Ranveer chops off beard, moustache on live Instagram video
Ranveer Singh chopped off his beard and long moustache on a live video on Instagram. He did this as he had finished shooting for the older version of Alauddin Khilji in the film 'Padmavati' and will be shooting for the character's younger version. Ranveer also shared a picture of the facial hair he removed and captioned it, "I'll miss you".
Ranveer Singh tearfully bid adieu to his long moustache and beard, to transform himself from the old Alauddin Khilji to the young Alauddin Khilji. The actor cut off his facial hair in an Instagram live video for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film, Padmavati, where he plays the antagonist.Ranveer recalled the last time his facial hair had been chopped in this manner. Remember how Deepika Padukone was only too happy to chop off his twirling moustache after Bajirao Mastani? Ranveer reminisced, "Remember when Deepika did it? She was so happy! I don't feel like that at all. I feel like I'm cutting off a body part."The actor, who by his own admission is very attached to his facial hair, needed AR Rahman's cult hit Urvasi Urvasi to get him through the act of chopping it off.Ranveer also shared a collage of selfies before and after his "mundan."Before Mundan - After MundanA post shared by Ranveer Singh (@ranveersingh) on Jul 12, 2017 at 11:01am PDTOn the work front, Ranveer will be seen next in Padmavati. The film, which also stars Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor, is set to release on November 17 this year.