Rajinikanth expresses his wish to act as a transgender!
Superstar Rajinikanth’s ‘Darbar’ is getting ready for Pongal release in January. The film’s trailer was released and got great response from the viewers online. Written and directed by AR Murugadoss, ‘Darbar’ is a cop-action thriller set in Mumbai. Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty plays the antagonist in the film. The trailer launch event was held in Mumbai and it was attended by Rajinikanth, Murugadoss, Suniel Shetty and Prateik Babbar.
While speaking to the media, Rajinikanth expressed his desire to act as a transgender. The veteran when asked about a genre he would like to explore, said, “Actually I’ve explored all. It has been 45 years, 160 films. So everything has been covered.” When asked, if there’s still a genre or a role he would want to be cast in, the actor said, ‘A transgender’.
It is worth a mention that ‘Darbar’ has a song rendered by trans-women, which is probably a first in an Indian superstar film. Anirudh Ravichander recorded the song with Hyderabad-based trans women, Chandramukhi, Rachana Mudraboina and Priya Murthi, who are part of a band called Spicy Girls. The film features a scene involving a dance by the transgender community. Composer Anirudh wanted to keep it authentic, so he decided to get trans women to record the song instead of regular playback singers. The song has been recorded in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
