Dhanush’s Kara director Vignesh Raja gets backlash for justifying brownfacing Mamitha Baiju

“Personally, honest-to-God, I am not focused on that thing (marketability) because for me, content is important. When it comes to performance, I am absolutely certain that I will only hire an actor who does justice to my character. For this character, we auditioned close to 20-25 girls. But what Mamitha did in the audition, no one else came close,” he said. Vignesh then claimed that when he hires actors, he ‘reintroduces them to themselves’ by changing their look, behaviour and clothes.“So, this decision was purely taken on merit, and it was a creative decision. I know there’s a lot of conversation around it. My thing is, I’m going to tell Dhanush a story. Someone else does it better. What if he’s a Telugu director? Will he be asked, don’t we have directors in Tamil? So, I find it like a non-issue. It’s okay for you to point out if I’m typecasting or being sexist…it’s not that we have put a tan and all of that. If I’m thinking I have to be politically correct, then it’s gonna feel very off,” he added.                                                                                                Internet slams Vignesh Raja, calls it ‘racism’