Vaani Kapoor revealed some unsettling experiences during the early years of her career, such as rejection for a role due to her skin colour and comments on her body type throughout. The actor who is soon set to star in Netflix, Mandala Murders spoke about it in a recent interview about how she handled cruel industry standards and judgment. Read on to find out more details on the same,
Vaani Kapoor On Facing Colourism
During the interview with News18, Vaani revealed that one filmmaker once rejected her for a role by informing her she was not “fair enough” to take on the part. “Apparently, the director believed I wasn’t ‘milky white’. I didn’t hear it from him directly, but I was later informed that that’s why I didn’t get the role,” she explained. Where such comments might quickly break one’s confidence, Vaani had a simple explanation that she never allowed such criticism to affect her to the very core of her being. She always had faith in her ability, irrespective of what others said.
The actress also mentioned how individuals tend to make comments regarding her thin physique. “There’s always this one thing people say that I’m too skinny, or that I should gain weight because ‘curvier women are preferred,'” she said. “But I enjoy being the way I am. I’m healthy, I’m fit, and I don’t think I should do anything differently with myself.” Vaani said that she does sometimes question whether comments like that are motivated by concern or judgment, but either way, she’s learned not to let them affect her self-perception.
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In the series, she essays Rea Thomas, a no-nonsense investigator who gets sucked into a spine-chilling case of ritualistic murders in an enigmatic town called Charandaspur.
Co-directed by Mardaani’s Gopi Puthran and Manan Rawat, the series also features Surveen Chawla, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, and Jameel Khan. It will begin streaming on Netflix from July 25. The show promises to offer a mix of suspense, myth, and dark secrets and marks a new phase in Vaani’s journey as an actor unafraid to speak her truth.
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