“Specially Crafted Clay Pieces to Form My Look in ‘Paa’”, Says Amitabh Bachchan
Legendary star Amitabh Bachchan, is playing a 12-year-old progeria patient in “Paa”. He says he had to stick on several pieces of specially crafted clay to get the right look for the movie. The actor has already uploaded the first look/ poster of his film on his blog bigb.bigadda.com on Wednesday. He also wrote a brief note on the disease “Progeria” and how a child suffers from progeria. The disease generally causes premature ageing among children.
Amitabh posted, “The face that you see is the result of deep research. Kids affected by this problem lose all their hair, become bald and their veins begin to show prominently on their heads, which enlarge to a size beyond normal. Their teeth and eyes suffer also…”
Reportedly, R. Balki hired international make-up artist Stephan Dupuis to get the special look for the character. Stephen did Robin Williams` make-up in “Mrs Doubtfire”.
The actor blogged, “The prosthetic process is arduous…Around eight pieces specially designed through laborious clay models are most meticulously stuck on to the face. Once the make-up starts, it is impossible to move even a few centimeters. Eating and drinking has to be avoided and you cannot talk because it displaces the pieces over the contours of the face. Separate pieces form the entire look”.
He said his hearing used to be impaired when his make-up and the silicone to cover his own ears. Amitabh added, “Two small holes are bored into the skull so some sound can go through. Also when you speak it reverberates inside the skull and you constantly feel you are inside a tunnel with pronounced echo.”
Amitabh said, “Eye lids come on close to the eyes, the forehead is another piece, the nose, the two cheeks, the upper and lower lip, the chin and finally the neck all get stuck on and then blended through an intricate electronic spray which merges all the pieces to look like one cohesive mass”.
To look authentic, he has to shave off all hair on his hands, arms, chest and legs regularly so they could highlight the veins by coloring them.
“Paa” is being made under the banner of AB Corp and also stars his son Abhishek. Vidya Balan is cast opposite of Abhishek in the film. Abhishek is playing the role of father of Amitabh Bachchan in the film.
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