Bollywood wants trans stories but not trans actors
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In recent years, with increasing queer acceptance, we have seen more sensitive portrayals of transgender people in films and TV shows. But in Sacred Games, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, Gangubai Kathiawadi and the upcoming web series Taali, it is cis people playing these trans roles.
In this episode of Pride and Prejudice, reporter Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to actors Nandini Sabban and Rudrani Chhetri. Nandini plays one of the characters on Taali where Sushmita Sen stars as Gauri Sawant. Rudrani Chhetri played a trans character in Vikas Khanna’s film The Last Colour.
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1. Bollywood wants trans stories but not trans actors (00:00:00)
2. Nandini’s childhood dream of acting (00:00:17)
3. Acting in Taali with Sushmita Sen (00:01:42)
4. Trans stories in Bollywood (00:03:48)
5. Rudrani’s success in The Last Colour (00:05:21)
6. But no new opportunity (00:06:55)
7. Trans actors need to pass as cis (00:08:53)
8. Struggles on set (00:09:29)
9. How Rudrani changed Neena Gupta’s mind (00:13:16)
10. If Nandini played Razia in Gangubai (00:17:35)
11. Gauri Sawant backs Sushmita Sen for Taali (00:18:00)
12. Hypocrisy of trans exclusion (00:20:23)
13. Rudrani’s hopes for future (00:21:47)
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