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Bollywood actors who showed off their bald avatars on the big screen

Sometimes for their characters, actors have to go through a lot of physical transformation, from gaining weight to losing weight, and a lot more. Nowadays, they even have to sit for hours for prosthetics and makeup. Well, one avatar that not many actors have explored on the big screen is going bald.

However, we have a few actors who decided to show off their bald avatars on the big screen and here’s the list of the actors…


Ranveer Singh

We can never forget Ranveer Singh dancing on Tattad Tattad and showing off his beautiful hair in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram Leela. But soon in his next with SLB, Ranveer Singh had to go bald. Well, in Bajirao Mastani, Ranveer had to don a bald avatar and we must say that even in his bald avatar, the actor looked quite hot.

Tanvi Azmi

While Ranveer Singh went bald for Bajirao Mastani, even Tanvi Azmi did the same in the film. As she played the role of a widow in the movie, Azmi had to shave her head and well, she carried the look confidently.

Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt has played many remarkable characters and one of them is of Kancha Cheena from 2012 release Agneepath. The actor had shaved his head off and even his eyebrows. He surely looked quite scary in the bald avatar, but of course, he looked like a perfect antagonist.

Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor is undoubtedly one of the best actors in Bollywood, and one of his best performances was in the film Haider. The Vishal Bhardwaj directorial was based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. Shahid went bald for a few scenes in the film and well, he looked cute in the bald avatar as well.

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

While we talk about actors going bald on the big screen, we have to get veteran actor Kulbhushan Kharbanda in our list. We can never forget his bald avatar from the movie Shaan where he played the role of the villain Shaakal.

Priyanka Chopra

In one of the scenes of Mary Kom, Priyanka Chopra showed off her bald avatar. But well, she preferred to use prosthetics and make up for the look and didn’t shave off her head. However, PeeCee looked quite stunning in the bald avatar as well.

Anushka Sharma/Ranbir Kapoor

Just like Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma and Ranbir Kapoor also used makeup and prosthetics to go bald in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Anushka’s character in the film suffered from cancer and was shown bald. The actress carried the bald look quite confidently and even Ranbir looked quite hot in the bald avatar.

Akshay Kumar

In the upcoming film Housefull 4, Akshay Kumar will also be seen in a bald look. But here too the actor didn’t opt to shave off his head and used prosthetics and makeup. The makers have also released a song where he celebrates his bald avatar and calls himself Bala Shatiaan Ka Saala.

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