“Why Are Vijay Raaz, Vaani Kapoor Or Kubbra Sait Playing Trans?”

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Gangubai Kathiawadi starring Alia Bhatt within the lead goes international with its premiere on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition. Nonetheless, casting Vijay Raaz within the transgender function has brought on fairly a stir within the nation. Now Miss Transqueen India Navya Singh talks about it.

An extended-standing debate had engulfed Bollywood about casting actors for sure roles. Netizens have been asking why wasn’t a trans lady thought-about for the function of transwoman function as a substitute of Vaani Kapoor in Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, or Kubbra Sait in Sacred Video games.

Now ever for the reason that Gangubai Kathiawadi trailer was launched, a lot social media customers have been asking the identical query of why not solid a transwoman for Vijay Raaz’s function within the movie. Miss Transqueen India, Navya Singh now raises the identical query and slammed the filmmakers for categorically ignoring the trans neighborhood in movies.

Throughout a dialog with ETimes, Singh stated, “Why are Vijay Raaz, Vaani Kapoor or Kubbra Sait taking part in trans? Does Bollywood not settle for us as actors? The place is Ekta Kapoor? The place is Rashmi Sharma of ‘Shakti’, the place is Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the place is Karan Johar with regards to equal alternatives for us? If you do not need to just accept us for trans roles, settle for us for roles of girls. It’s excessive time we rewrite typical guidelines and settle for us as a part of society. We want our dignity. We’ve earned it. I problem Bollywood… give us the possibility and we are going to show we’re greater than equal to any organic lady. In any case, what we really feel inside is a matter of coronary heart.”

Beforehand, Alia Bhatt spoke about Vijay Raaz being solid for the transgender function ‘Raziabai’ in Gangubai Kathiawadi throughout a dialog with Deadline. She stated, “I’ve heard this dialog numerous occasions for various movies. Whereas I do perceive the place they’re coming from, I really feel prefer it’s as much as the director and their imaginative and prescient. It’s not there to offend anybody, perhaps the director discovered it fascinating to have an actor like Vijay Raaz, who identifies as male, play a trans character. The viewers has by no means seen him that approach, you see the actor and the power to remodel inside that individual. I believe that’s a greater perspective, however I do perceive the place individuals are coming from.”

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