last seen in supernatural show nazar jigyasa singh who hails from jaipur is now set to play a grownup heer a transgender character in daily soap shakti astitva ke ehsaas ki the show is soon to take a generation leap with the narrative focusing on heer in a chat with jaipur times jigyasa speaks about her apprehensions regarding the role among other thingsi dont want to be artificial about it and say i am not apprehensive about playing a transgender person on screen i had so many ifs and buts i wasnt even relating to the character initially you cant put yourself in a transgender persons shoes because you dont know what they must have gone through their struggle with their identity is really difficult to fathom its really unfortunate that others mistreat transgender people its a sad state of affairs they go through a lot and deserve equal rights as citizens of this country we all deserve to be ourselves at the same time i also believe that it would be any actors dream to get a role as pathbreaking as that of heer she says jigyasa singhshakti was one of the few mainstream shows that had introduced a transgender character in the form of saumya played by rubina dilaik who adopts heer jigyasa feels that taking that legacy ahead is now a bit easier as people are accepting of a mainstream actress playing such a character taking rubinas legacy ahead is much more comfortable and easy for me as people have accepted a mainstream actress playing a transgender character however the responsibility has been passed on to me now and i hope the audience loves me equally she says she goes on to add i am thrilled to be a part of this show i wont say that i used to watch the show regularly but the fact that the makers dared to show a different storyline a transgender persons love story fascinated me i craved to be a part of a show that was different from the usual saasbahu sagas and carried a social message the show has already broken many stereotypes and has made the audience comfortable with the concept revolving around the transgender community the show has also brought a change in the viewers perspective towards the community and now i will contributing to that change myself by playing heerjigyasa singh as heer in shakti astitva ke ehsaas kiibut arent supernatural shows more in demand these days jigyasa replies i think every genre has its own audience i think socially relevant shows are as much in demand as shows revolving around naagins and daayans a large section of the audience watches shows that inspire them or have some social message personally i would prefer watching a show with some kind of message for the audience even my debut show thapki pyar ki revolved around a girl thapki played by jigyasa who never loses hope and doesnt let her speech impairment become an