iono.... personally, i guess i rationalized it by sayin that it was simply the relationship between 2 brothers and the evil one "happened" 2 b darker than the righteous one... i mean, the script itself was written by a brit and the movie was directed by another one... so im not sure that they would necessarily have some sort of cultural bias that would have them instinctively tap into the indian color complex.... although i do see that there was an indian as co-director.... wonder how much of a role she played in the casting of the actors....