- Karpaga
Karpaga is an actress who makes her debut in a Tamil movie called "Paal". She is the first transgender ever in India to perform a leading role in a mainstream movie. [ [http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/39865.html indiaglitz.com] , July 9 2008, "MAN-TURNED-WOMAN to star in a film"] ] [ [http://www.tamilmegatube.com/cinema/?p=2161 tamilmegatube.com] , July 8 2008, "Transgender in lead role!"]
Personal life
He was born in a middle class family of
Erode in westernTamil Nadu . He was then the only son to his parents, left home at 17 and left forMumbai and worked at a beauty parlour as beautician after finishing his beautician course. When he returned as Karpaga after five years, the family was shattered but eventually accepted her. [ [http://www.scribd.com/doc/4862929/Ergo-August-19 scribd.com] , reprint of August 19 2008 "Ergo" article "The Other Gender"] [by Firoze Shakir, [http://www.firozeshakir.com/?p=3708, firozeshakir.com] , May 18 2008, "A beautiful story titled Paal", Retrieved September 26 2008]Paal
Historically, transsexuals have been shown in poor light in Indian movies. [http://www.kollywoodtoday.com/news/a-beautiful-story-titled-paal/ kollywoodtoday.com] , May 18 2008, "A beautiful story titled Paal"] Karpaga acts as an intellectual woman who has difficulty in revealing her identity to her lover. The film stresses on the need for families to accept transsexuals. [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Transgender_to_play_lead_in_Tamil_film/articleshow/3208966.cms timesofindia.com] , July 8 2008, "Transgender to play lead in Tamil film"] ]
References
External links
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Transgender_to_play_lead_in_Tamil_film/articleshow/3208966.cms timesofinda.indiatimes.com, July 8 2008, "Transgender to play lead in Tamil film"]
* [http://www.bharatstudent.com/cafebharat/news.php?id=27336&cat=3 bharatstudent.com, "Transgender becomes a hero!!!"]
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