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She looks more beautiful, once i saw her interview in TV
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Let’s start with some starter evidences to the 72% Aryan notion of India. India is as warm as tropical Africa, but Indians have defied nature to be half fair eyed and fair skinned as in Bollywood.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/realtime/clim/annual/loop/sstloop.gif
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And Pakistan is somewhare in Europe where you have only white skinned people.
Why are you bent upon the idea of colour and also concept that white means beautifull.
Did Indians say that we are all white. You and ur guppies have this habit of making fun of Indians as dark and ugly skinned. And you guys blame the white english for being racist. Strange.:D
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Boy has a point.
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Where did I say dark skinned people are ugly? Please do not bring racism into this discussion, the thought never crossed my mind and I'm not sure why you are so hung up about it? Could it be you don't want me delving into the caste system? As for Pakistan, bits of it are white, bubits of it of it are black, bits of it are Indian and ethnically Indian, bits of it are oriental. I am trying to help the pus filled faces of teenage desis on here that believe 72% of India is fair skinned Aryan and half of them have coloured eyes. I presented the above evidence as a starter, the main bits of evidentiary shall come later if required. For the moment observe the red bits of the map..For centuries there's been an intense heat in India, it being one of the hottest countries in the world, yet you expect it to be the most fair eyed people in the world (50% is a lot).
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Bollywood has so many brown-desi skinned actors. For example, Rani, Kajol, shah rukh, amitabh bachan, Bipasha and few others that represent a more brownish skin tone. So why do you keep saying that bollywood only has very fair skinned people.
The features of all of these people are striking and besides that SOME of them are exceptional in their acting skills. The skin color is not the first thing people notice about these people and their features will turn heads. Why would a film industry have average looking people act in their movies? Their looks obviously matter a great deal and this is the case in both bollywood and hollywood.
So since almost half of bollywood represents the brown skinned population of desis, I think the whole topic of this thread is meaningless.
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The features of all of these people are striking and besides that SOME of them are exceptional in their acting skills. The skin color is not the first thing people notice about these people and their features will turn heads. Why would a film industry have average looking people act in their movies? Their looks obviously matter a great deal and this is the case in both bollywood and hollywood.
So since almost half of bollywood represents the brown skinned population of desis, I think the whole topic of this thread is meaningless.
There's undoubtedly an inherent racism in Bollywood, if you look at the actresses and actors, all the top ones, or most of them are light skinned, and look nothing like the average Indian. I dont think this has much to do with acting. Are you trying to say that Bollywood actors and actresses are all brownskinned and look the same colour as average Indians? I should hope not, because this is not true.
The point is Bollywood does not represent the brown skinned population of Indian desis, North or South, perhaps the odd high caste Indian has features resembling a Bollwood star, but most of the Indian population does not. Is this a case of caste creeping into Bollywood?
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Since only a bit of Pakistan is white as you say why are ALL the actors and actresses soooooooo white. They don't at all represent the general Pakistani population. I think you should be asking yourself some of these questions you are asking all of us.
And from where are you getting this 72% figure? All the really famous and great actors and actresses of India are brown skinned.
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The point is Bollywood does not represent the brown skinned population of Indian desis, North or South, perhaps the odd high caste Indian has features resembling a Bollwood star, but most of the Indian population does not. Is this a case of caste creeping into Bollywood?
You really don't read what other people have written properly do you? All the most famous actors and actresses are brown. Do I really have to copy and paste everything of what I wrote again so you can read it carefully this time?
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I actually agree with you that Lollywood isnt a perfect representation of Pakistan, but it's a lot closer than Bollywood is of India. I would say that the indigenous people of Pakistan look in many cases, or at least have the features of Lollywood actors and actresses. Zeba Bakhtiari is real mccoy Pakistani, and there's many more like her. So I dont think Lollywood is such a biased system of representation.
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And from where are you getting this 72% figure? All the really famous and great actors and actresses of India are brown skinned.
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Aishwarya Rai is one example, plenty of others though, Raj Kapoor, take a look at some of the Bollywood actresses listed..Rekha, Shilpa Shetty..Kajol etc. The 72% figure is from what some people quote for the Aryan composition of India.
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actually no, kajol and shilpa shetty are brown. Raj Kapoor is goodlooking and so is ash in terms of FEATURES and that is the main reason why people are in love with them. Not the skin color
oh please!!! Pakistani film industry is obsessed with skin color and the whiter the better is always the case. I don’t see even one actor who is brown skinned.
Can the moderators please close this thread? The whole topic is meaningless.
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hahahaha! It's celluloid baby. Even in hollywood the actresses and actors are better looking than your average cracker. Like DUH! It's show business, you want to put up a show you will tend to choose what looks good. It's all about glam. If they only chose to showcase the "choice meat" for documentaries representing real life, then that would be a misleading lie.
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You call this brown and Indian looking?
http://www.dialindia.com/bollywood/actress/shilpa_shetty/shilpa_shetty_pictures/shilpa_shetty_4.jpg
Oh stop..Aishwarya Rai would probably look like Vajpayee if she didnt have so much Michael Jackson cosmetic surgery done.
Well, white skin is present in fairly large quantities in Pakistan (unless you want to include in the ones with ancestry from elsewhere.
There are probably more darker skinned Pakistani actresses in Lollywood than in Bollywood proportionately, and I would say that Bollywood uses actresses perhaps even lighter than Lollywood.
Why do you want it closed, out of interest?
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But there are films based on fact created?
Once again this isnt about looks, it's anthropology.. Why cant the Indians on here understand this?
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Well, white skin is present in fairly large quantities in Pakistan (unless you want to include in the ones with ancestry from elsewhere.
There are probably more darker skinned Pakistani actresses in Lollywood than in Bollywood proportionately, and I would say that Bollywood uses actresses perhaps even lighter than Lollywood.
"As for Pakistan, bits of it are white, bubits of it of it are black, bits of it are Indian and ethnically Indian, bits of it are oriental."-roadrunner
How did "bits" turn into "fairly large quantities" of Pakistanis? That's why this thread doesn't make any sense. You say one thing one minute and then something completely different the next.Since most Pakistanis are brown where did these fair skinned actresses and actors come from? I feel like racism, bigotry have something to do with it.
By the way, the Shilpa shety's photo that you posted is black and white, what's your point in terms of skin color in bollywood with this photo?
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Films based on facts in mainstream cinema are still only meant for entertainment rather than information. So the rules of trade don't change much. And who says it's about looks, but you seem to have a beef with the fact that Bollywood misrepresents the image of average indian. So I am just saying, it isn't much different in doing so than the other film industries and show businesses.
And that is a b/w picture of Shilpa Shetty. She is brown like Rekha.
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How did "bits" turn into "fairly large quantities" of Pakistanis? That's why this thread doesn't make any sense. You say one thing one minute and then something completely different the next.Since most Pakistanis are brown where did these fair skinned actresses and actors come from? I feel like racism, bigotry have something to do with it.
It's a question of context, that you are missing. When I say "bits" I mean in relation to the whole country..a fraction is a bit..when I say fairly large quantities, I mean of people..the actual figure is in the millions.
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By the way, the Shilpa shety's photo that you posted is black and white, what's your point in terms of skin color in bollywood with this photo?
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There's plenty of colour ones you can find.. But the point is that would look more in place in Europe than India..
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I fear for the pus ridden Desi youngsters on forums..They look at these upstarts who are alien, to put is mildly.
Shilpa Shetty is not brown in her pics. Take a look
http://www.imagesfashion.com/image/Shilpa_Shetty.jpg
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Oh so it's all about the welfare of "puss ridden" desi teens. My bad! Maybe you should start an after-school program for these teens, to keep them occupied and thus away from these misleading images rather than ranting on pointlessly about misrepresentations in media.
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Let's not get side tracked here. This is an anthropology thread..if you do not like it, then you are free to leave.
PS it's pus not puss