Top 10 Bollywood Movies Where Make-Up Created The Character

Characters from Bollywood movies leave their imprints on our brains all the time, either due to the director’s astonishing vision or an actor’s earnest performances. But there are several films in which it’s the remarkable appearance of a character that makes it memorable. Thanks to the skilled make-up artists all over the world we see such realistic makeovers.

1. Paa Click to look into! >> Read More...

Who could imagine that the little boy, Auro was none other than Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... in the film Paa? Then 67 years old Amitabh was transformed with the use of prosthetics and make-up into a 13-year-old boy with a rare disease. The make-up was so nicely done by Hollywood’s ‘ Christien Tinsley Christien Tinsley is an American makeup artist and >> Read More... ’ that it was tough to even identify Mr. Bachchan.

2. Barfi

The old age look of Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor is a noted Indian film actor. He was >> Read More... and puffy lips of Priyanka Chopra Born on 18 July 1982, Priyanka Chopra is an establ >> Read More... all through the movie conveys a lot in the film. Jhilmil (Priyanka) is autistic in the film so there is minimal make-up on her while to portray the couple in old age; great amount of work is done on Barfi (Ranbir) especially with the old age baldness & gray hair.

3. Mary Kom Click to look into! >> Read More...

Since the story belongs to the North-Eastern region of India, Priyanka’s eyes had to be shown smaller and some freckles on her face. In a scene from the movie, where Mary (Priyanka) shaves her head to calm herself we see beautiful work done to make it as real as possible.

4. PK

The film’s lead PK ( Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More... ) was from a place other than Earth so he had to look a bit different. Raised arched eyebrows, popped out ears and green eyes made PK look strange yet cute. Aamir had to keep his eyes widened most of the time in the film as the character was curious about almost everything. In the climax, we see Ranbir Kapoor too in this strangely cute avatar.

5. Kapoor And Sons Click to look into! >> Read More...

Rishi Kapoor Rishi Kapoor is an actor born in the prominent Kap >> Read More... surprises us with his 90-year-old look in the film Kapoor And Sons. The versed actor pulled off the look of ‘Dadu’ done by American artist Greg Cannom Greg Cannom is a professional makeup artist and a >> Read More... . The baldness with little gray hair, proper wrinkles and lines were convincing and realistic.

6. Dhoom 2

Hrithik Roshan Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves i >> Read More... takes up many different looks in the film as he steals rare artifacts from all around the world. Aryan (Hrithik Roshan) begins with imitating as The Queen to steal crown then as a clay mold and as a really old cleaner from museum staff. All these looks are impressive and made the film interesting.

7. Tanu Weds Manu Click to look into! >> Read More... Returns

Kangana Ranaut Kangana Ranaut is known in Bollywood, for her trem >> Read More... appears in this film in a dual role; while one of the roles was usual pretty heroine, another role of a Haryanvi girl was peculiar. Bob cut hair, front teeth little outward and little freckles portray Kangana as an everyday girl who belongs to a lower middle-class family from Haryana. This imperfect heroine of the film won many hearts.

8. Fan Click to look into! >> Read More...

Gaurav ( Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... ) is a stubborn fan of Aryan Khanna Aryan Khanna is a name that resonates with talent >> Read More... (played by SRK himself) who is a superstar with some resemblance in their look. For his look, make-up artist Greg Cannom and VFX did a great job. They altered the nose and eyebrows and filled the cheeks with prosthetics.

9. Krrish 3

While most of the character was brought to life by Hrithik’s acting, the make-up did a significant job in making him an old man. This is another movie with double roles where one of the characters is composed by make-up.

10. I

Lingesan ( Chiyaan Vikram Vikram is from the Tamil family. His father is Chr >> Read More... ) is injected with a virus which causes great deformity in his body and skin. The deformity makes him a hunchbacked man with huge bubble like things on his face. Though the make-up isn’t pleasant to look at but it is perfectly done to show the adversity with which it affects a person.