Saumya Tandon reveals that she lost out on many projects abroad for not being 'brown'

debate around discrimination on basis of colour has become one of trending topics of discussion again on social media. It all started after two multinational companies anunced ir decision of dropping  use of words like ‘fair’ and ‘whitening’ from ir beauty products and film and television actor, Saumya Tandon is quite ecstatic about  decision. However, she recently opened up about being rejected abroad for 'being fair'.

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Saumya Tandon on being rejected for t being brown

Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai actor Saumya Tandon recently opened up about her personal experience of facing discrimination due to her fair complexion. In an interview with an online portal, Tandon spoke about being rejected abroad for t being brown. In her statement, Jab We Met actor stated that she has lost out on a lot of work because people used to say 'she is too fair'. She continued saying because y perceive an Indian girl to t be fair but be brown.

Elaborating more about same, Saumya stated that in a lot of auditions abroad, y tell her that she is fair and Indian girls are t supposed to be fair. She expressed saying it's extremely stereotypical and world perceives Indian girls only to be brown. Furrmore, she added that people abroad will t accept any or colour apart from brown, for actors of Indian origin. Sharing her personal experience, actor said she has been rejected by being told that since she's t brown, she will t be cast as an Indian.

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During same interview, she also questioned stereotyping and revealed that a lot of photographers only take dark models because y somehow feel y are more exotic or that y will be better for a saree or an Indian jewellery ad. She added saying y want that 'Indian-ness' in a model or actor, which is brown in ir head. Raising her voice against it, Tandon questioned asking what about girls who are fair.

On her comedy show Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai, Saumya Tandon is frequently referred to as ‘Gori ma'am’ (fair lady). When asked about feeling if it classifies her on basis of colour, she said that it does t and added saying she does t find it as an abuse, as long as y say that y will prefer her because she is fair. She concluded saying she is fair, so people will obviously call her fair but problem arises when y say that fair is best. 

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