Actor Sushmita Sen has announced her upcoming web series, ‘Taali’, where she will play the transgender activist Gauri Sawant. Sush posted the first look from the show and mentioned in her post that she was “proud and privileged” to bring Sawant’s story onscreen. The series will be helmed by Marathi filmmaker Ravi Jadhav.
Sushmita wrote, “Nothing makes me prouder & more grateful than to have the privilege of portraying this beautiful person & of bringing her story to the world!! Here’s to life & to everyone’s right to live it with dignity!!! I love you guys!!! #duggadugga.”
The show will reportedly require around 25-50 trans artistes every day. It is also reported that around 300 transgender artistes have been hired for crowd scenes that will be shot over the next month. Sushmita is expected to finish the series by November.
Sawant is an activist and founder of the Sakhi Char Chowghi Trust in 2000, an NGO that provides counselling to transgender people and promotes safe sex. The six-episode series will follow her life, struggles, and obstacles in becoming India’s first transgender mother. It will also focus on the emotional mother-daughter bond as well.
On the work front, Sush is set to begin filming the third season of Ram Madhvani’s ‘Aarya’. She is also set to make a comeback to the big screen with an unnamed biopic.
