Debutant director Akshay Singh spent his childhood at a boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. But he fondly remembers spending two months every year in his hometown, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. So much so that when we speak with him over the phone, we can tell he’s smiling as he recalls the time spent with his family.
However, there’s dull silence when he recollects the color bias he saw around him. “Some of my cousins were not as fair-skinned as the rest of the family. Aunties often suggest they use fairness creams and facials and address them as ‘becharm,” he says. As a child, he didn’t realize the graveness of those remarks. The bias hit home years later when his wife faced unfavorable comments about her complexion. That’s when the idea of his maiden directorial, Pinky Beauty Parlour, struck him.
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