A film based on the life of trans woman actor and model Anjali Ameer will begin shooting next year. Anjali will play herself in the film that is directed by Diney George. The film will be shot extensively in Kozhikode, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Bengaluru, etc. It will highlight the problems of the transgender community.
The director said in an interview with the Times of India, “The title will be out in December. It will be a commercial film. The movie also has the train as a major character. Anjali herself will be playing the stages in which she lived as a boy and later as a girl.”
Touted to be a social satire, the film will be a bilingual made in Tamil and Malayalam. The scriptwriter of the film VA Ajith Kumar said, “Through Anjali's life, we also show the plight of the queer community and the many kinds of struggles they go through in life.”
Reports are that the shooting will commence in May next year.
Anjali Ameer became the first transgender woman to play the female lead in a film. She was roped in by the critically acclaimed director Ram to act in Peranbu, opposite Mammootty, and has been receiving rave reviews for her performance in the film. She played a trans woman called Meera in the film, who comes to the lie of the characters played by Mammootty and his onscreen daughter, played by Sadhana. She was selected through an audition after Mammootty met her on a television show her and suggested her name to director Ram. Peranbu which was a bilingual (Tamil and Malayalam) movie gained wide appreciation at International film festivals even before its release in India.
Anjali was also a part of Bigg Boss Malayalam season 1 in which she entered the house as a wildcard contestant. In an earlier interview to TNM, Anjali had spoken about the Big Boss experience and a misunderstanding it caused.
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