SCREEN SHAVERS

Sanjay Dutt as Kancha Cheena in Agneepath (2012)

The kohl-lined eyes, the menacing smile were scary. The bald head made him seem eerier still

Persis Khambatta in Star Trek (1979)

The makers apparently asked her whether she wanted to shave off her hair or wear a bald cap. And Khambatta decided to lose it temporarily rather than risk it all from the gum of the bald cap. Full marks to her for owning the look and saying, “I thought I was very pretty without hair. Naked, more honest somehow.”

Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002)

Playing the chief of a prototype pre-crime police department set in 2054, Cruise sports a bald look in the ending of the film, in which he is accused of a crime he hasn’t committed. It won Cruise an Empire Award for best actor.

Lisa Ray in Water (2005)

Ray lost her mane playing a young widow in this Deepa Mehta film. Shabana Azmi and Nandita

Das had also shaved off their hair for this film, but later opted out of the production.

Natalie Portman in V For Vendetta (2005)

Portman plays an employee of the state-run British Television Network in this dystopian political thriller and even won a couple of awards for it.

Karen Gillan in Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

She played the character of Nebula in the film. And was also a part of the second part of the film which released in 2017.

Kevin Spacey in Superman Returns (2006)

The actor plays Lex Luthor, an evil sociopath with a scientific bent. His plan: To use kryptonite to create more land.