Rubina
Dilaik
At
a
time
when
'saas
bahu',
love
triangles
and
bigamy
stories
dominate
the
small
screen,
television's
'chhoti
bahu'
picked
up
the
unconventional
route
and
chose
to
play
a
transgender
in
Colors'
popular
TV
show Shakti
-
Astitva
Ke
Ehsaas
Ki. Her
performance
as
Soumya
earned
rave
reviews
from
every
nook
and
corner.
Kubbra
Sait
Considered
to
be
a
turning
point
in
her
career,
actress
Kubbra
Sait
wooed
the
audience
with
her
performance
as
Cuckoo
in
the
popular
Netflix
show
Sacred
Games.
Akshay
Kumar
Bollywood's
khiladi
Akshay
Kumar
ditched
his
macho
image
to
play
a
transgender
who
is
a
revengeful
spirit
in
Kanchana's
Hindi
remake
titled
Laxmii.
Vijay
Raaz
Even
in
his
limited
screen
space,
Vijay
Raaz
shone
bright
as
Gangubai's
nemesis
and
trans
madam
Raziabai
in
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
Gangubai
Kathiawadi.
His
confrontation
scene
with
Alia
Bhatt
packs
a
punch.
Sharad
Kelkar
In
a
horror-comedy
which
was
a
burj
khalifa-sized
disappointment
(Laxmii),
Sharad
Kelkar
turned
out
to
be
the
'soul'
of
the
film.
A
few
felt
that
he
even
overshadowed
Akshay
with
his
impressive
performance.
Sadashiv
Amrapurkar
Late
actor Sadashiv
Amrapurkar
sent
shivers
down
our
spine
with
his
volatile
rage
as
the
main
antagonist
Maharani
in
Sanjay
Dutt-Pooja
Bhatt's
1991
film
Sadak.
Considered
to
be
one
of
the
best
transgender
portrayals
in
Bollywood,
this
cult
character
even
earned
him
a
Filmfare
award.
Paresh
Rawal
There's
more
to
actor
Paresh
Rawal
than
his
knack
for
comedy!
The
veteran
artist
was
quite
a
revelation
with
his
sensitive
portrayal
of
Tikku
in
Mahesh
Bhatt's
acclaimed
film
Tamanna.
Ashutosh
Rana
The
seasoned
actor
made
for
a
terrifying
villain
in
Akshay
Kumar-Preity
Zinta's
Sangharsh.
(Trivia:
Ashutosh
Rana
posed
as
a
woman
on
the
phone
and
convinced
director
Tanuja
Chandra
to
cast
him
in
the
film).
Vaani
Kapoor
Vaani
Kapoor
took
everyone
by
surprise
with
her
stellar
performance
as
Maanvi,
a
trans
woman
who
battles
stigma
and
belief
after
her
boyfriend
discovers
a
shocking
truth
about
her
in
Abhishek
Kapoor's
Chandigarh
Kare
Aashiqui.