‘Taali’ First Look: Sushmita Sen Gears Up To Play Transgender Activist Gauri Sawant. But Why Isn’t A Transgender Actor Playing This Role?
Transgender people don’t have it easy. Life has always thrown challenges at them and as a society, we haven’t been helpful at all. This is exactly why more awareness can be raised about the transgender community and their struggles and what better way than using art and cinema to do it? Recently, Sushmita Sen took to Instagram to announce her upcoming web series titled Taali. The actress can be seen in the avatar of the transgender activities Gauri Sawant in the picture. The series is being directed by Marathi filmmaker Ravi Jadhav and produced by Kartk D Nishandar, Arjun Singgh Baran and Afeefa Nadiadwala Sayed under the banner of Viacom 18, GSEAMS and Triple Ace Entertainment. This series will premiere on the OTT platform Voot Select but more details are yet to be revealed.
Sharing the first look from the web series, Sushmita Sen expressed her joy in the caption. Sushmita shared that nothing makes her more proud and grateful than having the privilege of portraying the transgender activist, Gauri Sawant in their biographical web series. Calling the activist a “beautiful person”, the actress shared her happiness for having the opportunity to bring her story to the world. ” Here’s to life & to everyone’s right to live it with dignity!!! I love you guys!!! #duggadugga,” the caption further read.
Check out this picture of Sushmita Sen as Gauri Sawant in Taali.
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Reports suggest that this biographical series will be a six-episode series and the shooting is expected to be wrapped by November 2022. Taali will follow the journey of the transgender activist as well as her struggles to become India’s first transgender mother and will focus on her relationship with her daughter. For the unversed, Gauri Sawant is also the founder of the Sakhi Char Chowgi Trust established in 2000. Her NGO provides aid to transgender people as well as people who have HIV/AIDS along with promoting safe sex.
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While we’re glad that the makers of this biographical series are bringing us a story of a transgender activist who started a revolution and fought for her rights, we’re also disappointed that they didn’t even think of casting an actual transgender actor for this role. I mean, TBH, we wouldn’t ask a man to play a woman’s role or vice versa, would we? So, why ask a woman to play the role of a transgender? There’s no doubt that Sushmita Sen is a fabulous actor but how can a woman understand a transgender person more than an actual transgender person? Has Bollywood ever wondered that a transgender actor may actually bring much more to the table?
