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Bollywood film shines a light on dark-skin prejudice

Three months ago, a high court judge in Chhattisgarh, hearing a divorce petition by a husband whose wife said he humiliated her for her dark skin, said it was time Indian society changed its “dialogue at home” to eradicate prejudice.

As if on cue, a new social comedy, Tera Kya Hoga Lovely (Unfair & Lovely), tackles this issue in the hope of nudging Indians into examining the longstanding preference for light skin.

Directed by Balwinder Singh Janjua,

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