Transgenders play 'female' leads, create celluloid history
May 17th, 2008 - 9:16 am
By Ayyappa Prasad

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/transgenders-play-female-leads-create-celluloid-history_10049601.html

Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Karpaka and Revathi, who are transgenders in real life, will rewrite cinema history by playing 'female' leads in the forthcoming Tamil films "Paal" and "Thenavattu". While Karpaka features as the central character in "Paal", Revathi will be seen in "Thenavattu". A transgender is a person who attempts to take on the identity of the opposite sex.