Big B wore eye lenses to play Babban Singh
Both Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan wanted to give a menacing look to Big B’s character Babban Singh in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag .
Ramu’s own interpretation of the cult classic Sholay has a bigger role for Babban Singh than the 1975 movie had of Gabbar Singh. Apart from the length of the role, Ramu and Big B worked together on the look of the character.
The finalized look required Babban Singh to have a scar on his nose and two different coloured lenses in his eyes.
While the scar was easily managed, Big B had to rope in his family eye surgeon Dr Himanshu Mehta to get high quality soft lenses of blue and brown shades.
The blue lens was used in the right eye and the brown lens in the left.
Since Big B is not comfortable with lenses, he had to go to Dr. Mehta for putting on the lenses every time before the shoot. Later, when the lenses were removed, Big B complained of itchiness and rashness in his eyes and used to wear goggles throughout the day.
‘Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag’ releases on August 31.