The Family Man 2 makers Raj and DK react to Samantha Akkineni’s brownface criticism

Many people have been criticising Samantha Akkineni's brownface make-up in The Family Man 2. Now, the show’s directors Raj and DK have commented on the controversy.

While Samantha Akkineni has been receiving compliments for her performance in The Family Man 2, her brownface in the show has been causing outrage on Twitter. For her role as Raji AKA Rajyalakshmi Sekaran, a member of a Tamil Rebel army, the actress’s skin was darkened several shades. Now, the show’s makers Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK have commented on their decision to brown up Samantha’s face. Raj and DK stressed that it was just about the character Samantha was playing. In an Interview with Film Companion, Raj said, “This whole thing comes in the context of beauty, when you're trying to say dark skin is not beautiful and fair skin is beautiful... This is not that context, number one. There is no context of skin beauty in this. We are all shades of brown. Now, the idea is that if each one is a shade of brown, so it's not about getting a different race to play this character. It's not a race thing either. These are the two contexts where it should be looked down upon, and that's where the main problem is. And we are well aware of it; it's not like we are irresponsible filmmakers, to propagate something of that kind.”