First Miss Trans Pakistan Shyraa Roy steps into film production

Shyraa Roy, who was crowned as Miss Trans Pakistan in 2021, is all set to play the lead role in the movie titled ‘Sanak’.

Written by famous Indian filmmaker, Vikram Bhatt, the movie is a psychological thriller, that stars Shyraa Roy, Javed Shaikh, Muneeb Ali, Murad Kazmi, Beenish George, Marhoom Bilal, Zeenat Butt, and others.

Taking to her Instagram, Shyraa Roy shared the poster of the movie and captioned the post, “This year every blood stain will remain as his benchmark!”

Sanak’s storyline follows a mentally unstable man Zaffar Minhas, who is obsessed with a popular actress Samaira Khan, as he tries to kill her acquaintances to get to her in the most horrifying and brutal ways. As per the actress herself, she will play the role of a famous top actor in the movie, like Pakistani actor Mahira Khan and Bollywood’s Deepika Padukone.

Those who don’t know the model-turned-actress is the first Pakistani woman chosen to represent the country in the world’s biggest beauty pageant for transgender women, Miss International Queen, hosted in Thailand.

Roy is an aspiring singer and actress and has come in various different roles in movies like Aks, Mohini in Mohenjodaro, and Natasha in Saaho. She sang in music singles like “Raat, Kamli” in 2020, and turned producer as well as a screenwriter with Hello Shabnam for Amazon Prime. She was featured in 2020 with Pakistani singer Mohsin Abbas Haider in a duet.