India, June 1 -- E arlier this year, actor Shweta Tripathi told us that she was set to venture into film production. Now, we have learnt that she is also turning producer for a stage play. Shweta is reviving the Oliver award-winning play Cock, and she insists it is her ode to theLGBTQIA+ community. The play tells the story of a man, who is in a relationship with a man, but while they are together, he falls in love with a woman. "I am drawn to stories that are from the queer community, because the community stands for love, equality and freedom. You fall in love with a person for who that person is, and not for what they are. I wanted to be part of this pride celebration, because we are also celebrating individuality, which we are losing, and that bothers me." She elaborates, "If, as a producer, I can give that love and support to my cast and crew, and help them being seen, why not?" Talking about queer representation in Hindi cinema, the 39-year-old asserts, "There is a need for more people from the queer community in everything, and it will take time. We need to be more accepting." In that vein, a play, titled Samaaj, which narrated a queer love story, was recently banned in Jaipur as it was thought to be "unsuitable for public staging". Probe for her opinion about the news and Shweta shares, "Bahut bura lagta hai, kyunki pyaar to baantna chahiye, and that story was about love. The difference between us humans and AI is emotions and empathy - hum woh hi hataaye jaa rahe hain." She adds, "Humko taqleef kis cheez se hai, uspe discussions and conversations bahut zaruri hain. That is the need of the hour, as life is not black and white, it's colourful and we should enjoy all the colours." With June marking Pride month, Shweta's play will be staged in Mumbai all month long. But, as a producer, does it scare her the play might face a similar fate if it were to travel? "We are just hoping that there is no opposition," she admits. Many people call out the entertainment industry for token representation of the community, but the actor thinks that even that is necessary. "It's because if you do it suddenly, it will come out as you are doing it just to be cool or just to fit in. You need to imbibe it in the audience's mind gradually. As artistes, our job is to keep trying and we will do that. We want to tell stories, but our aim is to not hurt anybody. Ours is a love story, which happens to be about queer people. It can be about anybody; we're all human," she ends....