Rajinikanth says he would like to play a transgender

Superstar Rajinikanth on Monday said he would like to play the role of a transgender on screen. The actor, who was in the city to launch the trailer of his next film "Darbar", was asked a genre he would like to explore.

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Rajinikanth wishes to play role of a transgender

"Actually I've explored all! It has been 45 years, 160 films... So everything has been covered," the actor told reporters.

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When asked, if there's still a genre or a role he would want to be cast in, the actor said, "A transgender." Actor Vijay Sethupathi featured as a transgender in the widely acclaimed hit Tamil thriller, "Super Deluxe" earlier this year. Actor Akshay Kumar will also be seen as a transgender in "Laxmmi Bomb". Asked if he has been offered the role of a transgender, the 69-year-old actor said nothing like that has come his way. Directed by AR Murugadoss, "Darbar" features Rajinikanth as a cop after 25 years. Asked what took him so long to play a cop again on screen, Rajinikanth said,

"I like to do easy-going, happy-go-lucky character. A cop is a serious character, chasing criminal. So I used to avoid. But Murugadoss came with a fantastic subject... This is not an ordinary routine cop character. He has extracted a different work from me."

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The film is backed by Lyca Productions, the banner which was also behind Rajinikanth's science-fiction and action flick "2.0". "Darbar" is scheduled to release on January 10 next year.

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