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| While prosthetics made Shah Rukh’s face bulge in places, to get Gaurav’s look they also had to shave off parts of it – for which VFX was used (video below) |
April 20, 2016, NewsCrunch
Shah Rukh Khan went through elaborate makeup, sitting for up to five hours to get the look for Gaurav Chandna’s role in his new movie Fan.
Shah Rukh, who is 50, plays a double role in Fan– superstar Aryan Khanna modelled on himself and a psychotic fan Gaurav, half his age.
Yash Raj films has released a video on the great pain the filmmakers took to get Gaurav’s look.
They hiredHollywood make up artist Greg Canon, who had helped Brad Pitt get different looks, in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Greg was sceptical as he estimated that it would take up to 5 hours for Shah Rukh to get the Gaurav look. He says usually roles that put on such elaborate makeup shoot for 10 or 15 days. But for Gaurav’s role, Shah Rukh had to shoot for 70 days with the look.
Shah Rukh, who is 50, plays a double role in Fan– superstar Aryan Khanna modelled on himself and a psychotic fan Gaurav, half his age.
Yash Raj films has released a video on the great pain the filmmakers took to get Gaurav’s look.
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Greg was sceptical as he estimated that it would take up to 5 hours for Shah Rukh to get the Gaurav look. He says usually roles that put on such elaborate makeup shoot for 10 or 15 days. But for Gaurav’s role, Shah Rukh had to shoot for 70 days with the look.
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| While prosthetics made Shah Rukh’s face bulge in places, to get Gaurav’s look they also had to shave off parts of it – for which VFX was used (video below) |
Shah Rukh says the most difficult part of Fan was sitting 4 to 5 hours on the makeup chair while the makeup artists worked on him.
Greg made moulds of Shah Rukh’s face and sculpted pieces of it in the required dimensions. During makeup he made markings on his face and used special tapes to stick prosthetic pieces and silicon on his nose, teeth, eyebrows, necks and other parts.
While prosthetics made Shah Rukh’s face bulge in places, to get Gaurav’s look they also had to shave off parts of it – for which VFX was used.
Through visual special effects Shah Rukh’s jaws were sharpened, Adams apple was removed, muscles on neck trimmed. The overall face and stature of Gaurav was shrunk in relation to Aryan Khanna.
The result was there for everyone to see – a 50-year-old walked into the camera convincingly looking like a 25-year-old Gaurav, thanks to makeup magic.
The result was there for everyone to see – a 50-year-old walked into the camera convincingly looking like a 25-year-old Gaurav, thanks to makeup magic.