Here’s what Ayushmann says on Nawazuddin Siddiqui racism row

Recently, the very talented actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui opened up on facing racism by targeting a casting director in his tweet. His tweet read, “Thank U 4 making me realise dat I cannot b paired along wid d fair & handsome bcz I m dark & not good looking, but I never focus on that.” [sic] Post this tweet, many reactions started pouring in which was quite expected.

Now, at the trailer launch of ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’, actor Ayushmann Khurrana was asked his take on the tweet by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Here’s what he said, “Nawaz is getting lead roles yaar. Earlier there used to be a divide between parallel and commercial cinema. But now it’s all driven by talent. I don’t think so. Meri mummy ne aisa kabhi nahi bola ki dhoop mein khelne mat jao ki kale ho jaoge.” Filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari who has co-written the movie also stated that he has never faced any such incident. (Also Read: PICS: Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Bidita Bag launch the trailer of ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’)

Well, we didn’t quite get what Ayushmann meant by saying that Nawazuddin has been bagging lead roles, but the whole issue was about his skin tone being the reason behind casting dark-skinned people in the supporting role for ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’.

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