Before Sushmita Sen met Gauri Sawant in 2022, she remembers running a Google search on her. Watching her TED Talks and multiple videos gave the actor a fair idea of the transgender activist. Or so she thought. “When I went to meet her, the person I expected was the one I saw on YouTube. It turns out that is not what any of us are. When we met, I saw a vulnerable, kind and compassionate person.

Because of the world we live in, there is a [difference] between the person she is and the one she projects. The world needs to see the vulnerable Gauri Sawant,” states Sen. That is where Taali comes in.