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Akshay Kumar’s ‘Bell Bottom’ movie will be arriving on the big screens in 3D on August 19, 2021.
The trailer was released recently and Lara Dutta’s drastic, unrecognisable transformation into Indira Gandhi left the netizens amazed!
While talking to the media, Lara revealed that it took a whopping 3 HOURS to change into the painstaking prosthetic look of Indira Gandhi.
“It used to take me three hours every day. It required a lot of patience. After the shooting, it would take about an hour to remove all of it. The entire credit goes to Vikram Gaikwad and his team who did a fantastic job. Vikram made an entire mould of my face first and did all the prosthetics including the ageing process. Ms. Gandhi’s iconic hairstyle was a part of her personality and we had to get that right too.”
She further revealed a fun fact – that her father L.K. Dutta (retired Wing Commander) was Indira Gandhi’s PERSONAL PILOT. She divulged the insights she gained about the late Prime Minister’s mannerisms through her father –
“My father was amused and at the same time intrigued when he came to know that I was playing this character. He was closely associated with her so I got glimpses that wasn’t in public knowledge. He has flown her many times and has interacted with her for many years. So he was like a treasure trove of reference as to how Ms. Gandhi was really like and how she carried herself and also the way she interacted with people. Like he told how Ms. Gandhi would manage her sari when she would climb into a helicopter or the way she would want to conduct her election rallies when she would fly from one destination to another. His assistance really allowed me to elevate my performance.”
Bell Bottom also stars Vaani Kapoor and Huma Qureshi in pivotal roles. Are you excited to see this movie?
