The word ‘Fair’ will be Removed from ‘Fair and Lovely’ Cream, here is the Reaction of Bollywood

After the death of black civilian George Floyd in the US, for a few weeks there was resentment among the people. There was criticism worldwide for discriminating against color.
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Image Source: Cinema Express

You must have seen the advertisement of Fair and Lovely Cream on TV for years, in which it was said  that fair complexion is everything. Now you will not see the word Fair on this beauty product, because its company has taken a big decision. Let us tell you that after the death of black citizen George Floyd in America for some weeks, there was resentment among the people. There was criticism worldwide for discriminating against color.

Suhana's Instagram Story
Suhana's Instagram Story

Now, the reactions of Bollywood celebs are also coming up on this company's big decision to remove words like fair or blonde from beauty products. Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana Khan has a verified account on Instagram, she expressed her happiness over the company's decision.

Abhay Deol's Reaction

Bollywood actor Abhay Deol has also reacted to this. He wrote- 'It took a world backlash and the #blacklivesmatter movement to give us a push in this direction. But make no mistake, all of you who have been vocal about the need for a cultural shift in regard to the sale and endorsement of fairness creams in our country contributed to this victory. We have a long way to go in breaking our conditioning of what constitutes for beauty, but this is a small step in the right direction. It's the starting point to a long road ahead. What is beautiful beginning!'

Bipasha Basu's Reaction

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From the time I was growing up I heard this always,"Bonnie is darker than Soni.She is little dusky na?"Even though my mother is a dusky beauty and I look a lot like her.I never knew why that would be a discussion by distant relatives when I was a kid. Soon at 15/ 16 I started modelling and then I won the supermodel contest … all newspapers read … dusky girl from Kolkata is the winner.I wondered again why Dusky is my first adjective ??? Then I went to New York and Paris to work as a model and I realised my skin colour was exotic there and I got more work and attention because of it. Another discovery of mine:) Once I came back into India and film offers started… and finally I did my first film and from an absolute Ajnabee to Hindi film industry …I suddenly was accepted and loved. But the adjective stayed which I started liking and loving by then.DUSKY girl wows the audiences in her debut film. In most of my articles for all the work I did,my duskiness seemed to be the main discussion.. it attributed to my sex appeal apparently.And sexy in Bollywood started getting accepted widely.I never really understood this… To me sexy is the personality not just the colour of your skin…why my skin colour only sets me apart from the conventional actresses at that time.But that's the way it was.I didn't really see much of difference but I guess people did.There was a strong mindset of Beauty and how an actress should look and behave.I was DIFFERENT as it was pointed out. Didn't really stop me from being and doing all that I loved. Well you see I was confident and proud of who I was from childhood.My skin colour didn't define me … even though I love it and wouldn't want it to be any different ever. Many skin care endorsements with loads of money was offered to me in the last 18 years ( some were very tempting)… but I stuck to my principle always. All this needs to stop. This wrong dream that we are selling … that only fair is lovely and beautiful when the majority of the country is brown skinned. It's a deep rooted stigma. It's a mammoth step from the brand… and other brands should follow in the same footsteps soon?

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Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu has said on social media that she had to face a lot in the film industry due to the dark color. The main discussion was between people was about her color.

Shibani Dandekar's Instagram Story
Shibani Dandekar's Instagram Story

Actress Shibani Dandekar wrote, 'This is the process of development. We wanted this change.'

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