Transgenders becoming reality: Aparna Sen

Kolkata April 9 (IANS) Actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen who helms and stars in the forthcoming film Sonata said she included a transgender character in the English drama to enhance visibility of the marginalised.

I felt apart from friendship the film was exploring many aspects of the feminine . I wanted to broaden that spectrum include a person from a different economic strata and include a transgender female because transgenders are becoming a reality she said here at a discussion on Text in Context .

Sonata is an adaption of the eponymous play by playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar. It will hit the screens on April 21.

The English drama is a psychological exploration of three unmarried women facing a mid-life crisis. It stars Lilette Dubey Sen and Shabana Azmi.

Sen said the marginalised sections of society are completely invisible.

There was a time when I started including a challenged person in almost all my films because of only one reason... because we have made them completely invisible and people have had no exposure to them. So I don t want to make them invisible. Let there be this transgender girl who is a friend of ours. So that s the reason I included a transgender character she added.

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