Did you recognise the celebrity in this photo?

During the earlier days of stage plays and feature films, male artistes used to perform female characters, as there were very less females coming forward in the acting profession. But now, time has changed. Female actresses have taken the challenge to perform male characters. This happened on the sets of director Naresh Bidkar‘s forthcoming Marathi film ‘Once More’. Actually, they were looking for a female to perform the character of a male and unanimously everybody on the sets decided only on one name, which was Rohini Hattangadi.

'Rohini Hattangadi' in movie 'Once More'
‘Rohini Hattangadi’ in movie ‘Once More’

In this film Rohini Hattangadi plays the role of grandfather , the photograph of this character is seen in this picture. It wasn’t an easy task to perform this character. So, you can imagine how much of hard work must have been there to play this role. When director Bidkar was looking for an artiste to play the double role of male and female simultaneously, he approached Rohini Hattangadi and she accepted this offer, as she found it challenging. Bollywood make up artistes Ramesh and Kamalesh have done prosthetic make up for Rohiniji and this process used to take five hours before the shoot and removal of make up 2 hours after the shoot. So, get ready to watch Rohini Hattangadi in this unusual role on 1st August 2019, when the film will be released all over Maharashtra.