Shilpa
Shetty
shot
for
her
Indo-Chinese
film
The
Desire
but
didn't
shave
off
her
hair
to
achieve
takla
look.
The
actress
has
been
shooting
at
the
Ashtamudi
Lake
at
Kollam
district
in
Kerala
since
last
Saturday
for
her
'bald'
portions
in
her
Indo-Chinese
film
Desire.
But
unlike
Aamir
Khan
in
Ghajini
or
Shabana
Azmi
and
Lisa
Ray
in
Water,
Shetty's
bald
look
will
be
courtesy
prosthetics.
Shilpa
was
firm
about
not
shaving
off
her
tresses
to
avoid
continuity
problem
for
her
other
films.
Also,
her
beau
Raj
Kundra
who
loves
her
mane,
warned
her
against
shaving
her
head.
Shilpa
had
India's
best
prosthetic
make-up
artistes
flown
to
Kollam
for
the
shoot.
A
source
reveals,
"Prosthetic
make-up
artiste
Vidyadhar
dada
worked
on
Shilpa's
no-hair
look.
More
people
asked
to
leave
the
sets;
everything
was
shot
in
utmost
secrecy."
Shilpa
has
three
looks
in
the
film
one
of
which
is
that
of
a
renowned
dancer
and
it's
that
part
which
is
being
shot
now
at
Kollam.
"Shilpa
has
been
learning
Odissi
under
Kelucharan
Mohapatra's
son,
Ratikant,
every
day
for
an
hour
in
the
morning.
Ratikant
is
also
choreographing
her
song.
Everyday
she
has
to
perform
to
the
tribhangi
form
of
Odissi
where
the
body
gets
twisted
into
three
parts.
The
director
wants
the
choreography
pieces
to
be
shot
to
perfection,
which
explains
the
dance
schedule." Shilpa
says,
"It
was
quite
scary
at
first
when
I
looked
at
the
monitor
and
saw
my
bald
look!
But
then,
I
got
more
interested
in
the
reactions
of
people
around
me
rather
than
my
own
emotions."
After
Shilpa
completes
her
bald
shots,
the
cast
and
crew
will
shift
to
another
region
and
finally
Kuala
Lumpur
for
the
last
schedule.
Baldness
in
films
can
be
created
through
prosthetics
by
fitting
a
flesh-coloured
latex
bald
cap
over
the
head
and
attaching
it
with
spirit
gum
adhesive
and
other
accessories.
Story first published: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 12:29 [IST]