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'''Karpaga''' is an actress who made her debut in a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] movie called ''Paal''. She is the first [[Transgender|trans person]] ever in India to perform a leading role in a mainstream movie.<ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/39865.html indiaglitz.com], 9 July 2008, "MAN-TURNED-WOMAN to star in a film"</ref><ref>[http://www.tamilmegatube.com/cinema/?p=2161 tamilmegatube.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427001128/http://www.tamilmegatube.com/cinema/?p=2161 |date=27 April 2009 }}, 8 July 2008, "Transgender in lead role!"</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Karpaga was born in a middle-class family of [[Erode]] in western [[Tamil Nadu]], an only child, and left home at 17 for [[Mumbai]]. Karpaga worked at a beauty parlour as a beautician after finishing schooling. After returning to her family, five years later, her family was shattered but eventually accepted her.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/4862929/Ergo-August-19 scribd.com], reprint of 19 August 2008 "Ergo" article "The Other Gender"</ref><ref>by Firoze Shakir, [http://www.firozeshakir.com/?p=3708, firozeshakir.com], 18 May 2008, "A beautiful story titled Paal", Retrieved 26 September 2008</ref><br />
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==Paal==<br />
Historically, transsexuals have been shown in a poor light in Indian movies.<ref name=paal>[http://www.kollywoodtoday.com/news/a-beautiful-story-titled-paal/ kollywoodtoday.com], 18 May 2008, "A beautiful story titled Paal"</ref> Karpaga acts as an intellectual woman who has difficulty in revealing her identity to her lover.<ref name=paal/> The film stresses the need for families to accept transsexuals.<ref name=paal/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021041552/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-07-08/chennai/27893128_1_film-crew-tamil-film-first-transgender timesofindia.com], 8 July 2008, "Transgender to play lead in Tamil film"</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Transgender_to_play_lead_in_Tamil_film/articleshow/3208966.cms timesofinda.indiatimes.com, 8 July 2008, "Transgender to play lead in Tamil film"]<br />
*[http://www.bharatstudent.com/cafebharat/news.php?id=27336&cat=3 bharatstudent.com, "Transgender becomes a hero!!!"]<br />
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