Esha Gupta says ‘some actors’ told her she looked too ‘kaala’; she was slotted as 'sexy one' because of her skin tone

Esha Gupta recalled how some actors would advise her to appear fairer and she'd be slotted as the ‘sexy one’ because of her complexion.

Actor Esha Gupta has said that when she started out in the industry, she'd be singled out because of her complexion. Esha said that actors she'd never worked with would advise her to appear fairer.

Esha Gupta made her debut with Jannat 2.

In an interview, Esha Gupta said that there was a time when makeup artists would deliberately try to mask her dark complexion and that she'd be typecast as the ‘sexy one’ because of how she looked.

She told Bollywood Hungama, "I remember, initially, when I came, there were some actors who I've not even worked with… But they met me and said, ‘Tu apna makeup thoda kaala karti hai, gora kiya kar (Your makeup is very dark, you should make it fairer)’, and I was like, ‘Dude, what?’"

She said that she hopes things change soon. Esha made her film debut with Jannat 2, opposite Emraan Hashmi. The two multi-starrers that she made a reference to could be Humshakals and Total Dhamaal.

She will next be seen with actors Mallika Sherawat and Gautam Rode in the thriller series Nakaab, about the death of a TV actor. Nakaab is directed by Soumik Sen.