Thread: Racism in Bollywood

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?

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.

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.

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

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.

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.......

hmmm... never thought about it from this angle... u have picked up something which they might have done intentionally...

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

that is 110% true
this racism does exist.but then fair boys are not much liked either in india

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

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!!!

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

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!!!

Well. I wish to keep racism and regionalism away ...

absolutely!!
especially in the times we live,there should b discrimination only against terrorists...

i sincerely wish that forums like these can one day reach those corners of the country which really need to be told this!!

and still, we keep electing the same peope bck to power..

Racism exists everywhere!
check this recent news for Racism in Hollywood:
rediff.com: When Hollywood dealt with racism

i think the concept of racism is vague in india as we all belong to the same race.it is more abt people who go outside india who have to bear the brunt of racism!

Originally Posted by Gary4gar

Racism exists everywhere!
check this recent news for Racism in Hollywood:
rediff.com: When Hollywood dealt with racism

That article only describes movies dealing with the issue of rascism !

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

i think the concept of racism is vague in india as we all belong to the same race.it is more abt people who go outside india who have to bear the brunt of racism!

How can you ever say so? Indians are one of the most racist people:

• We have casteism which is the first form of racism - my caste is higher than your caste.
• Within your own caste, we have a sub-caste, jamaat, etc.
• We distinguish and group ourselves by our wealth.
• We have a fair skin tendency - most males want a gori dulhan. Even the beauty cream ad's are full of fairness skin ointments and lotions.
• We cannot tolerate people from other states residing in our neighbourhood - this is regionalism and xenophobia but the roots are in racism
• Need I go on ...

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Originally Posted by Gary4gar

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