Tukir Khan stuttered is one of the most loved television actresses in the industry. She has a huge fan following which she earned after her participation in Imlieu opposite Gashmeer Mahajani and Fahman Khan. This was her debut show as the lead actress in the TV show. Sumbul is only 19 and has really come a long way since Imli. She participated in Bigg Boss 16 last year and her fan following only increased after that. She recently made news for buying her own home in Mumbai. Sumbul Touqeer Khan has already made headlines for facing rejections because of her dark skin tone.
Sumbul Touqeer Khan remembers how she faced rejection because of her dark skin tone
Sumbul Touqeer Khan is famous for playing a village beauty Imlie in the popular TV show Imlie. Sumbul quit the show last year leaving his fans disheartened. She then participated in Bigg Boss 16. Sumbul has also acted in films. The young actress has already opened up about how she faced rejection in her childhood because of her skin tone and it’s going viral on Entertainment News. Yes, you read that right.
Initially, Sumbul was not interested in acting and looked forward to being a dancer. But later she changed her mind. The actress recalled how she initially faced tough times during auditions as they only wanted fair child artists back then. Sumbul called it humiliating and insulting. Sumbul never appreciated such differentiation and discrimination. She adds: “For me, the color of the face doesn’t matter. It would reflect badly on him, and I had come to believe that if you were dark-skinned, you couldn’t be a leading lady.’
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What changed the perception of Sumbul Touqeer Khan
Sumbul Touqeer Khan shares that she has nothing against light-skinned heroines, but she has come to believe that one cannot be a lead with dark skin because there are only fair-skinned heroines. The stereotypical belief of Sumbul was shattered when she bagged the lead role in Imlie. Even when she was signed up for Imlie, things didn’t change for a while. She reveals that people have been calling and asking why a dark-skinned girl was cast in the lead role. However, their perceptions changed when they watched the first episode. TRP was 2.2, the actress boasted a bit about ruling hearts while on the show. Sumbul Touqeer Khan also revealed that people who criticized her have praised her work after Imlie. Sumbul also revealed that she herself turned down the casting call for Imlie, thinking she couldn’t play the lead role. However, she was asked to send in an audition tape. Sumbul states that she gave the worst audition in her opinion. But she was called back for the shoot after two weeks. After that, Sumbul began to feel confident in herself.
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