These power relations are still seen in Bollywood today,” said Dr Rajinder Dudrah, author of The Bollywood Reader.
The Bollywood film industry is a global phenomenon built on glitz and glamour.
This has highlighted the ways in which Bollywood mirrors attitudes to skin colour and social hierarchies prevalent in Indian society.”
The film industry is built on marketing an aspiration in which fair skin is seen as much a status symbol as designer handbags and sports cars.
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