‘Laxmii’: Sharad Kelkar Opens Up On Portraying A Transgender In Akshay Kumar Starrer 

Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani starrer ‘Laxmii’ was released on the occasion of Diwali on OTT streaming giant. The film is a remake of Raghava Lawrence’s directorial, ‘Kanchana 2’. While the Hindi remake has been garnering mix reviews, Sharad Kelkar is bagging many accolades for portraying one of the challenging role on silver screens.

In a recent conversation with Pinkvilla, Sharad got candid spilling the beans about the film and his character in ‘Laxmii’. He portrayed the role of Laxmii, an original trans woman whose ghost haunts Akshay’s character, Asif in this horror-comedy. Talking about the role, the actor stated that, “Everything was challenging, to get the body language. Raghav Sir is a master, he guided me. Then, I saw some footages of Akshay Sir, and Raghav Sir had helped. I saw a lot of documentaries to learn their body language and did my homework. The speech scene, I had no reference of, for me to do that vulnerable scene was slightly difficult. Before the scene, I was chatting with the transgenders on sets and listening to their stories. It was so painful to hear what they have been through, ill-treatment from family and society. I think that the pain inside me helped me portray that scene well. Interacting with them, learning their back story, and the pain behind their smile and hardship, I got goosebumps and was teary-eyed. We talk about our pain but it is nothing in front of them.”

 

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Sharad Kelkar also revealed that he had watched ‘Kanchana’ multiple times and when the makers of ‘Laxmii’ offered him the prominent role, he was ready to do this film instantly.

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