About The Project
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, and produced by Bhardwaj and Siddharth Roy Kapur, Haider is an Indian crime-drama based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy – Hamlet. The story follows Haider, the lead protagonist of the film, who is searching for his missing father during the Kashmir conflict in 1995.
Haider grossed a total of INR 98.17 crores at the box office worldwide. The film garnered praise and appreciation for its exceptional direction, performances, music and production design and now has an assemblage of 36 awards and over 50 nominations to its name.
The film won 5 awards at the 62nd National Film Awards, which was the most at that ceremony. It included the best screenplay, Best Music Direction, and Best Costume. At the 60th Filmfare Awards, Shahid Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon, and Tabu bagged the awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Among others, Haider won 9 awards at the 16th Annual International Indian Film Academy Awards, including Best Makeup.
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In The Press
Bollywood Backstage: Meet the Prosthetic Artist of ‘Chichhore’
Here’s how a prosthetic artist creates and executes a look with the help of SFX makeup. Gone are the days when Bollywood could show a human transform into a werewolf with a simple mask used in the sequence.
NetTV4U Does An Article On Preetisheel Singh D’Souza
Preetisheel Singh is a famous make-up artist of the Bollywood industry. Specializing in prosthetic make-up, she gave us proof of her exquisite work in films such as Bajiroa Mastani, Haider, and Brothers.
Preetisheel Singh — Transforming Bollywood with her masterstrokes
In recent years Bollywood has presented us with characters that evoked different emotions in us. If Amitabh Bhachan and Rishi Kapoor made us laugh and adore them with their cuteness in 102 not out, Ranveer Singh scared us to the core with his looks as Alauddin Khilji.
We have set up India’s first make-up and prosthetics lab
Make-up artist and prosthetics designer Preetisheel Singh, who won huge acclaim for her work in films like Padmaavat and Bajirao Mastani, speaks to Latha Srinivasan about her magic touch.
Behind that mask
What do films such as Padmaavat, Bajirao Mastani, Housefull 3, Mom, Talwar, The House Next Door, Haider as well as the pre-Mughal historical epic Nanak Shah Fakir have in common?
Preetisheel Singh: “Period films have become my forte”
National award-winning make-up and prosthetics artiste Preetisheel Singh, who is working on Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone’s looks in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-awaited period drama Padmavati, talks about working on period films and the power of prosthetics
