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Can you recognise this actor?
It's Vidya Balan, of course!
Vidya Balan will be seen as a detective in her next film, Bobby Jasoos.
And to get the job done, she'll be seen in various unrecognisable disguises.
From an astrologer (above) to ...well, click through the slide show and find out!
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The beggar
Vidya, as a beggar.
The actress looks totally realistic, as she sits outside a railway station in Hyderabad.
The Muslim lady
Vidya Balan also poses as a Muslim lady in the film.
Incidentally, her character is a Hyderbadi girl, trying to make a name in the detective world.
The peon
Vidya, as a peon.
The actress did 122 look tests for the film, which were later short-listed to 12.
The South Indian
The Tamil girl plays a south Indian in the film too.
Bobby Jasoos hasn't released yet but already her onscreen mother Supriya Pathak feels it should have a sequel.
The tapori
T he tapori look.
The braces look
Vidya Balan shows off her braces.
The actress once confessed that she has done some jasoosi in real life too!
THe Mawlawi
Vidya's Mawlawi look.
The actress apparently preferred her male get-ups to the female ones.
The high society look
The high society look.
The real applause should go to the people behind her looks -- costume designer Theia Tekchandaney and make-up artiste Vidyadhar.
Bobby Jasoos
Vidya Balan's Bobby look in the film.
Bobby Jasoos will release on July 4.