Sources from Bollywood have stated that the decision to include Shillong based musician Andrea Tariang among the lead cast in the film “Pink” was a deliberate one, has said filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, who wanted to make a statement against the discrimination faced by people from Northeast India in other parts of the country.
Meanwhile Shoojit, who has co-produced the film with Ronnie Lahiri, has said that "Ronnie is from Shillong. I grew up in Delhi for most of my life and have a lot of friends from northeast India and I knew how men or women from Northeast are looked upon”.
He has added that when they wanted to do the film about three working women, Ronnie and he has made suggestions to the director that without a northeastern character the cast would not be complete and they have felt that's a big statement they had to make, for sure, and “Pink” was the best platform they have got.
Shoojit has said Andrea has played one of three young women who face assault charges after being molested by a group of men in the Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury has directed Pink. Kirti Kulhari also co-stars, where Andrea is a musician from Shillong and she has done a brilliant job.
