This is a discussion on Racism in Bollywood within the Bollywood movies forums, part of the Entertainment and Recreation category; I was watching Singh is Kinng (the most awful Bollywood production i have seen to date) and one thing i ...
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| Platinum Member | I was watching Singh is Kinng (the most awful Bollywood production i have seen to date) and one thing i couldn't ignore was that most of the villains were black except at one instance where they were shown impoverished. I know there is a lot of hunger in Africa but I have never seen an African (or a kaala person cast in admirable light), just wanted to know your thoughts in prejudice in Indian cinema. I know even some of my relatives back home have prejudices towards Africans. Why do you think it is? |
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| Junior Member | Maybe these actors were well suited to play dummy characters that they had to portray.Economics could also be on of the reasons to cast them. |
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| aditya | nope i really don't think its true, you may need to watch more and more movies. I really don't watch much bollywood stuff but never found this thing. |
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| Platinum Member | i'm also not fond of bolly movies but when i cme to that movies i want to share my views bout these kind of things......BTW i've seen few more movies which also contains that kind of guys......i forgot the names of the movies but the thing is it was not only in that movie....... |
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| Alligator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pleasure drome
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Rep Power: 10 | hmmm... never thought about it from this angle... u have picked up something which they might have done intentionally... |
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| Alligator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pleasure drome
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Rep Power: 10 | Indians always like white skin... and despise dark skin... even if an Indian guy is cherry black in color... he will want to marry a fair skinned color girl... lol |
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| Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Age: 22
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Rep Power: 2 | that is 110% true this racism does exist.but then fair boys are not much liked either in india |
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| Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2008
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Rep Power: 10 | I don't think 'racism' is the right word. They all belong to the same race anyway. I think it is more like 'prejudice'. Definitely in India light skinned is preferred to dark skin in general. -F |
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| Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Age: 22
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Rep Power: 2 | i think in india, racism is more abt people belonging to differnet regions of the country. and jai hind as well, if u please!! ps:smart editing mods. yes JAI HIND!!! Last edited by ag_prasun; 01-21-09 at 10:17 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost |
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