Lady Superstar

C H A P T E R0 3

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     Later that evening, Aishwarya spoke to her father about our project, and asked him to arrange finances as soon as possible. He immediately agreed to all her requests happily, and promised to arrange everything in the very next day itself. Since her father is a big ‘Businessman’ and a ‘Movie Producer’ as well, it wasn’t a big deal for him. He was also very excited on Aishwarya’s new venture as a director, as he always motivated her to become a ‘Film Maker’.

     On the other hand, like the make-up, my excitement also slowly started to fade out as I started thinking realistically and got worried if this project is worthwhile for a big star like me. I started becoming restless when multiple thoughts were racing in my mind.

• ‘What if the movie fails to do well in the Box Office?’
• ‘What if the movie is not accepted by the audience?’
• ‘What if my acting in a female role was not up to the mark?’

     After all these questions, I certainly came to a conclusion that I made a wrong decision emotionally. I finally decided to talk to Aishwarya again, to drop this project, and she can do another script that suits me rather than taking a big risk.

     But Aishwarya mentioned it as her dream project, so if I change my mind now, she will be disappointed and angry on me. Aishwarya is a short-tempered person and I need to find a way to tell her in a way so that she won’t feel bad or angry. All these thoughts kept me awake the whole night, while she was having a peaceful sleep next to me.

     Next morning, I decided to bring the movie topic during our breakfast and tell her that I am not taking a risk, in a nicer way possible. But without my knowledge, she invited two other ladies to join us during the breakfast and I had to reserve my discussion with Aishwarya for a later time.

     Aishwarya introduced me to Shilpa, a petite young woman in her twenties. She is the ‘Fitness Coach’ cum ‘Nutritionist’ for Aishwarya. The another one is Anitha, a woman in her forties. She is an ‘Acting Coach’, running her small acting class for aspiring young artists and also acted in some movies as a character artist. Though I’ve met both of them a few times before, my interactions with them were very minimal.

     We four had a casual chat with breakfast, and after that, Aishwarya excused herself for a private conversation with Shilpa and Anitha. An hour later, Aishwarya called me to her room to join them. I entered the room and by looking at their faces, — and the way they smirked at me, — I understood that Aishwarya already discussed with them about the project and my character.

     Aishwarya asked me to take a seat, but I was getting uncomfortable and shy to sit in front of them. It felt really weird that I am going to be trained as a female in front of these two women and by now I was really getting frustrated with the damn idea which Aishwarya doesn’t care to rethink. I was very surprised that she is very cool letting her husband to be treated as women by these two women.

I sat in a corner silently while Aishwarya started, “Shilpa and Anitha! Here we have our dear Madhu alias ‘Madhumita’. As I explained, we have only one month for preparation. I need you to start your work from tomorrow itself, and we need Ranjith to be ready in a month’s time for shooting. We have only six months for this project.” And then she turned towards me and instructed to co-operate both in whatever they suggest as part of my readiness.

     By now my only prayer is to hear from one of them to enlighten Aishwarya that I might not be a good idea for this role and find someone else for that character.

Shilpa responded vert quickly with an excitement, “I am up for the task Aishwarya. I very well know Ranjith’s fitness levels and how strong and muscular he is. It will take a bit of effort to make his body look feminine, but it’s not something that I cannot achieve. I can make changes to his fitness and diet routine, and you will be pleased with the results in a month. And I’m sure about that!” Shilpa spoke with full of confidence and Anitha also accepted the task confidently.

     Aishwarya is glad that the first step of the plan is successful and gave few more instructions for the three of us. Our big Villa had four floors and for the next one month, I am only allowed to the third and fourth floors. And apart from the three ladies, none of the housemaids or assistants are allowed to enter these two floors. These two floors included all basic things for our preparation like a Gym, Aishwarya’s make-up studio and space for my practice.

     I will get the food packed and left in a place, which I have to pick up. But I’ve to prepare my tea or coffee on my own, that I crave throughout the day. Also, it’s my personal responsibility to clean my rooms. I was silently listening to all those rules put up by Aishwarya, as these looked very small to me, considering the bigger problem I was worrying about.

     Finally, Aishwarya and Anitha took my body measurements to shop for new dresses for me, for the next one month and beyond (obviously female dresses!). Shilpa too left shortly, and I was left alone to worry about my future, which is now in the hands of Aishwarya and her movie. I slept very late in the night, but Aishwarya didn’t come home. I received a text that she finished shopping and went to meet her father to discuss more about the project.

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A MONTH LATER

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     A month passed by — real quick — and Aishwarya was working like a machine, in getting things ready for our project to roll. Her father very quickly arranged the initial funds to begin with the preparation and finalizing the technicians and actors for key roles. The news that she’s directing a ‘Movie, got leaked to the media, which already created a lot of buzzes, and it became the talk of the town. Aishwarya wanted to keep my role in this movie as a secret and not to reveal to the public, until the movie promotions and agreements were made with technicians, as well as to not reveal any of the information.

     Aishwarya’s busy life saw a major change in her dressing. She is known as a style icon who always wears colourful dresses — be it traditional or modern — and beautiful make-up. Her wardrobe collection is well-balanced between trending Western outfits and a collection of wide range of traditional dresses including sarees. The best part is that she looks gorgeous in both.

     As she got busier day by day, she couldn’t spend time on make-up or selecting her dresses. So she started wearing jeans with a plain T-shirt and her nice long hairs tied in a bun, that too without any make-up. She looked very different from the Aishwarya I got used to, but looked pretty without any make-up as well. I was missing her colourful dresses and all day nice rosy fragrance very deeply.

     Contrary to Aishwarya’s changeover, my life has become crazy in the hands of Shilpa and Anitha. Those two ladies made sure I forget my own self as Ranjith and my star status, and always kept my focus on the character of Madhumita, both physically and emotionally. It was definitely not an easy ride and I had to go through a lot of humiliating and embarrassing moments.

     Anitha started the trend of calling me as ‘Madhumita’ and slowly Shilpa and Aishwarya also started calling me as same. It was super annoying at first when someone started to refer me in a different name and that to a female one. I requested few times not to call me that, but they continued. Eventually, I gave up, and it took me a while to adjust for the new name. And as days passed I started to promptly respond when they call me as Madhumita. Even in text messages Aishwarya called me as Madhumita and I don’t seem to care any longer.

     The major change I had to undergo was to let go off my strong muscular body, that I developed as a result of hours of training, diet and workout daily in the last few years. For the teenage version of Madhan (Madhumita), I had to look lean with softer body. Thus, Shilpa completely reversed my exercise routine to achieve the result. She increased ‘Cardio trainings’ and reduced my weight training sessions. And even if I train with weights, she kept it very light. She introduced Pilates and Yoga to make my body more flexible and correct postures followed by regular swimming. I was also put in a calorie deficit diet to naturally make me lean.

     After my daily workout sessions with Shilpa, I spent my whole day with Anitha for my feminine training. Both the ladies were highly professional in their work, and they never gave any special advantage to me considering my Stardom, or I’m a male. When things go wrong they gave open feedback which sometimes made me feel bad, but slowly I took it positively.

     Anitha introduced me to a set of Shampoo, Body wash and Lotion, which was specially designed for females. Within few days, they started doing their job perfectly, and I started noticing that the hair growth in my body has got reduced drastically. Whereas the shampoo rapidly increased the hair growth and already my original hairs reached my shoulders. The lotion she asked me to apply twice a day made my skin lighter and smooth. I could really feel its effects as I look more fair and radiant than before.

     Until I grow my original hairs, Anitha added silky smooth hair extensions to make it longer. I spent at least an hour daily to learn different ways of hairstyling including various braids and mastered most of the hairstyles by now. And in a matter of few days, I was able to carry my lengthy hair with ease.

     I was introduced to a whole new wardrobe full of traditional dress including Sarees, Churidars, Kurtas, Leggings and Patialas along with women’s lingerie. It was a shameful moment when she attached the silicone breast forms with size at least 34B to my bare chest. While fixing them, I was literally embarrassed and my body was shivering. Anitha noticed, and she was laughing within herself and asked me to get used to it. The embarrassment continued when she made me to wear a padded hip enhancing panties which made by hip looking wider like a female with a curvy and bigger butt.

     The rest of the dressing didn’t feel much of an embarrassment as I already faced the worst. She made me dress in a white legging and a pink floral design kurta top. While watching my heroines, I’ve wondered sometimes how it feels to have a breast and a curvy body like women, and here I am feeling it in real. The tight kurta and the leggings has highly elevated the new curves in my body.

     Very next day, Aishwarya came to see how I’m doing, and she had a hearty laugh seeing me in a fully feminine shape for the first time. I was wondering if any other wife in this Earth will be okay with her husband wearing women’s dress, with fake breasts and curvy hips. Aishwarya took it very professionally and only as a director of this movie. She was happy with my overall looks and appreciated Anitha’s work. The only jewellery I was wearing was a pair of clip-on earrings, which Aishwarya noticed. She wasn’t much happy about it, and enquired Anitha about piercing them.

     Anitha told she too was thinking about that, and can do the piercing right away, if Aishwarya agrees to it. She suggested doing at least two piercing in each ear and piercings in both side of the nose, since they are so common among Indian women and transgenders. She also insisted that, it’s a must to have multiple piercing in my ear and nose.

     I quickly interrupted Anitha to say I don’t want to get any piercings. And definitely said a big ‘NO’, especially to the nose piercings. I asked them to manage with clip-on earrings and nose pins, since I’m not ready to spoil my face for this film. Hearing my objection, Aishwarya promptly signalled me to shut my mouth, and said that, Anitha has a fair point. She told, I can’t manage with the clip-on earrings for the whole movie and need to get pierced definitely.

     However, she took few minutes to think and asked Anitha to just do one piercing in each ear for now. She said she will be shooting only my teenage portions first, and it’s enough to keep it minimal at this early stage. She also said that, she supports the idea of having multiple piercings in my ears and nose as we proceed further.

     I was not happy with Aishwarya’s decision and clearly showed my disappointment to both. I told them that, I am only accepting for make-up and dressing and don’t accept any changes to my body. Aishwarya asked me to stop being so dramatic and said piercing is very common these days and even men get multiple piercings. She pointed it’s just for the movie and holes will close by itself in few months. So she asked me to get the piercings done, without making trouble.

     I wasn’t still satisfied, but didn’t want to drag things further. Thus, I agreed to get one piercing in each ear. Anitha applied the numbing cream in both my ear lobes, so that I won’t feel any pain, and pierced my ears for the first time. She then made me wear Aishwarya’s beautiful diamond ear-studs. The studs gave a completeness to my almost feminine face and nicely complementing my dress and make-up. Anitha gave me a box full of different sets of ear-studs along with chains and bangles that I can wear to match my daily wear dresses.

     After the piercing, I was not happy for a couple of days and avoided looking at my face. I was already embarrassed with real piercings and worried about the future ones. Slowly, I forgot about that, and made myself comfortable and got adjusted to dressing in kurtas, leggings or patialas along with matching earrings. Anitha taught me lot of make-up styles, which I learnt very quickly along with the different hairstyles. The silicone boobs and hip pads were still fascinating to me whenever I saw my curves. It left me with a lot of shyness and embarrassment.

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MY FEMININE ROUTINE

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     I got settled in a daily routine as I wake up early in the morning around 6AM. I was only allowed to sleep wearing either churidar or kurta, as Anitha said a big ‘NO’ to any other unisex wears. She said that, I should be always feeling the women’s outfit, with workout as my only exception. I tie my long hair as a bun and sway my hips to the mini kitchen to prepare my morning coffee. Once Shilpa comes, I switch to my ‘Sports Bra’ with a T-shirt and Shorts. I finish my ‘Cardio’, along with ‘Pilates’ and ‘Yoga’ as instructed by Shilpa.

     After the workout, I have a calm and soothing bath with the cosmetics, which I have started to love by now, for their wonderful effects on my skin and body. Before Anitha arrives, I make sure to apply my basic make-up, braid my hair and get dressed in kurta and leggings. During the day, Anitha makes me practice a lot of situations as a female, and she ensures that I have correct body language — the way I walk and emote like a woman gracefully. Due to continuous training from Anitha, I even learnt to speak in a feminine voice.

     After a short nap in the afternoon, I practice wearing different type of silk and cotton sarees. Because in the second half of the movie, I will be fully wearing sarees, and thus, it is more important for me to get used to it a lot and carry them pretty easily. It took me a whole two weeks to properly drape a saree without any help, and now I am confident wearing it without any help from Anitha.

     We had a small celebration on the day, when I wore the saree on my own. Aishwarya surprised me with a cake, and made me cut it in a ‘Kanchipuram Silk Saree’ with a full bridal make-up. It was my best moment in this one month. I was in all smiles and full of shyness as Aishwarya was praising my looks in the saree.

     Finally, in the evening, I do either swimming or clean my rooms in the alternate days. And while cleaning my rooms, I usually wear my kurta, but these days I’m more comfortable wearing cotton sarees as well. Then the rest of the day is spent in watching videos of real life transgenders, to learn about their lives and struggles, and also practising their body language.

     The initial gap I had with Shilpa and Anitha disappeared and we three became besties now. I almost mastered everything that Anitha taught me and even when I am alone, my behaviour has changed completely like a female. Many times I wondered, how subconsciously I walk swaying my hips, sit, eat and talk like a female. I started to focus on how the kurtas and sarees enhance my curvy structure. I observe the colour combinations and patterns in dresses more and more and often engaged in discussion with Anitha about dressing and make-up.

     Few days before the shooting schedule, Aishwarya came to check if everything is okay with my performance. I lost almost 10 KG which now made me look like a young woman in twenties with a lean body and slender hands, legs and nice curves. Anitha asked me to act few scenes which I did perfectly with standing ovation for all three.

     She was very much impressed and happy, that I did something impossible. She hugged me saying thanks with tearful eyes, and appreciated my dedication to this project. I don’t know if her hug opened up the female in me, since I also got emotional and hugged Aishwarya. We exchanged kisses with a loud cheer from Anitha and Shilpa. We also thanked my two coaches for their dedication in achieving this milestone.

     Furthermore, we all are happy, and I’ve never felt so confident that I can do a great job in this role. Along with Aishwarya I’m also excited to see our ambitious project to roll from next week.

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