Priyanka Chopra will be seen in a bald avatar for a sequence in her upcoming biopic on boxer Mary Kom. However, Priyanka hasn’t shaved off her hair. She has used prosthetics to get the look. "Mary had done it [gone bald] in her life. This is an authentic scene in the film, so I wasn’t hesitant at all. In fact, I was very excited," the actor had said at the trailer launch.
Shilpa Shetty sported a bald look for The Desire (2010), but hadn't shaved off her head. Prosthetic make-up helped her get the look, and she had revealed: "Getting the bold look was a three-hour job."
Antara Mali had cut her long tresses for Amol Palekar’s film, And Once Again (2010), adopting a deglamourised avatar to essay the role of a monk in Sikkim.
Shabana Azmi took the bald step of shaving off her long mane for film-maker Deepa Mehta’s Water (2005). However, the film got shelved in 2000 due to political reasons. It later got made in 2005, and actor Seema Biswas replaced Shabana.
Cameroon Diaz went bald for My Sister's Keeper (2009).
Persis Khambatta went bald for her role in Star Trek (1979)