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Transgenders are the individuals whose gender identity differs from their biological sex. For several decades, the transgenders have been victimized to harassment, stigma, physical assault, sexual violence and are being deprived of employment and education. The current study is aimed to look into the discrimination faced by transgender character(s) in the film “Naanu Avanalla… Avalu” directed by B. S. Lingadevaru. In this study we look into the protagonist, a character named Madesha (Vidhya) who faces discrimination at various levels for being a transgender person. On the contrary, there has been significant increase in the portrayal of transgender characters in Television shows, Stand up comedies, web series and movies. Specially in a country like India, where we have a conservative society that has been treating transgenders as outcasts. Hence, we have mostly seen the negative portrayal of transgenders where we have seen them as characters who are not well adapted to the society. Only recently we have seen transgenders playing major roles in television shows and movies. The current study will also observe transgenders playing lead characters in the film “Naanu Avanalla… Avalu”. |
