Nearly a decade in and across a gamut of roles, Ayushmann Khurrana has played a sperm donor, someone with erectile dysfunction, someone who is prematurely balding, a middle aged pregnant mother, someone who’s overweight, as well as someone whose voice on the phone sounds feminine. These have been all of the things that people haven’t been willing to engage in an open dialogue about. The actor’s evolved career choices are his brand; something he has been able to build on over the years by playing characters that stir up social conversations that are deemed too awkward for movie audiences. In Agent Vinod set in Chandigarh and directed by Abhishek Kapoor , he plays a character who falls in love with a trans woman.
2022-01-13