I'm Grateful I'm Indian'

'Thankfully, as Indians, we have a long history of trans people in our culture, in our religions, in our mythology.'

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'It's not a fad which has suddenly come into existence, the way that a lot of Americans treat it.' As a transgender and a doctor-turned-actor, Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju says she has experienced transformation “on a very intimate level”.

She relishes the idea of becoming a different person with each new character and considers this as the most “interesting part” of the acting process. If Made In Heaven 2 got her through the door, Trinetra is now building on her acting portfolio with Kankhajura, her latest OTT show co-starring Roshan Mathew and Mohit Raina.

“I have seen people being insensitive, ignorant, uneducated and uninterested about the topic. Thankfully, nothing extremely bad has happened, but there is a certain apathy that many people have towards the community. How many people really care about these things?”

What's keeping you busy these days?

The promotions of Kankhajura. Apart from that, many other things. I am trying to focus on my physical fitness. That's something that I've neglected for very long. I finally started going to the gym.

I finally got a nutritionist on board, and we're trying to figure out how to make me healthy. It's funny that we, as MBBS students and doctors, have advice to give everybody but our own personal lives are an absolute mess. Besides this, there’s been a lot of reading, traveling and spending time with family.

What are you playing in Kankhajura?

I play Amy, a Goan girl.