Bollywood
actress
and
former
Miss
Universe
Sushmita
Sen
shared
a
photo
of
herself
from
her
upcoming
web
series
Taali.
Sen
will
be
seen
essaying
the
role
of
India's
first
transgender
rights
activist,
Gauri
Sawant,
who
is
the
trustee
of
the
Sai
Savli
Foundation
Trust.
Sawant
has
been
at
the
forefront
of
defending
her
community's
rights
and
has
worked
tirelessly
to
assist
HIV/AIDS
patients.
Sushmita
Sen
ने
Transgender
look
में
किया
Fans
को
हैरान,
Gauri
Shinde
किरदार
का
First
Look
viral!
Sushmita
Sen
on
Thursday
(October
6)
dropped
a
first
look
from
her
upcoming
biopic.
She
is
dressed
in
a
green
saree
that
features
a
red
blouse,
a
big
red
bindi,
and
an
old-fashioned
wrist
watch.
She
captioned
the
post
as,
"Taali
-
Bajaungi
nahi,
bajwaungi.
First
look
as
Shreegauri
Sawant.
Nothing
makes
me
prouder
and
more
grateful
than
to
have
the
privilege
of
portraying
this
beautiful
person
and
of
bringing
her
story
to
the
world.
Here's
to
life
and
to
everyone's
right
to
live
it
with
dignity!
I
love
you
guys!"
Further,
the
actress
shared
an
update
regarding
the
web
series
filming
with
hashtags
like
-
"currently
filming,"
"Taali,"
"Shreegauri
Sawant"
and
"biopic."
About
Gauri
Sawant
Born
in
Pune,
Gauri
Sawant
is
India's
first
transgender
rights
activist
and
the
goodwill
ambassador
of
the
Election
Commission
in
Maharashtra.
Gaauri
was
born
as
Ganesh,
but
as
she
grew
up,
she
started
feeling
more
like
a
woman
and
gradually
decided
to
accept
her
true
self.
Eventually,
Ganesh
was
changed
to
Gauri
Sawant.
She
left
her
home
at
the
age
of
15
as
she
didn't
want
to
disappoint
her
family.
She
has
also
featured
in
a
2017
Vicks
ad
that
trails
the
story
of
her
and
her
adopted
daughter.
Gauri
was
the
first
trans
person
to
file
a
petition
in
the
Supreme
Court
in
2014
demanding
adoption
rights
for
transgender
people.
For
those
uninformed,
she
was
the
petitioner
in
the
National
Legal
Services
Authority
(NALSA)
case,
in
which
the
Supreme
Court
declared
transgender
people
to
be
the
third
gender.
She
adopted
a
girl
named
Gayatri
in
2008
after
her
mother's
death,
who
battled
AIDS.
Speaking
in
an
interview,
Sawant
revealed
that
she
adopted
Gayatri
after
her
biological
mother,
who
was
a
sex-worker,
died
of
AIDS.