Chitrangda Singh reveals she lost modelling assignments because of dusky complexion

Chitrangda Singh has opened up concerning the discrimination that she has confronted due to her dusky complexion. She revealed that she not solely confronted biases rising up, but in addition professionally, as she misplaced out on modelling assignments.

Last month, Chitrangda put up an Instagram story, through which she stated that she was ‘brown and happy’. She stated in a brand new interview that whereas discrimination on the idea of pores and skin color very a lot exists, ‘not everybody goes out looking for white-skinned people’.

Talking to Bombay Times, Chitrangda stated, “I know the feeling of living life as a girl with dusky complexion. This is not something that people will say directly to your face. You can only sense it. I have been through the biases, especially while growing up in the north.” Before she got here to Mumbai, she lived in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

Chitrangda additionally talked about how she misplaced out on work due to her pores and skin color. “I did lose out on modelling assignments. In fact, when I lost out on one ad in the initial days of my career, I was specifically told the reason as it had come down to selecting between two people for the part. Luckily, the audition that I did for a product was seen by Gulzar saab, who got me on board for his music video. I realised that not everybody goes out looking for white-skinned people here,” she stated.

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Chitrangda, whose final main launch was Baazaar alongside Saif Ali Khan, was lately seen in a cameo in Ghoomketu. She additionally tapped into her artistic facet through the lockdown and commenced work on a brief movie. “I have done the dialogues, screenplay, everything. For the first time, I am doing everything by myself. That is the one that I am finishing up,” she had advised Fever Digital.

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