Anu Aggarwal has discussed how she handled a circumstance in which she was the target of "fair makeup," recalled having "walked out of a modelling assignment" in 1998 in a recent interview. The former actor added that the "white skin complex" began in India after the British arrived.
Anu talked on loving and believing in oneself. She claimed that she never "explained things to people." She admitted that there were a lot of characteristics about her that were "not regarded acceptable."
In an interview, Anu said, "You see the women in warrior avatar from states like Rajasthan, lot of them were dusky. Colourism was never an issue. The white skin complex came with the British. It is 250 years old. It never became an issue for more. I was like if you like me you take me or let it be. In 1988, I walked out of a modelling assignment as they began using fair makeup on my face. I walked out with my handbag."
She also added, "I stood up for who I am. I never blamed anyone. End of the day you need to have self-belief which is the path to self love. I have walked out of thing. It did not give me a complex nor did I explain things to people. There were so many things that were not considered acceptable about me."
In 1988, Anu made an appearance in the Doordarshan series Isi Bahane. She made her Bollywood debut in 1990 with the popular film Aashiqui. Rahul Roy and Deepak Tijori were also featured. At the box office, the movie was a smashing success. Aashiqui 2 was its 2013 sequel, starring Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor.
She participated in many movies, including Ghazab Tamasha (1992), Thiruda Thiruda and Khal-Naaikaa are some of her famous films. King Uncle (1993), Janam Kundli (1995), and Return of Jewel Thief (1996) are also popular movies.
Anu recently revealed in an interview how people swarmed and pounded on her car in Mumbai's Marine Drive in 1991. The was following the release of Aashiqui.
She had said, "They started banging my car, my windows shouting, 'Anu, Anu'. There was no driver, I was driving the car. I was thinking, 'They will break my car, pull me out.' I'm a fearless child, first time in my life I experienced fear. Thousands of people beating my car, screaming ‘Anu'. Unka haath mere pe pad jaata toh pata nahi kya hota mera (Had they got hold of me, what would have happened to me). That kind of madness."
