Bollywood’s Shehnshah, Amitabh Bachchan, is set to play a transgender person in his next movie.<\/p>\n
Word is the superstar is in talks to essay the role of a transgender person in the Kanchana<\/strong><\/em> remake. If Amitabh Bachchan is roped in for the role he will play a transgender person out to seek revenge.<\/p>\n Amitabh Bachchan has a knack for playing challenging and unique roles like in Paa. His recent performance in Badla<\/em><\/strong> was notable as well.<\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Mehwish Hayat Gives Befitting Reply to Amitabh Bachan For Refusing to Play a Pakistani<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the first time any mainstream Bollywood actor is taking on the role of a transgender person. Normally trans-people are used as props or villains in Bollywood movies.<\/p>\n Indian actor-director Raghava Lawrence is set to direct Laaxmi Bomb<\/strong><\/em>, a remake of his own directorial, Kanchana<\/strong><\/em> aka Muni 2<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Laaxmi Bomb <\/strong><\/em>cast includes Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani. The Indian Express reports that Lawrence has already begun shooting with these two actors in a resort in Mumbai.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bw3J8bHgD6A\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Akshay Kumar Upcoming Movies That You Can Watch<\/a><\/p>\n Film-maker Raghava Lawrence is known for his Kanchana franchise.<\/p>\n Lawrence is currently working on Kanchana 4<\/strong> <\/em>aka Muni 5<\/strong><\/em>. This will be the fifth installment in his Kachana franchise.<\/p>\n He is also working on a 3D thriller film about snakes titled Kaala Bhairava<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Bollywood has always used trans-people as villains or comical props in movies. To add to that, its’ mostly cis-gendered men that essay these roles onscreen.<\/p>\n Common examples are Ashutosh Rana’s characterization of Lajja Shankar Pandey in the movie Sangharsh<\/em><\/strong> (1999). Lajja Shankar Pandey was a transwoman, and a Kali worshipper (Bollywood\u2019s idea of \u2018devil worship\u2019). She abducted little children, sacrificed and cannibalized them at said Satan-adjacent Kali\u2019s altar.<\/p>\n In Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak <\/em><\/strong>(1991) Sadashiv Amrapurkar played Maharani was a transwoman that would extort and traffic women.<\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Nadia Jamil Is Making Her Return in Child Trafficking Drama ‘Damsaa’<\/a><\/p>\n And the list of trans-villains goes on till Murder 2<\/em><\/strong> (2011).<\/p>\n On the other hand, Raghava Lawrence’s Kanchana franchise has been portraying trans-people in a positive light. That’s why his 2011 film Kanchana<\/em><\/strong> won three Vijay awards.<\/p>\n The interesting fact is that the Kanchana franchise is from the Tamil film industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bollywood’s Shehnshah, Amitabh Bachchan, is set to play a transgender person in his next movie. 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\nBollywood and Trans-people<\/h3>\n
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