'Taali' creators reveal Sushmita Sen & Shreegauri Sawant share many commonality

The creators of Taali Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar have opened up on how Sushmita Sen and transgender social activist Shreegauri Sawant bonded over a common factorSushmita will portray one of the boldest avatars as Shreegauri Sawant in the upcoming series TaaliThe teaser gave a sneak peek at the courageous quest of struggles resilience and triumph of the transgender activistTalking about the common bonding factor between Sushmita and Shreegauri the duo said Imagine having to petition to be recognised as a gender Shreegauri Sawants story will reveal how many odds citizens like her have to faceShe is a huge inspiration as a human being who not only triumphed over societal challenges but also adopted the daughter of a deceased AIDS patient Both Sushmita and Shreegauri Sawant are adoptive mothers and bonded closely over this common factor they sharedSushmita is a mother of two adopted daughters She adopted her first daughter Renee in 2000 while her second daughter Alisah joined the family in 2010The creators are also hoping that the show will highlight the need for a more inclusive society for transgender citizensThey said that the teaser offers just a glimpse of Sushmitas stunning performance in Taali Her passion for bringing Shreegauri Sawants struggles and triumphs to life is clearly visible in every sceneThe duo further called Sushmita a very intuitive actor and said she internalises the characters that she playsHer voice is extraordinary as is her understanding of complex themes This is why when she delivers a dialogue no matter how short it is people listen with undivided attention they addedDirected by filmmaker Ravi Jadhav the script is written by Kshitij PatwardhanThe show is produced by Arjun Singgh Baran Kartk D Nishandar and Afeefa NadiadwalaIt also stars Ankur Bhatia Aishwarya Narkar Hemangi Kavi Suvrat Joshi Krutika Deo Nitish Rathore Meenakshi Chugh and Shaan Kakkar in pivotal rolesThe series will premiere on August 15 on JioCinemaArjun has cofounded production powerhouse GSEAMS with Kartk The winning streak of the duo began when GSEAMS produced its first webseries titled Samantar for MX players directed by ace director Satish Rajwade and starring Swapnil Joshi Nitish Bhardwaj and Tejasvini Pandit in the lead rolesThey had recently released the conman drama Rafuchakkar headlined by Maniesh PaulThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever