¡°We Were Taught That Damaging Bullsh*t¡±: Priyanka Chopra On Starring In Fairness Commercials
Soon to be seen in Citadel, Priyanka Chopra has revealed that featuring I fairness cream ads was a wrong move that she regrets.
Priyanka Chopra is a global sensation who has lived a career worth inspiring thousands. She who is getting ready for her upcoming release Citadel has made some shocking revelations in a recent interview. From reasoning politics for her exit from Bollywood to now speaking about featuring in fairness cream ads, PC is all out and loud.
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Priyanka talked about Bollywood¡¯s obsession with fair skin.
She told the American podcaster, ¡°I was lightened up in many movies. Through make-up and then blasting lighting. I remember when I joined movies, I was considered dusky, written as the dusky actress and I was like ¡®What is dusky? What does it mean?'. Yet, I did a commercial because you are doing a beauty brand. A beauty brand is a really big part of an actress' trajectory. And all the beauty brands were selling those creams.¡±
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¡°When I joined the movie business, if you were fair you were guaranteed some form of success or casting but if you were darker, I'm not even that dark, for darker girls it was, ¡®let's lighten you up¡±. Recalling a song where she featured opposite Bobby Deol in Kismat, PC said, ¡°There was a song which 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."
Priyanka admits featuring in fairness commercials was a wrong move.
The actress shared, "We were taught that damaging bullsh*t. Even I got caught up in it and I look back on that, the commercial was so damaging. 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 and it was like the mid-2000s.¡±
PC was last seen as Sati in the Hollywood sci-fi film The Matrix Resurrections (2021). If reports are to be believed, she will be visiting India next week for Citadel¡¯s promotion. In the same interview, Priyanka has taken over the internet by claiming that Bollywood cornered her and she left it because of politics. Her statement has raised several eyebrows in India and one must have a look at what a playing field Twitter is today! Let us know how you perceive her unfiltered confession.
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Aditya Sagar is an Entertainment Journalist at Indiatimes who holds a true-blue Bollywood heart and has his ears tuned to the whispers of Tinseltown. From Dharma to Drama, he is your trusted guide to the glitz, glamour and gossip that make headlines. He can be reached out @theadityasagar across all social media platforms.
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