Bollywood movies on shemales

Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui

Casting Ayushmaan Khurana and Vanni Kapoor, this movie tells the story of transgender women who fall in love with a straight man. Directed by Abhishek Kapoor, the movie boldly bring the shemale problems and Indian culture about accepting transwomen. Manu played by Ayushman Khurana is a gym owner who wants to win a bodybuilding G.O.A.T in Chandigarh. He introduces Jumba classes in the Gym. Two sisters of Manu wanted him to marry earlier. Manvi joins the gym as a Zumba instructor who is transgender or shemale. They fall in love and lately, Manu learns about her past that she was a man and became a woman after surgery. The first half of the movie has intimate scenes. The film is of about two hours and serious issues of shemale or trans-girl are depicted very easily with humor. Songs are decent and there is animation regarding gender change. Climax is engaging and predictable.

Super Deluxe

After watching the movie Super Deluxe, you will not regret wasting your time. Directed by Kumar Raja, it got the national award. Four stories run sideways. One of the stories depicts the story of a transgender Manikkam played by Vijay Setupati who was born male but changed his gender to female after an operation. The story depicts how family members and society will react to it. Each of the stories sends a social message to society. The scenes are very realistic and make a connection with the audience.

Tamanna

Tamanna movie came in 1997. The lead cast is Paresh Rawal as transgender. The story revolves around Tikku played by Paresh Rawal who is a shemale and the only son of a famous actor. Actor Begum faced a bad time and died. Tikku adopts a girl educates her in a hostel and names her Tamanna. After she returns from the hostel after completing school. But she makes distance from Tikku finding her to be a shemale. The movie has lots of drama and the transgender role is very well played by Paresh Rawal.

Paava Kadhaigal

Released in 2023 this movie is divided into four episodes. It is a hard-hitting and impactful movie. A serious issue is raised in this movie and handled very impressively. One of the episodes shows a shemale story in which Kalidas Jayaram plays a transgender role. The movie has brought up the issue of transphobia in India.

Laxmi

Released in 2020, this movie casts Akshay Kumar as lead role. The movie is based on the possession of Akshay Kumar by a spirit after which he starts acting like a transgender wearing bangles and a Bindi on his forehead and calling himself Laxmi.

Nannu Avanalla Avalu

The film highlights the transgender issues in India. It is a touching story and successfully sows various issues faced by transsexuals in Indian society. The story revolves around Vidya, a transgender woman who grew up as a boy but starts liking feminine things. The movie won two national awards for best actor and Best Makeup Artist. The movie is based on “I am Vidya by Living Smile Vidya” and the role of Vidya is played by Sanchari Vijay.

Njan Marykutty

It is a Malayalam drama film that depicts Jayasuriya as the trans woman playing the role of Marykutty. In this movie, the director tries to bring out the struggle of trans women when they try to come out. The film also shows what the family transgenders have to face after they reveal their identity in public. The movie shows that the family of Marykutty disowns her after her identity goes public because of societal pressure.

Masti

Released in 2004, the role of a shemale was played by actress Rakhi Sawant. The movie is comedic and a scene in it shows Rakhi Sawant using the washroom like a man.