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Composer-turned-film director Vishal Bharadwaj knows the importance of makeup too well. In his debut film, veteran actress Shabana Azmi plays a witch in Makdi. And the makeup (by Arun Seal) is so well done that it is difficult to recognise the actress in her new look.

Says Bharadwaj, "Witches have been part of my childhood. For Makdi, I did not actually visualise the witch's face. I only knew that she had to be very old --- she is 100-150 years old --- and tall. But I did have an idea of what she would sound like."

Azmi was a natural choice, according to the director: 'Shabana is as good an actress as Lata Mangeshkar is a singer'. And Bharadwaj did not have to convince her about the role. "She agreed immediately after hearing the script."




http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jun/20makdi.htm