The womanly avatars of these B-Town actors made moviegoers cringe

Since someone in Bollywood thought that the great idea of dressing up the hero in a womanrsquos dress is incredibly funny we have been inflicted with a lot of such episodes We think those manly limbs and fake breasts might have raised some laughter a few decades ago but now most of them have only ended up being a cringeworthy experience for the audience For instance Ram Kapoor was a TV icon we looked up to till he decided to shock us with a bikini actRecently Shakti Kapoor donned the female garb when the media turned up to cover the mahurat shoot for his upcoming film Rakht Dhaar The actor was dressed in a yellow kurta and purple salwar with heavy makeup and accessories and he looked quite a sightPassing off as a woman is not something every actor can pull of as these actors have shown us with their onscreen attemptshitlist points out instances where audiences were tormented by the sight of actors togged out as womenRam KapoorFilm Humshakals 2014Lowdown The actorrsquos decision to remove body hair and don an orange swimming costume in his latest film has not gone down well with his fans and he has received lot of flak for it Turns out that Ram was not too keen to do this scene eitherShakti KapoorFilm Rakht Dhaar 2014Lowdown Shakti Kapoor plays a eunuch in his upcoming film To give the media a sneak peek of what lays in store the actor even turned up in his onscreen avatar at the filmrsquos launch Not surprisingly the gaudy make up combined with loud jewellery didnrsquot impress manyVindoo Dara SinghFilm Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya 2013 announcedLowdown Soon after Vindoo came out of jail after his alleged role in the match fixing scam his photographs dressed as a woman were leaked out The actor who was known for his role of Hanuman is now going to play a woman in Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya Thankfully the film is still in its making stage and is yet to hit the screensShahid KapoorFilm Milenge Milenge 2010Lowdown This long stuck film of Shahid and Kareena Kapoor didnrsquot get good reviews and Shahidrsquos avatar as a woman in some scenes didnrsquot help eitherSanjay DuttFilm Mera Faisla 1984Lowdown In one of the scenes from the film Dutt is seen sporting a salwar kameez and mang tika Though the act was supposed to be funny it was dreadful to see Dutt in womenrsquos outfitsAkshay KumarFilm Khiladi 1992Lowdown The film may have given Akshay his big break but his female getup didnrsquot earn him any positive reactions Akshay and coactor Deepak Tijorirsquos womanly act was more awful and less funny The Khiladi seems to have learned from his mistake and hasnrsquot repeated such an act till dateJaved JaaferiShreyas TalpadeFilm Paying Guest 2009Lowdown Both Javed and Shreyas promoted their film by dressing up as women While Shreyas did manage to draw some smiles Javed with his shocking blond hair and tracksuit made no impact whatsoever as a girlSalman KhanFilm Jaan E Mann 2006Lowdown In Shirish Kunderrsquos debut film he managed to convince Salman to sport an outfit with noodle straps But itrsquos Salman we are taking about here and the actor canrsquot run away from his image Not only was the actor uncomfortable in his female avatar he was also unconvincingAjay DevgnFilm Golmaal 2008Lowdown Action star Ajay too has dressed up as a girl in one of his films He did it for his director friend Rohit Shettyrsquos comic caper but clearly didnrsquot look anything like a woman Luckily both the actor and his director realised their folly and never repeated this gag in the Golmaal franchise