Director Sudha Kongara in her interview to The Hindustan Times said that the stereotypic portrait of Transgenders has affected her. She also added that the cinema should represent the way they are.
Cinema should represent them as they are. Represent reactions to them as they are, give solution if you can. These are the only ways you can change the perception about a transgender. I’ve had stereotypical representations and studies of transgenders affect me. “I’ve been scared of transgenders. I’ve not been open to their emotions, open to what they are and how they are till I did this film,” she said.
She also added that there is systemic violence against them.
“I don’t see their representation in life around us. I don’t see that they have got their rights in place, any kind of acceptance in the society. “I see systemic violence against them — physical, mental and psychological. It is the worst kind of violence that anyone can inflict on another human, that’s what the society is doing on them,” she said.
Sudha Kongara is currently working on Netflix anthology “Paava Kadhaigal” where her short story, Thangam, puts a spotlight on transphobia and acceptance.
She also added that while shooting the film, she had 10-15 transgender people on the set and she made sure that she did the film right.
