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Can you recognise this actor?
Rishi Kapoor has been in the industry for over four decades now and if there is one thing that he is really good at -- apart from acting, of course -- it is getting into the skin of the character.
Over the years, the actor has played all sorts of characters and has never failed to surprise us with his onscreen avatars.
In Divya Kumar's directorial venture Sanam Re, Rishi plays an 80-year-old grandfather, and he looks unrecognisable!
Look at his various filmi looks and VOTE for your favourite at the end!
Yes, that's Rishi Kapoor's look from Sanam Re, starring Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam.
What's interesting is that Kapoor transformed completely just for a cameo in the film!
Rishi Kapoor plays a much-older character once again, in Karan Johar's production Kapoor & Sons, co-starring Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Fawad Khan.
Did you know his make-up cost close to Rs 2 crore?
In Nikhil Advani's D-Day, Kapoor senior played the infamous underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and pulled off the look to perfection.
Rishi Kapoor's gay act in Karan Johar's Student of The Year was quite a hoot!
For years, he was known as the quintessential lover boy of Bollywood. So when Rishi Kapoor decided to play the baddie in Agneepath, many wondered if he would pull off the grey character.
But he did, and how!
Believe it or not, but Rishi Kapoor even turned mujrewali for a film, starring Juhi Chawla.
Titled Rishta Ho To Aisa, the film also starred Paresh Rawal but it never released.
In the romantic comedy Rafoo Chakkar, the talented actor disguises himself as a girl to save himself from the villains.
In Ek Chadar Maili Si, Rishi nailed the look of a middle-class Punjabi villager to perfection.
Though the makeover wasn't drastic, the actor managed to get rid off his chocolate boy look.
Interestingly, Rishi turned into a grey-haired oldie even when he was quite young.
For the Amar Akbar Anthony title track, Rishi changed his look completely, along with his co-stars Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna.
In his debut film, Rishi Kapoor showed he is the master of disguise.
The cute kid dressed as clown in the above picture is none other than Mr Rishi Kapoor himself.