Sex- workers can be male too. We have not seen any movies or series based on male escort services or gigolos in Indian cinema. We have seen actresses playing roles of prostitutes.
But it is the other way round in Netflix’s Tribhuvan Mishra: CA Topper web series. The rawness of the story is what makes it appealing. In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy for Not Just Bollywood , Tillotama Shome and Manav Kaul talk about the show and the world of male escorts and most importantly women’s desires.
The showrunner of Netflix’s Tribhuvan Mishra: CA Topper is Puneet Mishra has created a world that is not seen much. But the straight forward approach to the story is what makes it different. Edited excerpts from the interview: Manav, what was the preparation of the role like since you are playing a male escort in Netflix’s Tribhuvan Mishra: CA Topper ? The script was extremely well written and in a lot of details.
Listening to Puneet he had given me narration of each and every episode with the expressions. In fact, when I was reading the script, I got so addicted to it that somehow I had to finish reading it. By reading the script I understood that there is an energy in the show.
Sadness too is depicted in an entertaining way. It’s a very different world and thanks to the directors that they introduced us to this world. And after doing the show I kind of started having huge respect for escorts.
All the characters are important in the show. It’s a fiction.