Colour of protest

Actress and filmmaker Nandita Das has time and again voiced her opinion over the societal imbalances in our country. She has boldly revoked the idea of colour biases and is known for making an effort to change this system.

Her 2013 campaign, Dark Is Beautiful, also gained a lot of momentum as it brought forward the issue of colour discrimination that men and women face in society. She has always insisted on celebrating the beauty in all skin colour and recently, she shot a two-minute anthem surrounding the same topic.

Titled as India’s Got Colour, the song features Ali Fazal, Radhika Apte, Konkona Sen Sharma, Gul Panag, Divya Dutta, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Tillotama Shome, Sayani Gupta and Suchitra Pillai, among others.

Reportedly, the actress is collaborating with director Mahesh Mathai for this anthem.

“The idea is to celebrate different skin colours of the 1.3 billion people in the country. The 2013 campaign was a massive hit and also revealed that the Dark Is Beautiful campaign inspired young women to fight discrimination in society and we hope that this anthem does the same,” says Nandita.