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Why change Kom's looks
bangaloremirror.com | Aseem Chhabra | April 27, 2013
I cannot emphasise how bad all of this sounds and I am surprised that people from Manipur and other neighbouring states have not taken offence to this plan. To me the idea smacks of strong racist tones, almost at par with the time when Hollywood would apply black paint on the faces of white actors - going back to Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (1927) and Peter Sellers in The Party (1968).
Hindi cinema is not known to be sensitive to race issues - from the Hawa Hawaii song to Mehmood (also with a darkened face) singing Hum Kale Hain To Kya Hua and Abbas-Mustan’s Race which although set in South Africa, barely featured any black characters.
But Kom is a real person, with a real story, emotions and feelings. If filmgoers are interested in her story, they will watch the film no matter who plays the lead role. Hiring a potentially bankable Bollywood star and digitally altering her face to make people believe that she is from Northeast India, is an insult to Kom, actresses and the rest of the population from the region.
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