Prosthetic makeup is the way forward, as a clutch of recent films show — Akshay Kumar in last year’s 2.0, Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Thackeray and Anupam Kher in The Accidental Prime Minister. Recently, actor R Madhavan, portraying scientist S Nambi Narayanan in Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, took to social media to share how he went about getting the look correct. National Award-winning make-up, hair and prosthetic designer Preetisheel Singh shares the time required depends on how much prosthetic makeup is used. She also shares videos of her work on social media and feels interest around the craft is growing. “When Vivek Oberoi’s look from PM Narendra Modi biopic was revealed, social media users reacted negatively and the makers had to reconsider it.

Source: Hindustan Times February 05, 2019 11:21 UTC