Sunday Debate: Should only a trans person play a transgender?

A casting director and a trans model debate whether Vaani Kapoor’s character should have been played by an actual transgender

“In our society, communities are not confident enough to share their stories”

Vaani Kapoor plays a trans person in the movie Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui

Abhishek was stubborn about casting someone from the community for Paatal Lok. We took a year to find Mariam, traversed big cities and found her in Manipur thanks to the society there

Kenny questions that if there can be a trans model, designer and make-up artist, then why can’t we have a trans actor?