Transgender actor Bonita Rajpurohit, who is set to debut with Dibakar Banerjee's "Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2"ꦓ, says she is proud to be one of the leads in the upcoming film which she hopes makes young women like her feel seen.
The film, a sequel to Banerjee's 2010 film "Love Sex Aur Dhokha", will be released on April 19.
In the follow-up, which will explore the you💙th in the digital era, Rajpurohit will play Kullu.
The trans community has made great strides from being almost invisible on screen to fronting a Bollywood film. According to the makers, Rajpurohit is the first transgender woman to lead a Hindi film.
“(It's) quite a moment for me because I never thought🍸 I would be in such a position. It makes me feel really proud. The whole trans community has come🍸 a really long way.
“There was a time when trans people were not as much visible in mainstream media. But now, I see some changes and when I am part of that change, I feel honoured. I hope this sets an example to so many girls like me, who 🔯are young, who live in rural areas, and that they feel happy,” Rajpurohit ▨told PTI in an Interview here.
She said she wants to bring about "real change" in areas w🅷here the internet is yet to make inroads.
“How much you have an impact in the places where even the internet is not acceptable... For me, that is real activism or that is ♑the real change I would like to seeꦜ. This is my way of activism, to be on the screen or to be visible amongst people,” she added.
Rajpurohit, who earlier worked at a production house and as a model, said it was an honour to work with Dibakar Banerjee, the acclaimed dir♍ector behind National Award-winning movie "Khosla Ka Ghosla", as well as "Shanghai", and "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!".
“I'm glad, honoured and privileged to be wor𒐪king with Dibakar sir in my first film. Initially, I was 🌟nervous. I had confusions, doubts and many insecurities in my mind.
“I felt a lot of pressure also because it is a key role that plays a huge part in the story. I never felt that kind of pres🍸sure from Dibakar sir. He always gave m♏e space to work on particular scenes. So, it's a memorable time for me,” she said.
"Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2" also stars P♒aritosh Tiwari and Abhinav Singh.
Tiwari, who portrays Noor in t🙈he film, said he tried 🦩to do justice to his character.
“The part was so tricky that I could not joke about it. I wanted to do it with truth and honesty. I tried to get as close as possibleౠ (to the director's vision). I have a feeling I am on the right track... Working with the right people. It's b🔴een an honour working with Dibakar sir and the team,” the newcomer said.
“E꧂verything was unexpected from casting. Actually, I was there to audition for something else and I landed up with this role. I am grateful and thankful,” added debutant Singh, who plays the role of Gamer Paapi.
"Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2" is produced by Ektaa R Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor of Balaji Motion Pictures. It aꦕlso stars Mouni Roy, Tushar Kapoor, Sophie Choudry, and Anu Malik.
