“This Year, My Life Has Completely Changed”: Jeeva Subramaniam Recalls Lonely Diwalis and Credits ‘Dorothy’ and Karthik Subbaraj
Transgender actor Jeeva Subramaniam says Diwali was once a lonely time after she left home, but acclaim for Karthik Subbaraj’s Dorothy has changed her life.
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““This Year, My Life Has Completely Changed”: Jeeva Subramaniam Recalls Lonely Diwalis and Credits ‘Dorothy’ and Karthik Subbaraj”
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11 Nov 2026
For many years, Diwali was a time of loneliness for actor Jeeva Subramaniam. In a long social media post, she recalled leaving home four days before Diwali while trying to understand her identity as a transgender woman. After that, she said, the festival became painful.
How She Coped
Jeeva wrote that every year before Diwali she bought essentials like rice and lentils so she would not have to go out for four days. She stayed indoors with the doors closed and avoided people, leaving only for film shoots. “But this year,” she wrote, “my life has completely changed.”
