Award winning short film | What Is Your Brown Number? | Studio Eeksaurus
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- "What is your Brown Number?" is Vinnie Ann Bose's graduation film from National Institute of Design, India. The film was produced by Studio Eeksaurus, Mumbai, in 2015 as part of our incubation initiative where young animation film aspirants are mentored and supported to initiate and inspire them to continue with their film making career. The film took 9-10 months to produce.
The film is a humorous depiction of the Indian obsession with fair skin and their prejudices regarding skin colour.
Credits :
Film by : Vinnie Ann Bose
Creative Director : Suresh Eriyat
Executive Producer : Nilima Eriyat
Guide : Dhiman Sengupta
Music Director : Rajat Dholakia
Music Arrangement : Jolly Jose
Sound : John Chittilapilly, Pulz Studio
Voice Over : Sonia Nair, Soman Nair, Saattvic, Ram Menon, Adithya Antony Mathew, Alpesh Singh Jadeja
Post Production Coordinator : Jivan Gaikwad
Special Thanks : Cyrus Sasoori, Famous studio
Thanks :
Rajib Mandal, Sunita Kathiwada, Paul Mathew, Tintu K Philip, Bargav Sridhar, Alpesh Jadeja, Shreeya Dixit, Studio Eeksaurus team, Anoop Sathyan, Anend C Chandran, Mihir Lele, Neha Lele, Mathew Antony , Divya Mary Cyriac, Family and Friends, NID community.
Awards :
DigiCon 6 Asia2016, Tokyo, Japan
10th Tehran International Film Festival , Iran
World Houston Festival, USA
IDPA, India
Chitrakatha,2017, India
World Fest 2017, US
Drunken Film Festival,United Kingdom
Interfilm International Shortfilm Festival, Germany
Deoul International Extreme , South Korea
Indie Anifest, Korea Republic
SENE Film Festival, USA
Muse Creative Awards, USA
6TH Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, India
Flying Elephants Competition
Official Selections :
2019 California Women's Film Festival, California
International Kid's Film Festival, India
Ojai Film Festival, California
Buddha International Film Festival,India
Tokyo Anime Awards Festival, Japan
Krok Film Festival, Ukraine
57th Zlin Film Festival, Prague
Bogota Short Film Festival Festival De Cortos De Bogota
Construction Film Festival, India
World Houstan Festival, Houstan USA
Animayo 2017, Prague
Great Lakes International Film , Eerie, USA
Chitrakatha 2017, India
24th International Adana Film Festival , Adana Turkey
Ile Courts International Short Film Festival , Mauritius
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2017
Seoul Indie Film Festival, Italy
Anifest India 17, India
New Orleans Film Festival, USA
AniFilm, International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic
Word Fest, USA
Animakom Fest 2017
Cortoons Festival GandiA, Spain,
Drunken Film Festival, United Kingdom
Animafest Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
Edinburgh Short Film Festival, United Kingdom
New Delhi Short Film Festival, India
In Palace Festival, Bulgaria
19th Digicon Asia Awards 2016
5th Mumbai International Film Festival 2017, India
Be there Fest- Corfu Animatiopn Festival 2017, Greece
Cartoons on the Bay, Venice
SENE film Festival, Unitred states
Muse Creative Awards, USA
6th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, India
Speechless Film Festival- Minnesota, US
Flying Elephants Competition, India
FICCI BAF Festival, India
Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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my landlord's daughter had just given birth to a baby girl.. the baby had dark complexion..omg the entire family was soo worried.. they were discussing methods to make the baby's complexion less darker instead of playing with her.
what a society do we live in
Are they people humans?😔
😶🙄😳😑
😖
My baby is jst 28 days old...m also facing d same prblm bcz she has a dark complexion..
People seriously need to know difference between 'Skincare' and 'Complexion obsession' as well!
True that!
Complexion?
@@irrelevance3859 skin colour
@@lostallmybread1379 I know what it means but they wrote ‘complex obsession’ instead of what I assumed was ‘complexion’.
@@sayanghosh6777 ?? What
As an African, I’m proud to say I’m a number 100
Beautiful
As you should.
❤️❤️
Beautiful! ❣️
I’m a number 48
The white man coming in and saying “Namaste” killed me!🤣🤣🤣
As every tourist say when they are there! XD I laughted about what a chill actittude has the dude
Kale hain toh kya hua dil wale hai 😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@kalpnaswalani4369 i read your name as salwani 😂 at first and got ny village vibes
Did no one noticed when aunty was reading newspaper one man's description as quote " 40 year old well settled INNOCENT DIVORCEE seeking young beautiful FAIR GIRL who wants to STAY AT HOME and TAKE CARE OF FAMILY. Do not apply if brown number is over 30, or if AGE is over 24."
I was just speechless.
This is fact I was doing my PhD in Germany when an Indian PhD student entered d lab with my colleague, d Indian guy asked my age and said she is 25 yrs and not married she is expired for marriage. When I heard I was like what a hypocrite. This is d guy who would think he is very cool and from India’s metropolitan and doing PhD in Germany. This is the mindset sick but it prevail see in movies a guy even 60 wants woman at max 35 yrs as if woman disappear post 40 yrs. like actors romanticize females as young as their grand daughters actors b 60 yrs actress b 20-18 yrs or so. It’s sickening that people take it as normal.
@@penacle7 whenever i see such bullshit i just say it in my mind "FUCK THEM" and then move on. Its not in ours hands to change everyone's sick mindset, this is mostly because they are taught so by THE " society" for their childhood and to change it within few minutes or hours is not possible so always go with "FUCK YOU ".
@@sleepifiy2096 but then again we are the society. Atleast a part of it. I agree we can't change everyone. But we can atleast try talk sense into people we're close to. Every little thing counts right?
@@smk77097 ofc we can. But it shouldn't cost you your peace. Do it till it doesn't affect you mind's peacefulness.
Yeah, they absolutely nailed it.
I want this to be premiere on television..instead of those Fair and Lovely Ad..seriously it just disgust me that we brown people are indulging to get fair skin..no matter what just love your skin colour..Remember..Krishna Ji was also "Brown" in skin colour..so no need to be ashamed of your skin colour..!❤
Actually Black Not Blue
Haw Fair and Lovely is innocent my guy. After all, they're now Glow and Lovely right? So now they're the good guys! (Srsly wtf is wrong with us Indians tho why can't we accept ourselves for who we are? Why do we let companies like fair and lovely feed on our insecurities?)
Isn't Krishna blue?
@Khushboo Kohli oh... I didn't know that... I watch Roll No.21 so I said that 😁
@Khushboo Kohli wait no... I read it in my books... He's born blue...
My cousin is getting married and we are having such a hard time finding a makeup artist who wont paint her white but do good indian bridial makeup. I swear they all have them have big gallon of one shade of foundation.
It is frustrating
You should find a good foundation that matches her skin tone on your own, then ask the makeup ppl to do the makeup with that foundation. This is the tactic we used in my second cousins wedding lol 😂
@@ohgodnoitsmariam3218 lol I'll tell her to do that.
So true 💔
But your words were so funny😂😂😂😂😂😂
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My two cousin sisters who are biological sisters and one of them is dark ( aisha) and another sister is kinds light( Disha) . And aisha is older than disha and every marriage proposal for aisha gets rejected because they like disha more and disha is just 19 and Aisha is 27. I mean they are ready to marry their sons with girls almost 10-13 younger than him just for skin color. And finally aisha's wedding happened with a good, decent boy but the makeup artist had to nag us a lot. " Oh disha and aisha both of you are sisters! " " its aisha's wedding, I thought its disha's wedding " " aisha you should have tried our facials, you would have looked whiter just like disha " " it is easy to do Disha's makeup than yours". I mean dude stfu, it is their skin and it is their decision about what they want to do with it.
Meanwhile, here in America, people want to be more tan. It doesn't matter what you have, you always want something different
And women in Eastern Asia get double eyelid surgery to get bigger looking eyes.
@Cole Lowe White people may want more tan, but society as a whole isn’t all that fond of people of color.
Black people in America are treated better when they have lighter skin. Looking tan or "exotic" is only really prized for people who already had light skin in the US.
Yeah people get this tan thing confused. If your skintone is a "number 2" and you tan it to a "number 5" does that really mean you want darker skin? People with darker skin tones get discriminated against in western countries all the time.
Yes, like Erin says.
People usually wants to be tan but NOT THAT TAN.
They want to "have some color", not necessarily to look dark.
I've seen some British women getting very dark tho, but i've also read many people criticizing them, so i guess it's not that well seen to be very tanned either.
This is some world class stuff.. right from story telling to voice acting to sound... Everything is just brilliant
Yes, everything is just brilliant
@@malathi5224 ppp
There is nothing called world class. It is all about passion and creative until everybody knows it. We don't to compare ourselves with anybody else
Hello sir my name is john smith i need ur credit card information ur computer has virus
@@anonymousguy8885 hahaah😂
This should be televised all over india..... this can make an impact 😌👏
Good idea
This should be televised all over the world. Very eye opening!
Also America. Colorism is bad here too.
And Africa. And all of Asia. And North America....
Absolutely
It's so funny how the Eastern side wants to be white and the western side wants to be tan which is practically being browner, THE IRONY
Nah, people in the West want to be tan when they are "number 1", but they look down on people with that natural skin tone
@@aasthasingh8996 heh, depends on the person. Many look down on 1s more than on 10s. And many have never seen a person out of town of a different skin color so hard to compare and form stereotypes when you have never meet such a person.
Also skin color weights less in people’s views of attractiveness. Since it’s less normal for someone to get an orange tan or bleach their skin, it’s looked down upon as weird
@@yucol5661 I mean- the "1"s are albinos, so they are looked down upon for being different. I should have said 10.
And the tan thing, it's still pretty popular.. especially among pageant contestants. Not an "orange" tan, but you get it.
Humanity is horribly flawed
@@ruthier9033 I mean, humanity is so bad it actually got good at killing itself, look at past wars and how far we advanced weapons just to kill our own species and genocide beliefs and colors. It’s pathetic. The issue is color always means something to people, when you see different colors, you get different feelings, it’s why artists use specific color schemes, the same thing happens with people, and it’s not really a issue until people start to label specific colors with bad traits, we’re different but it’s not really just because of that, it’s a lot of culture and how you grow up too. I just can’t wrap my head around people think “ oh this person looks like this so that’s all they are, I’m not even going to try to talk to them they just have to be this because I heard this, “ like mate what, that’s not how people work-
I remember when my teacher rejected me for dance in school because of my dark skin that day I cried a lot everyone need to understand that every skin color is beautiful
Oh fuck..
May the teacher rot in hell.
my middle school teacher would always pick students with light skin to act in plays and stuff
I hate them😣,
people don't talk about behaviour they just look your colour. 😕
BTS ARMYY 💜💜💜💜
@@kidzeevirus8660 💜💜
Let me admit it.. I was also color obsessed few years ago.. As i grew i realised the importance of values, morals, behavior.. Matters more than colour.. I used to use too much face creams, face washes,, white tone creams .. But now i am free.. Whatever i am.. And i am proud of brown.
Edit:I takes care of my skin,, but not those toxic face creams anymore ,, mostly aloevera products,, believe it or not but my skin much good now
But caring your skin is Little bit important! If you like it do that but if u don't just be the way u r ❤️
Don't give up on face wash tho, those are for your skin health not skin color.
Amazing ❤️ Congratulations on your new found freedom you beautiful beautiful human!
@@ruksanahaneef563 There's a difference between skincare and skin color obsession. The latter is inherently toxic, while simply doing skincare isn't.
The fact that in my country we are mostly white people , lightly tan some of us , and we have an obsession with getting tanner and darker because "it looks better, if you are too light you look sick or like a ghost" , but thats the fucking gene and the climate of my country is pretty cold ,less sun exposure and there is no way you can naturally tan without having to stay 2 weeks in the sunt at the forbidden hours . Also the "why dont you stay more in the sun so you can tan" while i am blonde and white af so of coure my body doesnt have enough pigment to show up
Today I met my old classmate after so long time....And .....She said to me you are darker than before ....
This is like a taunt.....But then I realize if I become more dark so what .....This is only my skin colour
I'm sure with darker complexion you look even more beautiful sister!
You should have said, ‘Oh, thank you. And you are uglier than before!’ Well done to you for being confident enough to know skin colour is not important.
Yes! I admire that u are finally accepting yourself for who u are!
Obsession of white culture
Or it could be just an observation. Your insecurity makes you feel like its a taunt.
I was the only girl with a darker complexion in my family all of my cousis were super fair. In my childhood always called me ugly and even said i won't get a groom because i was dark. My mom was so worried about it and she made me try everything to make my skin color fair but nothing worked. But now i really love my skin colour
Besides the prejudice against darker skin, there is also the notion that a girl has to marry to prove her worth. That’s messed up.
@Vali Ya exactly
I hope that your mom feels ashamed of herself.
What others think should NEVER matter more than what is the best for your own child!
0:42 the kid is like: WTH? I was just born 🥺💜
I literally got a Glow(Fair) and Lovely advertisement at the end of this video😂😭
The irony
Me too lolll
Damn Fuckin hate them
I got Ponds white some shit like
I live in USA and saw Fair and Lovely at Wal-Mart 😲😲😲 it's over here too
India, Pakistan, so many asian countries need to understand that beauty is not limited to appearances. Dark skin isn’t “dirty” and no one should be ashamed of their skin. This is a custom that NEEDS to go.
Recently, a brand renamed itself from “fair and lovely” to “glow and lovely” and this made me really happy, even if it was just to avoid criticism. We need to slowly work our way up to complete non-discrimination.
But the brand still do the same work ,making your skin colour lighter
@@shaadigor4717 yep
Still Its Fraud 😡
@@shaadigor4717 I think now most people are using it as highlights, to make it looking like it’s “glowing”
Biggest example WILL SMITH and MICHAEL B JORDAN...
Most famous BARACK OBAMA.
Im a white person from France and when i visited india, a lot of people treated me like i was a superstar, asking for selfies and photos with me. It felt kind of weird but I didnt mind it, but I do hope that people in india will be less fixated on skin colour in the future so everyone is happier :) 🇨🇵❤🇮🇳
Oh no, no way we can't be less fixated on skin. . . All the hard work from 300 year old British rule will go waste if India's population realizes what really matters. Please don't give us hope, instead send some brand new, cutting-edge-tech skin whitening solutions, that way we can all live a happier future as No.5s
Once everyone reaches No.5, world will be perfect! And that is our fundamental goal !
Just like how the King of music Michael Jackson did it!
;)
@@DPac9 - wtf
@@DPac9 Lmao 😂
@@kottonkandy0962 yea wtf
@@kottonkandy0962 Did your parents teach such foul language? that's sad. Perhaps it could be education system which is at fault? Because I sense that you're a good hearted person with pristine of intentions. :)
literally none of this is an exaggeration TT
💔wow
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Everybody says that colour doesn't matter but chose fair complexion when it comes to choose their partner
Well thats a personal choice SO we can't do much about this
@@sonekapanchi6457 this personal choice does not exist independently of what we are taught by society; the constant obsession with lighter skin and the degradation of darker skin has a big impact on how we learn what is beautiful and what is not
One of the guys I had a crush on had around brown number 5, the other one had around 75. When some people say colour doesn't matter, they really do mean that. Stop assuming things.
@@GiGitteru exactly..... my brain seriously can't comprehend the obsession with certain complexion and people keep saying shit like this which i find offensive as if there's no way I'm not a colorist.... like what even 😑
I am into darker men!! It's just my preference nothing else
"brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls, best thing in the world" -Beyoncé
Love your skin fer real but leave the poor clams out of it
@@wolfafterdark lmao I love this comment
Aren’t pearls light lol
Mary W USA but they’re shiny and not easy to get that’s why she added it
Meanwhile Bollywood:
"O tujhe dekhke goria Beyonce Sharma jaigi"
China's makeup lines as well is crazy! I've seen those can of "whitening products" they spray on their whole body which turn their skin into the Whites color, even my sister wants to have whiter skin like mine but I really like her morena skin, it looks so beautiful in the sun but she's so insecure'bout it.☹️
As a south asian myself, my skin had always been a big factor of everything, although I didn't face extreme discrimination for my tan skin, my friends and family who were darker than me, were always told to shower, stop drinking tea, and use whitening cream, sometimes, even my mother would tell me I'm dark and unattractive, although she never used face lightening cream on me, my dad (who is much darker) always tried to prove he wasn't dark and had eurocentric features, but mostly women are shamed for being dark and looking like a jinn (a demon), people can't even get married for being dark, and being light skinned meant angelic, being medium skinned means nothing, & being dark is satanic, dirty, and bad.
yes, as a medium skinned person, i was significanlty darker bc i played sports when i was little, and was forced to use bleaching creams... one day at the beach my sister was crying and wanted me to scrub her tan off with a loofa..its really sad. My little cousins are darker and i compliment them everytime i see them its truly so terrible how darker people are treated it has to change!
Jinns come in all colors. It's funny, because in Africa most people think Jinns are pale.
This is so sad
My dad is very fair and my mom has a deeper complexion ... When I was born the first question one of my uncle asked my dad was "If the baby is as dark as her mom" just minutes after I came into the world, not about my health or if everything is alright but color 🤦 . Then they found out I wasn't as "dark" and got a sigh of relief.
WTF uncle u so unlucky
It is the same with my parents, and yes, the exact same happened to me. I consequently turned out to be even fairer than my dad who is very fair when compared to my mum. People always compare me with my mum saying how unfortunate it is for her to have a daughter who looks nothing like her. They give nasty remarks on her skin colour when I am with her.....I feel sick to my stomach. My father was never by my side throughout most of my childhood, and it is my mother who raised me into a decent human being. Because of people like them, now I don't even feel like going on a walk with my mum.
@@ipsharoy7398 Don't let these people distance you from spending time or going out with her ... Haters will say what they have to say ...
My mom is VERY beautiful according to conventional features that are considered beautiful but her skin color has been the drawback in compliments almost always... People say "She's so beautiful *despite* being dark" and I just say now "thank god all that melanin is going to keep her young and beautiful as she ages, when we instead are going to be wrinkle balls (indicated at the "fair" person who's saying this)"
It's also unfortunate what the situation with your dad turned out to be, I'm sure she cares more about your relationship with her rather than what comment an irrelevant shallow person makes.
@@sqoishicasette thank you so much for the kind words. My mother works tirelessly to secure my future, and I just want to spend as much time with her as possible. Really, you may not realise it, but simple reassurance from random strangers helps a lot.
i relate. i'm half indian and half white. i was born with a very pale complexion which made the indian side of my family happy?? they'd rather i be born fair than healthy, how wonderful.
Omg this is so relatable.. I m a dark brown girl from Bangladesh.. Nd I never felt confident in my life. never got a proposal from a boy though I have a good taste of music nd literature.. .. everyone wants a fair skin toned girl here no matter she is so stupid or dumb... If u are born fair, u will be treated as a queen, nd if u are dark, u resembles like a maid..
That’s a shame. Just know that culture can change! I’m American and the funny thing is dark skin is seen as attractive and if you’re too pale then people laugh at you (not in a mean way). Girls who are pale tan themselves all the time so they can become an “ideal” shade. All skin colors are beautiful... there’s a reason God made us all look so different. The only thing that changes is our mindset.
@@gigahorse1475 Well said bro!☺
Yeah..in my society too...fair skinned girls got proposals from very rich guy...(.but that doesn't matter for me even I am dusky girl too 😌)I don't want that kind of family who prefers skin color more that manner and intelligent...
What should We have to do is ... improve ourselves be educated and do the rings that changes the world..and also I have to tell that in my life I always sticks and convince my parents ,siblings, friends and colleagues about the consequences of these complex because I know how it hurts ...so always try to make them understand that dark color is not bad ots just a color all that matters is how the way We are❤️
Well I can't propose you, but just know you are a beautiful person for having your priorities and personality right. That's what matters. And yeah i am brown. :)
I'm not from India but from a South American country. My mother is from Europe and very white and my dad has a darker complexion (most of my family are darker than me) sometimes I feel like my grandmother only likes me is because of my pale complexion- and it's honestly so sad
Yes that has happened in my family too
Same here. My family is really mixed so we’re a huge shade of browns and beiges, and even though we’re not explicitly told by some members it’s hinted that we should all “better the race”, it’s mostly the elderly who slyly suggest it so at least it’s kinda getting better 🤷🏽♀️
@@AnimeGroupie93 yes its so sad
@@AnimeGroupie93 a “mejorar la raza “? Wakala. Eso es común en Latinoamerica, desafortunadamente.
If you are fair, you're treated like gem and here people don't want to be friends because we're dark
The poor kid, even starts crying at the end. 80 is a beautiful number!
This is such a smart representation of an issue in our society, we don't bother about... Beautifully explained...
What a concept 👏👏👏
Why isn't this video on trending ?? This explains that people are least bothered about this issue, keep it up, awesome content!
Sharing this to all the aunties, you know why....
Can we please stop generalising the women of a certain age ?
She's not generalizing the age but the typical indian aunty behaviour
@@time8745 and what what else will we call some women 20 years older than us ? it's aunty
@@shwetabandewar9382 yes but is it necessary to associate negative qualities with them just because they are older women ? You literally said it " typical Indian aunty "
You are sooo brave for a woman with brown number 90!
I’m from Brasil and this is a problem here too, of course they deal with in a different way. Here in the south people are whiter. Well I wasn’t born white, I’m mixed and oh boy I was bullied at school for that. I had to hear comments about my skin being darker daily even though in my family I have lighter skin.
When I was teenager I started to hate my skin tone, I use to wash my skin in the shower until it bleed. Now we talk about racism more and internet is bringing so much information that I understand the problem is not my skin. Awareness is crucial
I can totally relate to that number 80 kid! 🥺
But your photo looks like around number 35
@@Aniket_dope It is Ariana grande !
@@uxphoria oh 😅
@@uxphoria
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There is one solution to this... Rise in class hierarchy. I know it sounds just like this skin hierarchy bullshit, but trust me skin colour matters less and less once you climb higher in class either through money, education or social influence. I was born and brought up in small village in Maharashtra and went on to complete education in top colleges of Mumbai and Pune. Skin colour was a big let down when I was a kid, but as I grew older and acquired other qualities, life became easier. Though it only really changed when I started my life in cities and got surrounded with people from influential background. I observed that skin colour mattered less in the circles of elites. Girls with very dark skin colour were confident and got partners they liked quite easily. No one ever mentioned my skin colour to me which was surprising. After pandemic when I got back to my native place I realized how big of an issue skin colour is. At least for boys it can be negated by earning money and influence, but middle class girls really have hard time going out with their natural skin colour. That's why I said, don't change your colour, change the people around you. Poor and middle class is so depraved, they frantically reach out for any preveledge they can acquire, and skin colour is one of very few that is accessible to them, the other being male gender and high caste.
TH-cam forced me into watching this. I scrolled past it for so many times but it kept recommending. I was destined to watch it
Same 😅😅😅
SAMEE so glad i watched it
OMYGOSSSGHH SAMEEE
Same!!
I am Bangladeshi, and my mother has pretty light skin, my dad kind of dark skin and me and my brother are in the middle. My mother always asks me, “Do I look Bangladeshi?”, and it annoys me a lot, considering she asks this a lot. Or she says, “You know, a lot of people think I’m Hispanic or Middle Eastern.”. This kind of made me self conscious. It made me think things like “Am I not beautiful because my skin isn’t the lightest?”. But I soon came to the realization that no, all skin colors are beautiful, and at first I was mad at my mother. But over time, I realized that she is just saying what was drilled into her and many others when she was a child, and that’s just the sad truth.
I remember I was curious about why lighter skin was deemed better, so I researched it a bit.
For one, people who had to work as farmers, common people, had to stay out in the sun a lot so their skin would darken. But rich people who had indoor jobs and access to beauty products had light skin, and because of their money, they seen as better.
Another reason is when the British went to India, they drilled that they were better, and white people in India were seen as beautiful and rich, so Indian people, and other Asian countries wanted to be like these light exotic people.
And honestly, I hope with time, Asian countries can learn to accept all tones of skin.
Edit: Just to clear up some confusion, when I said “my mother has pretty light skin” I didn’t mean pretty as in beautiful. I meant pretty as in mostly or somewhat. I hope that helps!
@@keshavdobhal8414 it may be a preference, but it is an individual preference. It’s not universal or the same for everybody.
OMFGGGG MY MOM DID THE SAME STILL DOES SHE TELLS HOW PEOPLE USED TO SAY IF SHE WAS FROM PAKISTAN SINCE SHE WAS FAIR , istg its so annoying like just stfu but she's my mom so i cant do anything
@@lenoramariamsaju5846 right?
In South Asia the more Indo-Aryan gene you have the more fair skin tone on your body .
You said your mom has "𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆" light skin? I wonder why you felt the need to specifically mention the word 'pretty' in front of light skin but not with your dad's dark skin or your and your brother's skin. I think you still have some unresolved skin tone bias deep within you
Every color is beautiful, brown is beautiful ☺️
I wish India didn’t discriminate different shades of color.
Me too.
Its hard to live here.
No one in their right mind should migrate to India.
Its a shit hole.
@@HHHHHH-kj1dg aww , im sorry for that , hope things gett better soon 💚💫🍃
not just india tho but
@@doyi3 totally
We indians do understand but stop generalizing Asians the problem of discrimination based on race is problem that every country shares..and not just Asians.
More over the reason why this started was because the Europeans who came to India and discriminated them on the base of their colour..and white people were considered superior
It is praiseworthy to express, even such a serious thing, jokingly.
Yes. It is called sarcasm
Yeah
I visited a hospital, a little girl was admitted there. She had a severe disease and was in trouble...someone saw her condition and said how beautiful she is, how god can make her in trouble...I got speechless hearing such kind of statement.
but that guy said that she was beautiful...whats wrong in that?
wait do you mean that he said that she was beautiful...so she shouldnt hv been ill or something?
@@yakinyamaddi yeah
@@yakinyamaddi it's basically saying diseases, pain or whatever is only for "ugly" people and implying that God is punishing her
@@Rini_S damn that's deep
PSA: Many, many, many people with dark skin are drop-dead gorgeous. But companies can make money by convincing everyone that they need lighter skin, and money matters more to them than people being treated well by others or feeling confident about themselves. I have often wished to be as good-looking as someone much darker than me (I'm white so that's a lot of people). Don't let businesses convince you that skin color is what makes you attractive!!
As someone with a slightly dark skin and many insecurities because of it, this made me a little happy
This is so true & sad at the same time. No matter how much we say. But India's obsession with white skin is ridiculously strong. The pregnant women are asked to eat coconut cause it's white. Milk instead of tea. As tea is believed to make skin dark. It's more of white benefits than health benefits. A fair girl is considered much more beautiful. No matter how her facial features are. But a dusky or dark girl is ugly no matter how beautiful her features. And the ones to contribute to this mentality are our celebs who not only endorse whitening products. But also get skin lightening done just after they enter the glamour, Bollywood or Tv industry.
Tea is responsible for making you darker, coz it's overdose cause anaemia, and dusky people look more darker because of weakness.
@@pcube_3105 Fear of becoming darker should not be a reason to stop drinking tea.
@@pcube_3105 a external substance cannot change your whole genetic make-up right,
@@pcube_3105 ???... I'm naturally light skin (Chinese) and drink tea and coffee very often and I never got any darker, you sure that tea makes you darker? 😂
Have you gone to south Korea once? 🤣
This film is very worthy of winning an Oscar.
I don't think so looking at it's animation which is incomparable to American or Japanese animations. Even Pakistani animation has improved and we're still lagging behind them which is a shame for us. Hope our animation industry evolves and start making Anime instead of these cartoons with so bad childlike animation...
@@Portagas.D.Ace75 lol u clearly missed the message
@@Portagas.D.Ace75 It's not about the animation, it's about the genuinity of the message. And actually, the animation is quite good.
@@Portagas.D.Ace75 it's from the prestigious NID
@@Portagas.D.Ace75 im pretty sure there are different styles of animations other than the typical animation. This style suits this video and the message it gives
The thing with advertising companies is they’re there to SELL PRODUCT. So, if everybody decided one day that skin color didn’t matter, the ad companies would just switch to something different to scare you and part you with your money 🤨
As a Caribbean I like being a number 80.😍
I really am just obsessed with a clear skin more than the skin tone..
which is understandable.... who doesn't want clear skin😅
Bc ur light.
@@user-qo7vq6yx8q no lol.... people aren't not colorist just because they happen to be white
@@user-qo7vq6yx8q People aren't colorist for caring about skincare lmao what??? You don't have to be white to care about skin. There's a difference between skincare and skin color obsession.
Yes! Healthy skin is what we should all want!
I'm from Indonesia. We're basically have the same complexion problem but these days things are getting better as local makeup brands start making products for deeper skin tone and they're using darker skinned talents on TV ads! As someone brown these things help me a lot, both with my self acceptance and getting the right product for my skin. Hope other Asian countries will accept that being brown is ok!
i am indonesian too and ive literally never seen a dark skinned person on tv ads... its crazy because most of us are dark skinned
@@azkia08 really? I've seen few tho, most of them look like from Eastern Indonesian ethnicity, one that I remember is from a cologne ad. And also there's this one skin aesthetic clinic (maybe Natasha?) that used dark skinned model on billboard ad. Pretty cool move from an aesthetic clinic imo.
In India Bollywood never showcased dark coloured people as lead role or hero but now with OTT , Netflix and webseries people with normal skin tone too are regularly casted solely on their performance and show real actors.
In South India most of the actress are fair skinned though very few actress are actually south Indians and have North Indian non-native speakers as actors simply because of skin colour.
My mom has a very light complexion whereas my dad is very dark. We find this standard of beauty so stupid that were always making fun of it. My mom always tells me to cake care of my skin but not of my complexion since she loved my dad not caring what he looked like
Arey meri jaan India, this is the beauty of it. So many people so diverse equally beautiful from every corner. The differences are only in our minds. Love this video.
Can we just talk about how adorable the baby is tho
he is a rectangle wearing a piece of fabric
@@lucaslima-il6nx 😭
@@lucaslima-il6nx with a FACE
❤️
I was told to use talcum powder to look ‘rich’ in my childhood. I never used it because I was allergic to it. Now they ask me how my skin is so beautiful naturally💁🏻♀️
Just stop using products on your skin to impress people. Do whatever is healthy for you.
Beautiful 💕💕💕... One of the best 💕💕
What a lovely video ! The amount of toxicity we face right from our childhood years on this colour issue is illogical and unwanted!Don't just normalise colour but let's celebrate people of colour! Thank you for this stereotype challenging video ! Way to go !
🌈 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 🦠 achhe insan.
മനുഷ്യരിലുള്ള വർണ്ണവിവേചനത്തെ തുറന്നു കാണിക്കുന്ന ഒരു നല്ല സന്ദേശം നൽകുന്ന ഒന്നാണിത്. ഇതിന്റെ പിന്നിൽ പ്രവർത്തിച്ച എല്ലാവർക്കും അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങൾ.🧔
yo macha
👏Yes
Sheriyaa
Somebody translate please...
@@BINAYKUMAR-bs6ev A short film that conveys a good message that exposes the color difference exists in humans. Congratulations to everyone who worked behind this.
This is what the comment means.
whenever I see videos regarding India's obsession with fair skin, my mood gets spoiled but watching this video just made me feel pity for those ppl who put skin colour above everything 😂😂
Very creative video indeed.🤩
I'm slightly fairer than everyone in our family and I happen to be a boy and I've heard from every relative that I should have born as a girl because I'm fair. This literally feels sad sometimes. My younger brother
Turned out be darker, than my mother and my mom constantly tells him to use creams and wash his face and use different home remedies. The effed up part is, my brother tells me that he will only marry a fair bride and when I told my mother I'll marry someone darker than my brother, she really got angry and scolded me and threatened me to remove from my family. She doesn't realize how dark she is and willing to judge others. I'll admit that deep down at that age liked the moment when I got complimented for my skin color but now I just feel awful when they compare themselves to me. I admit I had been racist to some ppl in past but now I've understood the deep stigma and I hope everyone understands the message.
It is so sad how prevalent this is :( The part with the tourist where everyone was like "Wowww so white!" felt especially sad for me too. Agh!!!! Really excellent film!!
Subtitles : “congratulations , it’s a void”
Me : Aren’t we all
HOLY SHIT PLLSS😭😭
Omg, I’m crying. The generation before was so colourist and it still is in movies and all in India. I hope the future gen is more educated to not give a shit about skin colour
As an African, I freaking HOLLERED at _Africa - 100!!!!_ 😂😂I love this
Ahahha aren't you proud of your no.100 💯💯
Fair and lovely’s been real quiet ever since this came out-
It feels that this obsession is so deeply in our roots, even we dont know. I dont know what was the last time natural beauty was considered beautiful. I have so much to say, but I will iust say thank you. Probably in a thousand years we Indians would be able to overcome this obsession and will see shades as shades without judgement.
This is both sad and inspiring. Sad because it's still soo much relevant and reflects the mindset of many. And inspiring because we are seeing a change and animation is gaining popularity in India.
When I was 13 I was so colour obsessed too and was insecure about myself, but now as I grew I got to understand the importance of myself and colour doesn't matter.
me too! im 14 right now and absolutely love my and other people's skin tone!
please also note that not all indian people think like this and many are very accepting! (i’m not indian myself but i just wanted to say it for the people who need to hear it ☺️)
Yep, thank you for saying this. The one who usually think like this are the old generations, the newer generation are slightly smarter now though
But majority of them are definitely colorists though. The newer generation is definitely improving but the older generation is the main problem.
@@user-bear27 ofcourse they were closer to the colonial era , many of them were directly affected by British colonialism , obviously they worship light skin more than younger generation .
@@time8745 also, the internet influence also makes a big difference.
It's sad that racism still exist, people still differentiate between dark and fair skin, being fair is privillaged and being dark is inferior, after all we all are humans, in the end it's not the colour which defies us, its the love, care and compasion that we have shown to others which upbrings us a good person. The video is good and inspirational...😊.
in this case, this is colorism
Technically, this is colorism. Colorism and racism are rooted together but they aren't the same.
Omg....why this is so underrated?
Yeah!
I just noticed how on the scene where the kids are in school, the girl all the way on the left seems like she has a crush on the boy who’s 70. I love this scene because it shows the double edge. Initially it’s just rejection because of being too dark, but if you think about it, it also shows how the girl who’s 20 in brown number is the one getting asked out because she’s so fair
India is so touchy on this that you can't even share it on whatsApp... Ppl will get offended on too many things
Wowowow just wow this is incredible 😍 the way you captured the sad truth about how we think of ourselves in a way that is not only comical but enjoyable to watch to the very end! God bless you all, remember you are perfect no matter what you number is! You are perfect just how you are! ❤️🌺🕊️✝️
Initially I didn't care about my skin color at all but as I grew up I started thinking "am I not beautiful if my skin color is brown" I literally started wearing makeup to look brighter But I was not at all comfortable with wearing it... I was not me when I am wearing it...and eventually I stopped doing all that stuff... I love myself for who I am, not what people want me to be..💜💜💜 #love_yourself
And yet you stan people based on their face..
@@ucd389 I am not here to explain it to people like you...why I Stan them...so just don't reply under my comment...
I was wondering before watching, but... I can see why this is Award-winning even for being 4 and half minutes.
Not only is it well-made and consistent BUT, very important to a constant issue we actually have. And 4 minutes could be life changing for anyone at any time
Thank you very much.. ❤💕
This is a pure masterpiece. It's deserves so much more appreciation. This needs to be seen. truly THE BEST thing i saw
As a western person with light skin: People are tanning themselves here and they are using bronzers because it is said that you see less blemishes/redness or acne on darker complexions and that it makes your face look slimmer. It is also believed that a tan will make your wrinkles less obvious. You will see more redness and acne on lighter skin. It is also believed that a tan will make you look healthy and like someone who is spending time outside (not sitting inside in front of a screen).
Yeah but then also that's wrong. We need to accept ourself..
Yeah but I should still be getting more sunlight than I do...
My stupid nightshift schedule doesn't allow for that... 😑
I watched it atleast 10 times. Such a good animation.
Wow !! This truly deserve a standing ovation. Concept ,story line and execution. Perfect !!
This is seriously so underrated I love this so muchhhhhh it’s a masterpiece
@Jordan Conery no but what if it was huh
@@hi-yo2hi are you from the african continent? Does the same problem exist in your country too?
Seriously....this brown number creates so many insecurities among people of dark shades.
I am a dusky girl and throughout my whole childhood and teenage I felt ugly just because of this.
People and media keep reminding you of your brown number consistently and this creates so much complex in small kids or teenagers' mind.
Everyone is beautiful and everyone is talented...can't we keep it as simple as that.
So in short you have a weak mindset 🤷 and your skin color lets it manifest itself and now you have something to blame for your own shortcomings.....okay cool .
That's how victim mindset works
@@SumitYadav-ik2df I am very confident in my own skin now but children and teenagers dont have a strong mind...they are vulnerable and if society is accussing them of something they cant even control what would they do?..Nobody is super confident from the beginning these things matters
@@kathatarang8418 And is not this very same short movie criticise and mock some people as well?
That is very hypocritical of you.
@@johnlove2954 I never said anything about this movie I just said this brown no creates insecurities in young people and children and this is very true
@@kathatarang8418 You said that all people are beautiful and talented. That is the message of the movie, and it undermines people who are actually beautiful and talented.
It's just an insecurity but never comes true expect Bollywood.
Dark complexion people are successful, rich, whatever we want to say. Our ISRO Head Scientist has dark complexion, political leaders have dark complexion, corporate executives, artists, mystics, billionaires, south stars ⭐, top class software engineers.It has more to do with our day to day social life and conversations which are influenced by media. If we are more influenced by our history and civilization then it's a matter of pride. Lord Krishna is iconic in this case, Lord Rama is legendary, Rather we neglet those gods with arrogance and ego (indra & brahma). If we are confident then the whole world will bow down.
Mexican here but omg could relate. I see my aunt always worried if she or her son even get tough by the sun. Thank you for the video.
Mind blowing art . What a thinking . Simply awesome
I saw this at a film festival and it has had such a lasting impression on me! I looked for it everywhere! Now this gem is finally here for all to see. It is amazing!
Such an accurate portrayal of our society 👍
The animation, character design, storyline is absolutely amazing. It should definitely be voted to win an award. People win baftas for animation stories that are half as good as this.
After so may days, I have seen such a nice short film with beautiful message
Just whoever got the idea to make it and whoever put the amazing efforts ...Hats off ♥️
Now this is something that we don't see everyday, Splendid job guys.
This is so eye-opening! As someone who knows very little about the Indian culture, I had no idea this was something that occurs. Thank you for sharing.
This was soo good. It was genuinely impressive.
I am so sad about the issue you've brought up but also sooo fascinated and in love with your work
3:11 had me dead 😂😂😭😭 "amma" to "ammmaaaa"
wow, i just loved how u depicted the reality, and said that the beauty market actually is the real reason of so much insecurity regarding looks and fair skin, I wish to see it changing in near future
I know this is about India wanting to be a different color but this also shows about racism and both are very important and I want the world to stop doing those things, people sometimes kill there selves because of there skin color & not only is that hurting themselves but also other people like there family & friends, sometimes they go out to kill them selves too and all because of the way they look. Whoever is reading this, you are beautiful! You could be any kind of race and you are still beautiful! Black, white, Hispanic, etc. Any kind of race you are that is the main reason why you are beautiful just the way you are! God made a beautiful creation & that creation is you! So just be you and live with your beautiful beautiful race and beautiful beautiful skin!
Story time:
one time at school one mixed kid called me the famous n word and spat in my face!
I asked why he was being *racist* and he simply said “mixed people can’t be racist”
I was crying because all the other students even the one with the exact same race bullied me for the whole year
Also this was on the first day of 3rd grade, the teacher just stay seated in her chair, drinking her coffee and did nothing! Worse of all my parents got me kicked of school, and it was the racist Principal who thought of that so really my Principal got me kicked out of school and told it to my parents FACE! A depressing & angry start for me. 😔 😤
What To say, mesmerised by this piece of art... Hats off you guyzz for telling this issue in such a unique and creative way.Always Amaze us😊
I swear I love dusky/ dark / charcoal skin. Like its so unique and beautiful ❤🖤
I wish they had explained about the horrors of Imperial Colonism.
Super coming back to watch this.
Aabhi tk hm short story omeleto me dekhte the lekin ye gjb ki short story made in India 🇮🇳 dekh kr mja aa gya. Full relate kr pa rhe the. Bht axcha work kiya h 👍👍👍👍👍
Omg 🥺
This is absolutely beautiful and very well made
I love the creativity used to denote such an important social issue and the comedic aspect really hooked me. Very impressive🤍
So relatable🥺
Bitter truth🥺
Thank u🥰
Godbless💟
My sister is also fair skin obsessed. She does anything to make her skin fair even if she is not much dark. She says only fair skin is good looking. It sucks when she says that.
same...she says she looked so pretty when she was little because she was very light..but she is darker now because she played sports and tanned..