EXCLUSIVE: Nehal Chudasma SLAMS India’s Obsession With Fair Skin; Advices Young Girls To Embrace Their Natural Skin Tone

Beauty standards and colourism continue to shape conversations across India, with many young women still facing unfair judgment based on their skin tone. Nehal Chudasma believes it is time to challenge these outdated ideals and embrace natural skin tone and beauty instead. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble , she opened up about the hurtful comments she regularly receives on social media because of her complexion and explained why the obsession with fair skin needs to end. Nehal also highlighted how these harmful perceptions push many girls towards skin-lightening products. She urged them to reject the myth that fairness is the only standard of beauty. Scroll down to read what she said. Nehal Chudasma Advices Young Girls To NOT Bother About Their Skin Tone When asked what’s the one piece of advice she would give to young girls, Nehal Chudasma said, “That ‘fair is beautiful’, I think the whole of India, the whole country, needs to stop believing that fair is beautiful. No matter what pictures I post right now, there are literally 30% of the comments saying, ‘Oh, kaali hai, kaali hai,’ and, you know, ‘brown skin’ and this and that. And it’s weird because, originally, Indians, because we live on the equator. So we, as Indians, India lies near the equator, so we tend to have more melanin in our skin.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bollywood Bubble Television (@bollywoodbubbletelly) She continued, “We tend to have darker skin. And you’re appreciating foreign skin tones, except for Indian skin tones. I think that’s one myth girls need to stop believing because that pushes a lot of girls to buy all these cosmetic products that claim to make them fair, like skin bleach and, you know, fairness creams and all that. I don’t want to name the brands, but I think that myth needs to be broken.” Indian Society Is Obsessed With Fair Skin India’s obsession with fair skin tone is a deeply ingrained cultural and social bias rooted. It was encouraged by colonial legacies, aggressive media marketing, and patriarchal beauty standards that disproportionately affect women. This bias is vividly reflected in the matrimonial market, where platforms like Quora reveal a persistent preference for lighter-skinned brides. Children face taunts that equate fairness with beauty and worth, as discussed on Reddit. The mass marketing of cosmetics perpetuates the idea that fair skin is essential for happiness, success, and social acceptance. Bollywood’s portrayal of lighter actors as romantic leads further normalises this ideal. However, despite its deep roots, the landscape is slowly changing. There’s activism and grassroots campaigns such as Dark Is Beautiful gaining momentum. Celebs and influencers are advocating for a broader, more inclusive definition of beauty. For more news and updates from the entertainment world, stay tuned to  Bollywood