This make-up artiste will turn Nawazuddin into Balasaheb
PREETISHEEL SINGH IS A NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING PROFESSIONAL MAKE-UP, HAIR AND PROSTHETICS SPECIALIST
Make-up artiste Preetisheel Singh, who had transformed Nawazuddin Siddiqui's look in "Mom", has once again worked on the actor's get-up for him to suit the lead role in "Thackeray", a biopic on late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.
The striking resemblance that Preetisheel has managed to give Nawazuddin for the role with prosthetics and make-up has found praise and a positive response.
"I'm grateful to the makers for having shown faith and trust in my work. When a legendary personality like Balasaheb Thackeray is being brought to life on celluloid, the responsibility is tremendous," Singh said in a statement.
Impressed by Nawazuddin's dedication, she said: "He is not only a brilliant actor but one who treats his art and profession like prayers. During the three-odd hours that it took to get him into the look, his studious silence and study of his face were inspiring. It was as if he was in a meditative mode."
She says he was worried and anxious about getting the look right.
"When Nawazuddin finally emerged out of the make-up room for the first time in the get-up, everyone had a very judging look on their faces. And then, suddenly I saw huge smiles everywhere," she said about the moment when she heaved a sigh of relief.
Directed by Abhijit Panse and written by Sanjay Raut, the film ‘Thackeray’ will release on January 23, 2019, in Hindi and Marathi.
Preetisheel, National Award-winning professional makeup, hair and prosthetics specialist, has also worked on the looks of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor for Umesh Shukla’s ‘102 Not Out’. The movie has Amitabh playing a 102year-old father to his 75-year-old son Rishi.
Since bagging the ‘National Film Award for Best Makeup’ for Sartaj Singh Pannu’s pre-Mughal historical epic Nanak Shah Fakir, Preetisheel has worked on films like Bajirao Mastani, Haider, Rangoon, Finding Fanny and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati.
I’m grateful to the makers for having shown faith and trust in my work. When a legendary personality like Balasaheb Thackeray is being brought to life on celluloid, the responsibility is tremendous PREETISHEEL SINGH