'We are beyond just trans actors', Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju gets candid on her new show, Kankhanjura
Contrasting to her role as Meher, for Gummaraju, the journey to be Amy was about learning and unlearning alike. 'Amy exists in a semi-urban world where she doesn't need to be graceful. That made me reconnect with parts of myself I had tucked away, like my comfort with a bit of masculinity,' says the 27-year-old.
While Meher was poised, elegant, and polished, Amy allowed her to breakfree from rigid notions of femininity. 'As a doctor earlier and then as an actor, there have been several layers of femininity that I've had to subconsciously learn, but Amy is none of those. It was freeing to let go of all of that,' she shares.
Being a familiar face in mainstream media, Gummaraju acknowledges the strides Indian media has made when it comes to queer representation. 'Conversations have started, and that's progress. I'm grateful for my opportunity to become a representation that I wanted to see. It can be challenging on some days to be that but at the same time, it's a privilege to break that glass ceiling. But we're still at a stage where representation often gets diluted in the chaos of market uncertainties,' says the Bengaluru-based actor.
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