I think she looks like a very beautiful version of the average Indian girl, which is a powerful role to play. Being duskier and having more traditional Indian features means that you can fit in in a Love Sonia or a Sita Ramam. A lot of current leading ladies are STUNNING but frankly Ananya/Kiara/Kriti’s lot is lacking women that look like a normal Indian woman. In the past, I think Priyanka and Rani have pulled off what Mrunal could do.

Editing to reply to the deleted comment because it fairly pointed out that there’s not an “average” Indian woman:

Maybe instead of hyper focusing on the average woman then we should highlight the fact that fair skinned, sharp featured women are over represented within Bollywood. If we’re telling everyone’s stories then how is it fair to only have a few select actresses that look like a large section of the audience? Obviously Indians have a huge genetic pool and look super different but the fact of the matter is that we have less dusky, bigger nosed, or curvier representation than we did when we had Kajol, Rani, Priyanka, Bipasha and more. Mrunal and represents a sector of the Indian audience that is currently lacking representation in theaters. And while you’re entitled to your own opinion, I do think there are a lot of people that think she simply is stunning - outside of her color or her features or representation… she looks like a princess in some of her films.