"Jyothika is a Traitor to South Indian Cinema" "South Indian Cinema is a Traitor to South Indian Women"

Once Jyothika started to work in Bollywood, she said these about the South Indian industry:

Agreed. Her statements are untrue.

From Snegithiye to 36 Vayathinile, Jo had a solid run down South.

But when I see South Indian cinema lovers calling Jo a traitor...

I can't help calling South Indian cinema industry a traitor to common, dark skinned South Indian women.

Let's be honest. Jo wasn't accepted in South cinema because her acting skills were off the charts.

She was accepted because:

No doubt, Jo's acting skills improved vastly.

But her entry into South Indian cinema wasn't based on acting skills.

It was based on South Indian men's fair skin fetish.

The dumbfounding logic:

Then, we call an actress we brought from North a traitor.

After the actress returns to her place of origination...

And makes undue remarks about her former workplace.

The entire time, we ignore and reject dark skinned, common looking South Indian actresses.

We rebuke Jo - without thinking about our own faults.

I say that we are as guilty and reprehensible as Jo.

Quite frankly, we deserve Jo's judgement.

Because, we are not an inclusive society.

And our lack of inclusion is most punctuated in the South film industry.

If we didn't rely on North Indian/English female white skin to sell our movies...

Jo wouldn't have the tongue to falsely accuse the South Industry.

She has the audacity to say such things because she knows we worship white skin.

She has no fear of being humbled - because we dislike our own brown skin.

Conclusion:

Create a balance.

India has a diverse skin tone palette.

Represent all of the diversity in celluloid.

That way, people like Jyothika would know that they are here because of talent, not white skin.

And they'd think twice before making underhanded comments due to our own hypocrisy and self-hate.

Kannammaa Writes