TMKOC’s Sunayana Fozdar Opens Up About Her Struggles To Find Good Roles Because Of Her Fair Skin
When it comes to the beauty standards of the entertainment industry, there is a lot of hypocrisy at play. Some say you’re too fair-skinned and others would say not fair enough, some would say you look too modern and others would say not modern enough, etc. – honestly, there is no winning with them. In fact, I believe most actors who are not from the industry go through these biases. Just take the example of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’s (TMKOC) actor Sunayana Fozdar. In a recent interview, Sunayana Fozdar opened up about not getting good roles because of the unattainable beauty standards of the entertainment industry.
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Sunayana Fozdar, who played the role of Anjali Mehta in TMKOC, said that she struggled to get good roles because they would tell her that either she was too fair or was modern look wise – or both.
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In the interview, Sunayana Fozdar said, “I am not from this background. I got picked up from college for my first music video on Bappi da’s Gori Hai Kalaiyan. Then I did South films, ads and then I got my first break in TV – Santaan. But the point was, to get good roles was always a struggle. If I did a particular role, I would get typecast in that. So to break free from those stereotypes was a struggle. At that time, while casting people would say, ‘Aap fair ho, you look very modern.’ I started my career playing the role of a middle class girl from a ‘chawl’. People would say, ‘Aap gareeb nahi dikh sakte’. So I would get typecast a lot.”
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The actor further added that she has faced many difficulties ever since she started working in the entertainment industry. Having said that, now luckily, things have changed for the better.
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Well, I’m just glad that the TMKOC actor has now finally found her footing and beat all the odds to reach the fame that she has achieved.
