Just watched Pravinkoodu Shappu and then looked up Chandini Sreedharan on Instagram. I was honestly shocked to see how different she looks in real life compared to the film. It really feels like the movie intentionally darkened her skin tone with makeup to make her appear brown skinned.
Kerala already has so many naturally beautiful brown skinned women. Why not cast one of them instead of artificially creating that look on a fair skinned actor?
I always appreciated Malayalam cinema for feeling more grounded, realistic, and progressive compared to other industries, but this felt deeply regressive and unnecessary.
Really disappointing choice by the makers.
u/Happy_CouchPotato_90 — 20 days ago