The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the experiences of British retirees in India, exploring themes of aging, cultural adaptation, and new beginnings without engaging with transgender identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film is an adaptation of the novel "These Foolish Things." All major characters from the source material retain their original gender in the screen adaptation, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.

The film is an adaptation of the novel "These Foolish Things." All major characters, both British and Indian, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established or implicitly understood race in the source material. No character's race was changed from the original canon.