One of the bold and new-concept shows to air recently on Indian TV is The show is about a singer Krishna Joshi (Debattama Saha) who sets off to pursue her dreams as she cares for a younger brother who deals with a gender identity crisis. The promos of the show immediately caught the eye of the public as this theme has hardly been explored on Indian TV. The only other show which comes to mind is Rubina Dilaik and Vivian D’Sena’s .
Even that show was on . It was also a love story revolving around an intersex character, Soumya (Rubina Dilaik). In , the makers have roped in Navya Singh as the professor in Mohan's (Ketaki Kulkarni) college.
She plays Anuradha, who will further shape the lives of Krishna and Mohini. This is indeed a bold move for a TV show, as the makers have cast an actual transwoman for the role. In April, we learned that Ekta Kapoor and Dibakar Banerjee introduced trans actor Bonita Rajpurohit as one of the leads in .
Very few would have expected something similar on Indian TV within months. An Appreciation tweet! Kudos to the makers to have been taken a huge step by casting Navya Singh, the only transwomen who participated in LAKME FASHION WEEK in 2016 ❤ Indeed a perfect actor to have been casted as a Professor ✨️ & the whole team❤️ — Surabhi (@surabhimirajkar) Kudos to team for taking this step ma'am All the best to you 💓 — ARYAMAN MEHTA (@aryamanagarwal_) Kudos to team for taking this step ma'am All the best to you 💓 — ARYAMAN MEHTA .
