When Swastika Mukherjee faced rejection for her fair skin | Bangla Movie News – Times of India

Swastika Mukherjee who has floored all with her stellar acting in ‘Qala’ feels that her fair skin has been detrimental in her acting career to some extent. During a recent interview, the powerhouse actor revealed that there were so many roles that she missed because the directors felt that her looks are not convincing enough for the part. Swastika was told that she can’t play a girl from a village or an auto-rickshaw puller’s wife. However, she wonders why a rickshaw puller can’t have a fair-skinned wife. The actor claims these are the stereotypes we have created over the years. For the 42-year-old, characters like Urmila Manjushree in ‘Qala’ are those rare opportunities that let her push herself as an actor, even after spending more than two decades in the industry.

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