Even today, the Indian film industry has an uncomfortable habit of employing skin-darkening make-up to actors’ on screen. Employing blackface or brownface not only makes it more difficult for dark-skinned actors to get cast in roles, it perpetuates negative stereotypes in a country where discrimination based on skin colour is deeply rooted in society.Stereotypes can be traced back to the archaic Indian caste system where darker skin is associated with being from a disadvantaged groups. Such…
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