Esha
Gupta,
a
former
pageant
winner
and
model,
made
her
debut
in
Bollywood
with
Emraan
Hashmi-starrer
Jannat
2
in
2012
and
went
on
to
star
in
films
like
Raaz
3D,
Humshakals,
Rustom,
Commando
2,
Total
Dhamaal
amongst
others.
In
a
recent
interview
with
an
entertainment
portal,
Esha
opened
up
about
facing
colourism
during
her
early
days
in
the
industry.
She
recalled
how
some
actors
with
whom
she
never
even
worked
with,
would
advise
her
to
appear
fairer
with
the
help
of
makeup.
Esha
told
Bollywood
Hungama,
"I
remember,
initially,
when
I
came,
there
were
some
actors
who
I've
not
even
worked
with...
But
they
met
me
and
said,
'Tu
apna
makeup
thoda
kaala
karti
hai,
gora
kiya
kar
(Your
makeup
is
very
dark,
you
should
make
it
fairer)',
and
I
was
like,
'Dude,
what?'"
The
actress
also
revealed
that
back
then,
makeup
artists
would
deliberately
try
to
mask
her
dark
complexion.
She
also
said
that
she
was
typecast
as
the
sexy
one
because
of
her
complexion.
"There
were
also
makeup
artists
who'd
try
to
make
me
fair
always,
and
then
they
had
to
paint
my
whole
body,
because
my
body
doesn't
match
my
face.
So
suddenly
I'm
looking
like
a
clown.
I've
done
two
multi-starrers,
and
they
told
me,
'You're
the
sexy
one',
because
black,
the
skin
tone
that
I
have,
which
is
considered
black
in
our
country,
that
can
only
be
sexy
or
negative,
and
fair
skin
has
to
be
the
girl
next
door
and
sharif
(honest),"
Esha
told
the
entertainment
portal.
The
actress
further
said
that
she
wishes
that
this
changes
soon.
Workwise,
Esha
will
next
be
seen
in
Soumik
Sen's
thriller
web
series
Naqab
co-starring
Mallika
Sherawat
and
Gautam
Rhode.