Shabnam Mausi was elected from the Sohagpur constituency in Madhya Pradesh state's Shahdol-Anuppur district. Shabnam attended two years of primary schooling, but speaks 12 languages that she has learnt during her travels. As a member of the Legislative Assembly her agenda includes fighting corruption, unemployment, poverty, and hunger in her constituency. Shabnam Mausi also intends to use her position in the Legislative Assembly to speak out against discrimination of hijras as well as to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS.<br/><br/>Shabnam Mausi inspired a lot of Hijras in India to take up politics and participate in 'mainstream activities' in India, giving up their traditional roles as dancers, prostitutes, and beggars, living on the fringes of Indian society. They often show up at weddings or the house of a newborn child demanding money in exchange for warding off bad luck.<br/><br/>In 2003, Hijras in Madhya Pradesh have announced establishing their own political party called "Jeeti Jitayi Politics" (JJP), which literally means 'politics that has already been won'. The party has also released an eight-page election manifesto which it claims outlines why it is different from mainstream political parties.<br/><br/>In 2005, a fiction feature film titled 'Shabnam Mausi' was made on her life. It was directed by Yogesh Bharadwaj , and the role of Shabnam Mausi was played by Ashutosh Rana.<br/><br/>Although she is no longer in public office, Shabnam Mausi continues to participate actively in AIDS/HIV with NGOs and gender activists in India.

Starring

Ashutosh Rana, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Mukesh Tiwari, more..

Director

Yogesh Bharadwaj

Language

Hindi

Genre

Release Date

Fri May, 20 2005

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Ashutosh Rana

... Shabnam Mausi

Vishwajeet Pradhan

... Amma

Mukesh Tiwari

... Madan Pandit

Vivek Shauq

... Lolo

Vijay Raaz

... Halima

J Manoj

... Producer

Sudesh R Bhosle

... Producer

S Sachindra

... Story / Writers

Ganesh Acharya

... Choreographers

Pappu Khanna

... Choreographers