Racism has been existential in the globe, for almost decades now, and we aren’t yet halfway in checking that within, and with that, we again stumbled upon Hina Khan’s shocking revelation, when she said that she didn’t get a cast as a Kashmiri girl, because she was dusky, despite being Kashmiri, she was told she doesn’t look Kashmiri enough for she had dusky complexion!
Speaking to ETimes, she said, “There are times where I probably don’t like the story or I don’t want to do that kind of a character for the time being, but there also are times where you probably test for it, and you are very keen that it works, but it doesn’t work out for various reasons. I can’t talk about the project, but I remember I could not crack a project because I didn’t look Kashmiri enough.”
She added, “I am Kashmiri and I can fluently speak the language but I didn’t get cast because my complexion is dusky and I am not extremely fair. That’s what the team and character demanded. I really felt bad. When you know the language so well, probably you could have worked wonders in that character, but I didn’t get cast only because I don’t look Kashmiri (laughs). I never lose hope, I don’t give up. I keep trying!” As quoted by Pink Villa.