Patruni Sastry is an Indian drag performer, actor, Indian classical dancer, and model. He is the founder of the online drag platform DragVanti. He is considered Indias first drag queen. [9]Zee Zest.He was born in Kharagpur, West Bengal, and later, he moved to Hyderabad, Telangana. Patruni Sastrys childhood picture with his sister.When he was 7 years old, he watched a Telugu dubbed Tamil film Padayappa (1999) in which the Indian actor Rajinikanth rejected Ramya Krishnan in a scene after which Ramya screamed loudly and danced fervently. In an interview, while talking about it, Patruni said, What fascinated me the most in the movie was a character called Neelambari which was played by Ramya Krishnan. In a sequence, upon being rejected by the hero, she screams loudly and dances vehemently. That was the very first time I saw someone dancing and I thought that if I wanted to be taken seriously, I needed to scream out loud and dance. It started when my mom didnt give me my favourite chocolate. I started to dance in range to ensure that I got one..