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"Nandita Das has said that she will never lighten her skin colour for a film role. The Neerparavai star has launched a campaign called &amp;quot;Stay Unfair, Stay Beautiful&amp;quot; to highlight discrimination. She told the Mumbai Mirror: &amp;quot;Whenever I have to play a middle class or upper middle class woman, I am told, &amp;#039;I know you don&amp;#039;t like being white or fair but can you make your skin a little lighter? The rural, lower class women are dark but now that you are playing an educated professional...&amp;#039; Do all educated people have to be fair-complexioned? &amp;quot;If you want me for a role and want me to change my skin tone, then sorry, wrong casting! I know of darker women who eventually became 20 shades lighter. I understand the pressure. I don&amp;#039;t blame them.&amp;quot; In October, Das made her directorial debut in theatre with a play about gender inequality in India. The 43-year-old has previously said that she has no desire to work in commercial Bollywood cinema. Watch the official trailer for her movie Midnight&amp;#039;s Children below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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