''Common Gender'' is a 2012 Bangladeshi film starring Dolly Zahur and

Chitralekha Guha Chitralekha Guho is a Bangladeshi television, stage and film actress. She was awarded Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film '71 Er Maa Jononi (2014). Career Guho debuted her acting career in 1986 by ...

. It is the first Bangladeshi film to portray the lives of ''Hijra'' or

transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through tr ...

people. It is one of the first films in world cinema to have two transgender people as lead characters. It was subsequently released in the United States.

Chitralekha Guho Chitralekha Guho is a Bangladeshi television, stage and film actress. She was awarded Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film '71 Er Maa Jononi (2014). Career Guho debuted her acting career in 1986 by ...

plays a pivotal character.

Story

Sushmita (born Sushmoy), a ''hijra'', who resides in a group of transgender people, and makes a living by dance performances at various wedding ceremonies. One day at a wedding night, she meets a boy – Sanjay, who is straight – who Sushmita falls in love with. Despite Sushmita being transgender, Sanjay accepts their love.

Cast

* Dileep Chakraborty as Sanjay * Saju Khadem as Sushmita

Soundtrack

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Common Gender 2012 films 2012 LGBT-related films Films scored by Arfin Rumey Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Transgender-related films 2010s Bengali-language films