I just watched the trailer for the Ramayana movie, and NGL I only had two thoughts; One this looks like of awesome though cheesey, Two why is everyone so light skinned?
I’m a full Caucasian person, most of the cast looks lighter skinned than I do.
Yash, who plays Ravana, and Sai Pallavi, who plays Sita, are both South Indian and not typically considered fair skinned. Sai has specifically spoken out against colorism in Indian film industries.
In Asia preference toward lighter skin tone existed before race idea introduced. Basically peasants working outside got tanned vs nobles staying indoors, it was class-based discrimination. It’s by no means pretty back then and later meld with western racism and got messier
I just watched the trailer for the Ramayana movie, and NGL I only had two thoughts; One this looks like of awesome though cheesey, Two why is everyone so light skinned?
I’m a full Caucasian person, most of the cast looks lighter skinned than I do.
Yash, who plays Ravana, and Sai Pallavi, who plays Sita, are both South Indian and not typically considered fair skinned. Sai has specifically spoken out against colorism in Indian film industries.
In Asia preference toward lighter skin tone existed before race idea introduced. Basically peasants working outside got tanned vs nobles staying indoors, it was class-based discrimination. It’s by no means pretty back then and later meld with western racism and got messier