Gulki Joshi reveals facing rejections due to skin colour, producers thought she wanted 'naukrani ka role'

Sharing how she was often rejected due to her skin colour, actor Gulki Joshi has spoken about the time when she was told that she didn't ‘look the part’ but was finalised for her talent.

Actor Gulki Joshi, who is seen as a cop on the TV show Madame Sir, has revealed that she has been rejected because of her skin colour in the past. In an interview, she also claimed that she was asked if she had come for auditions of “naukrani ka role (a house help's role)”.

Gulki Joshi shares that she has been rejected for her skin colour. 

Talking to a leading daily, Gulki Joshi said that she faced the usual kind of struggle which involved being rejected in numerous auditions and having to make ends meet with limited finances. She added that her additional struggle was due to her skin colour at a time when TV shows “would look for gori-chitti (fair) lead heroines”. She said that she finally got through because she has the talent. “There have been times when I have been told, ‘You don’t match so much look wise, but you are a good performer so we will cast you’. I don’t know if it was a compliment or an insult but it has happened,” the actor said.

Gulki made her acting debut with an episodic role in Crime Patrol in 2011. Soon, she bagged the role of Sugni in Phir Subha Hogi. She has worked in many shows including Nadaan Parindey Ghar Aaja, Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and Laal Ishq, among others.