, you can have any skin colour but true beauty radiates from within” said Shraddha Kapoor at the trailer launch of ‘Haseena Parkar’. (Getty Images)

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09 / 19

"Of course, in our society there are pressures and I don't feel it's only prevalent to the film industry, it's just that our industry is in the limelight so things tend to get highlighted because of that," Shraddha added. (PTI)

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10 / 19

Nandita Das said, “I am sure it is no surprise to anyone that Nawazuddin’s skin colour would have impeded his career. All around us the images of women and now increasingly of men, are those with light skin. Be it films, television, magazines, hoardings, ads … Everywhere we have ‘fair’ people, in a country that is largely dark!” (BCCL)

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