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Kalki Koechlin Says Kids In School Assumed She Had 'Drugs' Because She Was A White Girl

The actor recently spoke about growing up as a white girl' in India and her initial years in the Hindi film industry.

New Delhi: Kalki Koechlin will soon be seen in the second installment of 'Made in Heaven'. The actor recently spoke about growing up as a ‘white girl’ in India and her initial years in the Hindi film industry. Born to French parents in Pondicherry, Kalki later spent a lot of time in Ooty as well. In an interview on The Male Feminist, the 'Dev D' actor shared how she faced a lot of discrimination in her growing up years. Many children even assumed that she had 'drugs' on her as she is a white girl.

“I saw it (patriarchy) very young because I was asked for drugs. Because I was the only white girl in my group (so it was about) loose morals, white girls phenomenon. They watch Baywatch and think everyone is like that. The minute I would answer back in Tamil, they would be like Akka, sister. Suddenly their perspective of you changes just because you speak in their language,” Kalki said in the interview.

"There was film I did an audition for and I really liked and they called me back and said that you just need to meet the producer. So, I met the producer in his office with the blinds down and he said, ‘So, you know this is going to be your big opportunity. You are going to make it with this and I would really like to know you better. Can we go for dinner?’ I got the drift of it and said that, ‘Listen, its not for me. I am not into that’,” she said.

Kalki is known for films such as 'Dev D', 'Margarita With A Straw' and 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'.

Kalki also opened up about facing criticism for her looks in the same interview.  "And then you get comments like, don’t smile too much, your teeth are too big, you get comments on your body and you get stuff like that said to you and so you become ultra conscious. I remember this make up artist….I was 24 at that time and he said, ‘I can’t do the eye liner on your eyes because there are too many wrinkles’.” 

 

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