Pink To Adalat: 12 Films Where Big B’s Hairdos Went Terribly Wrong

The latest offing from producer Shoojit Sircar is a courtroom drama where again Big B dons a total grey wig to suit the character of an aging lawyer. The hairdo seems to be somewhat out of place and looks as if it was not made to order, a size smaller would’ve looked better.

R. Balki’s Shamitabh had Amitabh playing the voice of a dumb superstar, Dhanush. Amitabh played a drunkard to the ‘T’ but was dressed shabbily as the character demanded. Here again he donned a grey wig and beard which didn’t suit him a bit making him look haggard. But all is forgiven as he lived the role.

Director Sujoy Ghosh’s take on Aladin and the magic lamp’ had Big B playing the genie of the magical lamp possessed by Riteish Deshmukh who plays Aladin. Jacqueline Fernandez made her acting debut with this film whereas Sanjay Dutt played the antagonist in search of the magic lamp.

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh, this film starred Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah and Jisshu Sengupta. Amitabh plays a retired Shakespearean theatre actor who has spent all his life staging Shakespearean plays. He is immensely passionate about Shakespeare and dons a similar hairstyle from one of his characters.

Shaad Ali’s Jhoom Barabar Jhoom saw Big B making an on and off appearance in the title track which he sings on the tube stations in Europe. He not only donned long strands of grey hair for the song but also dressed loudly. Except for some chartbusting music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the film was a disaster which had Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Lara Dutta and Bobby Deol in the lead.

Honey Irani wrote and directed this film. Anil Kapoor played Amitabh’s adopted son who works as a doctor in the same hospital like his father. He marries Preity Zinta in return of money to expand the hospital. Honey Irani wanted Amitabh to don a complete grey wig which eventually looked completely out of place on screen. Armaan was very slow paced and refused to take-off at the box-office but some of the songs by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy were hummable.

Fight director Veeru Devgan’s only directorial which sank without a trace. Even his son, Ajay Devgn in a double role couldn’t salvage the film. Amitabh Bachchan played a special inconsequential role as a favor to his long association with Veeru Devgan. Amitabh donned a wig as a young army man which turns grey as he ages. As an old man he almost looked as a beggar on the streets who loses one of his arms in the army battle.

This was the last time that director Prakash Mehra and Amitabh Bachchan came together to deliver this dud. The film was launched with much fanfare but the magic was missing which started with Zanjeer in 1973. Amitabh played a magician in this flick who undertakes the task of exposing a fake god man who loots people. Amitabh again donned the same wig from Shahenshah to woo Jaya Prada in a song. He also later donned the getup of Jesus Christ which came in for a lot of flak by the audiences.

Directed by Tinnu Anand, ‘Shahenshah’ was sort of a comeback film in 1988 for Amitabh after Aakhree Raasta which released in 1986. Despite its controversies Shahenshah was a money spinner but wasn’t appreciated. Amitabh’s get up​ as Shahenshah made him don a 20kg outfit and a weird wig which covered half his face that looked out of place whenever he came to bash up the villains.

In this film he played father as well as son opposite Waheeda Rehman and Neetu Singh, respectively. Directed by Narendra Bedi, Amitabh is a village simpleton who loses his young sister to some bad city men. Life changes for him when he gets framed and is sent to jail. After getting released he takes to smuggling and vows to finish the culprits. His son grows up (again Amitabh) only to later know that his father is a criminal. The older Amitabh donned a wig and dark glasses which covered almost half his face.

This Kaizad Gustad film bombed badly at the box-office. Amitabh played a gangster in search of his diamonds. His loud getup can be rated as one of his worst ones which he wouldn’t forget so easily. He was all over the place with a hairstyle which didn’t suit him a bit. Katrina Kaif made her forgetful debut in this film. The film was a no-no from day one and one of Big B’s worst appearances on screen.

In this Vidhu Vinod Chopra production and Bejoy Nambiar directorial Big B played a handicapped wheelchair-bound chess master named Pandit Omkar Nath Dhar who teaches Farhan Akhtar to play the game and help solve a mystery. The wig donned by him though did suit his character but the hair falling over his face reminded us of his Shahenshah days.