Meet Darshan Yewalekar, the man behind Ranveer’s iconic hairstyles 

Hyderabad: Hair designer Darshan Yewalekar has been Ranveer Singh’s mane man since the beginning of his career, apart from styling superstars like Ranbir Kapoor and Salman Khan in the past. His filmography has spanned films like ‘Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela’, ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’, ‘Bajirao Mastani’, ‘Gunday’, ‘Simmba’, ‘Padmaavat’, ‘Saawariya’, ‘Laal Kaptaan’, ‘Wanted’, among others. His […]

Hyderabad: Hair designer Darshan Yewalekar has been Ranveer Singh’s mane man since the beginning of his career, apart from styling superstars like Ranbir Kapoor and Salman Khan in the past. His filmography has spanned films like ‘Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela’, ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’, ‘Bajirao Mastani’, ‘Gunday’, ‘Simmba’, ‘Padmaavat’, ‘Saawariya’, ‘Laal Kaptaan’, ‘Wanted’, among others.

His forthcoming projects include ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ where he is designing the hair for the entire star-studded cast.

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Darshan shared with us how he transformed Ranveer into the iconic Indian captain in ‘83’. For the hair virtuoso, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of a historic project like ‘83’. Says Darshan, “At the heart of this story is, of course, Kapil Dev, the fearless skipper who made the impossible possible. The challenge hence for me was to transform Ranveer into Kapil sir and to ensure that he closely reflected the legend that made history when he lifted the trophy at the hallowed grounds of Lord’s!”

 

Ranveer has been Darshan’s muse for over 10 years and the two have worked on multiple films together but this was the first time they were striving to pay tribute to a living legend.

Says Darshan, “When Kabir sir first met me, his brief was very straightforward. He just said, ‘Let’s replicate ‘the hair’. Ranveer and I knew we had to be as close as possible to how Kapil sir looked in 1983 and we went through volumes of vintage pictures and almost four to five look tests to get the famous curls right. Then there was his classic moustache. It had to be just right and it literally came down to slowly removing a single hair strand to make sure it looked as authentic as possible! And yes, it is absolutely real. I insisted that we avoid a fake mustache.”

The curls had to be devised artificially because it is hard to tweak natural hair to replicate the kind of volume and bounce Kapil Dev sported but it is to Darshan’s credit that it looks real. He says, “This is not to say that it was an easy process. There were a lot of conversations between Ranveer, Kabir sir, and me, and together, we ironed out the imperfections to ensure that we created not a caricature but a character with real gravitas and depth.”

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