He's closely guarding his hairdo for his upcoming Bala flick If you saw Atharva at the audio launch of his romantic flick a few days ago, well, that's the last you'll see of him for a while. No, the Baana Kathadi actor isn't taking a sabbatical, but he's carefully hiding the look he sports for his upcoming flick for ace filmmaker Bala.
A source says, 'Actually, Atharva might not have even attended the audio launch but since it was an old commitment, he honoured it.
He's received strict instructions from Bala not to venture out for public events too often.'
In fact, he did not even attend the after-party thrown for the cast of the film on the evening post the audio launch. The buzz is that the actor sports a different hairstyle in the film. Already, the film is in the news as the director had asked many supporting artists in the film to go bald, in order to go with the theme of the movie.
Interestingly, when the National Award-winning filmmaker was shooting his previous flick Avan Ivan, Arya wore a cap whenever he attended film events. Despite repeated requests by the shutterbugs, the actor would refuse to take it off stating that 'Bala would be furious'.