Although there have been films in which transsexual or transgender characters have been portrayed by normal actors, the instances of actual transsexual persons acting in films are rare, even globally. From that point of view perhaps Bobby Darling as he likes to call himself and use as this as his screen name, is in many ways unique. A person with such a background would obviously have many interesting facets not only associated with his career but even in his personal life. He has mostly been portrayed in films as a female character, or at best as girlish boy. However, there seems to be no ambiguity about his actually being a male, although he had attempted to undergo a sex change operation in between to bring parity between his inner nature and external self. However, what is still having some amount of ambiguity is about his actual name. While some sources allude to him as Ritwik PareekBio coming soon...
>> Read More... at the time of his birth, some others give him an original name of Ballabh Kothari. However, most of the bios about him identify his original name as Pankaj SharmaBio coming soon... >> Read More..., which also seems credible based on other accounts. His actual life seems to be as interesting as any of the movies in which he has acted so far, and by now has acted in a good number of Hindi films, which include some well known names like Subhash Ghai’s “TaalClick to look into! >> Read More...”; the Ritwik, Saif Ali starrer “Na Tum Jaano Na Hum”; and the Sharukh Rani Mukherjee starrer “Chalte ChalteClick to look into! >> Read More...”. The list also includes light comedies like “Kyaa Kool Hai Hum” and “Apna Sapna Money MoneyClick to look into! >> Read More...” followed by “Hasee to Phasee”. In addition, he has made TV appearances in popular serials like Sony TV’s “Jassi Jaissi Koi NahinThis show aired in India on 1 September 2003 bring >> Read More...”; Star Plus’s family soap “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu ThiKyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - This Indian show >> Read More...” and the same channel’s supernatural themed “Kahi Kissi Roz”. Other serials included Zee TV’s popular “Hum Paanch”, the comic “Professor PyarelalProfessor Pyarelal was an Indian Comedy show that >> Read More...”, also of Zee. Talking of TV appearances, his participation in the 2006 TV reality show “Big BrotherClick to look into! >> Read More...” triggered off a lot of discussion in general about the participation of someone of his sexual orientation in a reality show, as well generated interest about Bobby in general. This appearance perhaps paved the way for her subsequent appearance in the TV reality show “Sach Ka Saamna”, which incidentally also gave him the chance to get re-united with his estranged father. Earlier in 2005, her acting talents too received recognition when she bagged the Best Supporting Actor/Actress award during the Monaco International Film Festival, for the film “NavarasaNavarasa is an anthology film with 9 short stories >> Read More...”.