Shahid keeping bald look under wraps

On January 26, Shahid Kapoor tweeted: “Reading scenes for the final sched of Haider. Nervous and excited. Last 4 days of hair I can run my hands thru. Snowed out kashmir calling (sic).”
Three days later he announced “Chop chop day.” His stylist Aalim Hakim then flew down from Mumbai and tonsured him at a fivestar hotel in Pahalgam. On January 31, the actor stepped out wearing an all-enveloping cap that offered not even a glimpse of his bald pate.But that didn’t stop curious star-gazers. Some 15,000 of them turned up in the Kehribal area yesterday to watch the actor shoot.
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“As Shahid stepped out of his vehicle, some youngsters tried to circle him while others tried to force their way into the Sun Temple. The cops swung into action but some locals started hooting and pelted snowballs," Javid Ahmad, an eyewitness told Mirror.
A cop was injured and as the crowd spiralled beyond police control, producer-director Vishal Bharadwaj had to call off the shoot. He later resumed work, with Tabu, K K Menon and Shraddha Kapoor, but Shahid left soon after the incident. In the evening he was closeted in his hotel room without anybody getting to see what he looked like without his crowning glory.
According to a source, Shahid’s cap has been fixed to withstand persistent tugs by the human hand or even a gale and will keep the actor’s new look safely under cover till he is ready to unveil it for the media.
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Meanwhile, hashtags like #DontGoBald, #DontGoBaldShahid, ShanaticsSupportShahid have been trending on a social networking site. After Sanjay Dutt’s close shave in Agneepath, looks like Shahid’s bald new look is the talk of the country.