Sonam Bajwa Reveals She Was Bullied For Her Skin Colour: As A Punjabi, I Was Not Fair Enough

Punjabi actress Sonam Bajwa is currently promoting her upcoming film ‘Godday Godday Chaa’, which is helmed by (Harjeeta) Vijay Kumar Arora and stars Tania, Gurjazz and Gitaz Bindrakhia.

During one of the interviews, Sonam revealed that did feel sidelined in the Punjabi film industry but it did not affect her much. She mentioned that she was even bullied as a child for her skin colour by her relatives, at an age when she didn’t understand the reason behind it.

Sonam told Siddharth Kannan in an interview, "When I was growing up as a kid, I was bullied for my skin colour because as a Punjabi, I was not gori chitti (fair) enough. A few of my relatives never even invited me to their house ever. I have never seen their houses while growing up. But when I did well in my career, they called me to their house all the time; but unfortunately, I lost connection and respect. So this is life everyone respects successful people in industry or society.”

She added she makes sure to avoid becoming the similar kind of person. “So, yes. people have sidelined me, and that too at an age, where you don't understand why they were doing this. In the industry, when I was shunned and big and successful celebs were given importance. It did not affect me much, to be honest, as I had seen much worse. I have also experienced that the makers would remove me from a film and not even let me know. So I have been through such times, but it doesn't affect me much.”

Sonam even starred with ‘Bigg Boss 13’ contestant Shehnaaz Gill in ‘Honsla Rakh’ alongside Diljit Dosanjh. Questioned if she ever felt any competition while working with Shehnaaz, Sonam denied it by saying that she actually had a lot of fun as working with a talented co-actor only encourages her to perform well.

‘Godday Godday Chaa’ is slated for a theatrical release on May 26 and is written by Jagdeep Sidhu.