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This is an archive article published on December 12, 2023

Made In Heaven actor Trinetra Haldar shares then-and-now pic with jhumkas she wore in boys hostel: ‘Couldn’t help but weep’

Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju took to Instagram to share a before-and-after picture of herself, accompanied by a long note, reflecting on her journey of transition.

Trinetra Haldar played a pivotal role in Zoya Akhtar Made In HeavenTrinetra Haldar played a pivotal role in Zoya Akhtar's Made In Heaven. (Pic: Trinetra/Instagram)

Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju gained widespread recognition following her impactful role in Zoya Akhtar’s web series Made In Heaven 2. Beyond her acting prowess, she is a multi-talented individual, who is a doctor, actor, and one of India’s pioneering transgender content creators. Recently, she took to Instagram to share a before-and-after picture of herself, accompanied by a long note, reflecting on her journey of transition.

She wrote, “Found this photo after over a year, and couldn’t help but weep a little. Gosh, I cringe so hard at old posts, I’ve stopped looking at them. How does one navigate celebrating a rough journey and honouring one’s past alongside anxiety around being cringe? I’m not too sure, but what I will never get over, what I can never unsee is a very particular sadness in the first photo. I’d taken those jhumkas from mom and tried them on in my boys’ hostel room. That was my comfort after a long day.”

Trinetra looked beautiful in Made In Heaven. In her post, she recalled that while she starred at multiple make-up products and jewellery while getting ready on MIH set, she would think of the time when it was hard for her to access these items. She wrote, “For 50 odd days on Made In Heaven, I sat in a HMU chair day after day, slowly forgetting how hard it was to access so much as one item of makeup or one piece of jewellery, let alone have it all visible to thousands of people. In navigating new worlds, chasing love, in finding newer and shinier versions of ourselves in cities as large as Bombay, it’s so easy to forget and dismiss our past selves. We started somewhere. That somewhere was worth something too.”

 

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Beyond her acting career, Trinetra has been using her Instagram platform to educate her audience on gender issues, documenting her transition journey. She was last seen in Prime Video’s Rainbow Rishta, India’s first unscripted docuseries that told the authentic love stories and experiences of individuals within the LGBTQIA+ community.

 

 

 

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