Top 10 Tamil Actors Who Played Transgender Roles

1. Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi was not born with silv >> Read More...

Vijay Gurunatha Sethupathi has worked in various Tamil films. Not only is he a fantastic Tamil actor, but he is also one of the finest producers. In the movie Super Deluxe, he plays the character of Manickam, who undergoes a sex-changing surgery to become Shilpa. Super Deluxe film is based on handling sensitive issues with gentleness. Sethupathi also won a National Film Award for his role in this film. He acted very well in this film, keeping even the tiny details about transgender in mind without even exaggerating them. His role shows the problems and dilemmas faced by transgender since their births.

2. Kalidas Jayaram Kalidas Jayaram was born on December 16th, 1993. H >> Read More...

Kalidas Jayaram is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. In the film named Paava Kadhaigal, he portrayed a transgender character. He played the character of Sathaar, a transgender person who loves his childhood friend Saravanan. During the preparation of this film, he indulged so much in this character that he could understand the turmoil of the transgender people. His character shows the humiliation and unacceptance of transgender people from their families. He performed this role very well.

3. Ananya Ramaprasad Ananya Ramaprasad is an Indian movie actress who h >> Read More...

Ananya is one of the finest Tamil actresses who works with attention to detail. Ananya has been enacted as transgender in one of her movies, Thittam Irandu. Ananya’s character in that movie is a male (transgender) who falls in love with his childhood friend. But due to society’s resistance, he changed his gender from male to female to marry his childhood best friend. Ananya’s character shows the problem faced by transgender people; they are forced to live in body they do not want to.

4. Sampath Raj 'Sampath Raj' was born on 25 December 1968 >> Read More...

Sampath Raj is a fantastic Tamil actor who has worked in various Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam films. He is known best for the supporting roles. He is very famous for his role as transgender in the film Goa. Goa is a comedy movie in which three friends leave their village and go to Goa in the hope of becoming rich by getting married to a foreign girl. Sampath Raj’s character’s name is Daniel, who is the manager of the hotel where the three boys stay. This movie and Sampath’s character focus on the inner deep feelings of transgender people. Sampath’s character is genuinely fantastic.

5. Abhishek Joseph Abhishek Joseph George is an Indian Film Actor. He >> Read More... George

Abhishek is a fantastic Indian Kollywood actor who worked in Bollywood’s Chichhore film. Abhishek Joseph performs the role of a gay in the movie En Magan Magizhvan. His role is of a doctor’s son who falls in love with her mother’s patient. The whole film revolves around acceptance, ignorance, and attachment. Abhishek’s role in the film throws light on the actual opinion of society towards the LGBT community.

6. Living Smile Vidya A writer, theater actress and film director, Livin >> Read More...

Vidya is a real transgender woman actor from Chennai. She worked in the film Karuvarai Pookal. Karuvarai Pookal is a Tamil film that shows the transition of a male transgender person (Gopi) to a female transgender person (Gopika) due to the pressure of society. This movie shows the critical condition of the family where a transgender person is born. It also shows the taboos of bringing up a transgender child and the difficulties faced by a transgender child itself. Vidya’s performance in this film is incomparable, as she can feel the emotions she delivers. She performed the role with utmost dedication.

7. Sarathkumar Ramanathan

Sarath Kumar Actor Sarath Kumar made a headline in Kollywood by >> Read More... has given an exceptional performance in the film Kanchana. He portrayed the role of Kanchana, a transgender woman who was earlier thrown by her parents and later adopted by a transgender woman who educated her and became a doctor. Kanchana is a horror comedy film. It is horrible and laughing to watch how a transgender woman’s spirit takes revenge for her death. Sarath Kumar’s portrayal of Kanchana’s character highlights his versatility as an actor who convincingly plays any role thrown his way.

8. Prakash Raj Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Praka >> Read More...

Did you know that Prakash has also played the role of a transgender woman in the film Appu, despite being mostly seen in villain roles? Maharani is a transgender woman who runs a brothel in Mumbai. Appu was a remake of the Hindi film Sadak. Prakash Raj's performance got a lot of appreciation. His role as Maharani is one of the noticeable characteristics of the Tamil film industry.

9. Vikram Bio Coming Soon >> Read More...

He is an Indian actor who works prominently in Tamil cinema. He worked as a transgender woman named Love in the film Iru Mugan Click to look into! >> Read More... . Love is the negative character in the movie, a scientist who makes drugs to make human superhumans. That drug was used by Hitler during World War 2. Vikram worked hard for the role and portrayed it very well.

10. Sangeetha

She is a fantastic actress in the Tamil film Industry. She performs the role of the wife in the movie Neruppu Da Story Coming Soon >> Read More... . Neruppu Da is a film based on the story of five friends who want to become firefighters. Sangeetha played the role of a transgender woman in the movie. She performed the character with dedication, which was very realistic.