We have ensured that she is viewed in a different way than what we are generally used to seeing in the community that one is trying to speak to or represent. “I just had to be responsible in getting it right. Her prep involved speaking to trans girls, understanding their life, their transition, watching documentaries and taking points from interviews with trans people. Initially, the 33-year-old actor felt the pressure of playing a trans woman right. It is not preachy and caters to all kinds of audience - both the progressive and the regressive.” He created the right balance, which was hard to crack. Abhishek never tried to victimise her, or made the narrative too dramatic. Vaani said the movie’s biggest strength is its crowd-pleasing appeal - delivering a message without being “preachy”. I hope we reach a stage tomorrow where a trans girl can play a cis girl’s part and blur the lines of identities… and aren’t only restricted to playing trans in a film.” I hope tomorrow they are welcomed by the audience, there are more stories with different narratives on trans people. So for a cis girl to play the role would make the majority of the audience think that this is the depiction of a trans girl like, that it is not a man in a saree. “We only have a visual reference of a man dressing up to look like a trans girl. Vaani said the film should be viewed as an earnest attempt in starting an important conversation, hoping that someday actors from the community are able to play all kinds of characters and not just the ones limited to their identities.
While the film, which opened in cinema halls last week, was met with a positive response, there was a section that felt a trans character, ideally, should have been played by a trans person. Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui hit theaters on Dec 10 Directed by Abhishek Kapoor, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui is a romantic drama Ayushmann Khurrana plays a body builder from Chandigarh, whereas, Vaani. The journey - from shock, disgust to embracing and educating - is what Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui captures. The romantic drama flips the boy-meet-girl trope, when Maanvi’s lover, played by actor Ayushmann Khurrana, comes to the realisation that she is a trans woman.
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