Two trans-genders to play lead roles in Tamil films
News
-Staff
By By: Settu Shankar
For
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
Tamil
Films,
two
Aravanis
(transgender)
are
going
to
play
lead
roles
in
forthcoming
films
Thenavattu
and
Paal.
While
Karpaka
features
as
the
central
character
in
Paal,
Revathi
will
be
seen
in
a
vital
character
in
Thenavattu.
There
is
no
need
to
say
both
are
transgender.
Directed
by
Shiva
Kumar,
Paal
is
the
film,
which
deals
with
the
problem
of
transgender
in
which
Kadhal
Kandhas
plays
the
male
lead
role.
According
to
Shiva
Kumar,
the
project
is
the
result
of
meticulous
study
in
Mumbai
amidst
the
community
for
over
two
months
in
the
company
of
Vidya,
the
author
of
the
book,
Living
Smile,
who
underwent
a
sex
change
operation
in
real
life." The
film
shows
the
realistic
side
of
the
transgender
activist
Vidya,
who
is
assisting
him
in
the
film.
Thenavattu
is
the
other
film
directed
by
VV
Kathir
in
which
Jeeva
–
Poonam
Bajwa
plays
the
lead
pair
role.
Apart
from
the
lead
pair,
transgender
Revathi
plays
in
a
role
strong
enough
to
change
the
world's
perception
of
a
transsexual.
Recently,
another
celluloid
narration
of
a
transgender,
Achchupizhai,
directed
by
Vignesh,
was
shown
at
a
Transgender
Film
Festival
in
Madurai.