Here's a good discussion of this in the Tamil film industry, where this is even more obvious because South Indians are usually darker-skinned: https://feminism

Here's a good discussion of this in the Tamil film industry, where this is even more obvious because South Indians are usually darker-skinned: https://feminisminindia.com/2018/10/08/dear-tamil-cinema-let-brown-women-play-the-role-of-brown-women/ https://feminisminindia.com/2018/10/08/dear-tamil-cinema-let... For context, the actor in question (Rajinikanth) is the largest star in Tamil cinema and the movie (Shivaji) was a mainstream blockbuster.