"I think I can dream of doing anything now," says Komal Jagtap, one of six members of India’s first transgender band, the 6-Pack Band, launched by YFilms on January 6. We meet the team — Asha Jagtap, Bhavika Patil, Chandni Suvarnakar, Fida Khan, and Komal Jagtap at Yashraj Studios’s Andheri office — where, as they drink hot coffee, they talk about their newfound stardom. Their first song and video, which is on the Yfilms YouTube channel, has garnered more than a million views in 24 hours. It’s a cover of Pharrel Williams’ Happy, with a desi twist. "My brother, who disowned me, and said, ‘chhee, hijra hai!', called me yesterday, ‘kahan hai, when are you coming home?’" says Komal. "This," she adds, "has never happened before."
A million hits on YouTube does change many things.