It has been reported that Sanjay Dutt, who plays a baddie in Karan Malhotra's Agneepath (he plays the suave Kancha Cheena enacted by Danny Denzongpa in the original), will go bald for the role. But the reality is a little different.
A visitor to the set in Central Mumbai, where Sanju shot a two-day portion, told BT: "Sanju is bald in the film. He had a shining pate on March 2 and 3." However, those who met the 51-year old actor the very next day at his Pali Hill residence found his mop of hair intact. In other words, the actor hasn't actually gone bald like Aamir Khan did for Ghajini and Salman Khan for Tere Naam. He is cheating the 'bald' look.
Producer Karan Johar has called the international make-up artist Robin Slater to style Hrithik and also supervise Sanju's look. The make-up expert was seen fussing over the actor. There are a lot of things about this Agneepath that are different from the original Amitabh Bachchan-Mukul Anand cult classic of the 90s. There Danny had a nice mop of hair and was based out of Mauritius. Here, Dutt is bald and his headquarters are in the union territory of Diu. Sanjay remained unavailable for comment.
The hair scare
The Bollywood brigade, especially those who have done hair-weaving jobs (Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Ranbir Kapoor and Sunny Deol) aren't keen on shaving their heads for a role because it can complicate issues as far as growing it back is concerned. Also there is the continuity factor involved in films. Says an expert, "In a nutshell, guys with hair implants should ideally not risk shaving their hair just for a role. The scalp in their case is not conditioned for too many experiments.''
