Bollywood influences everything — from college choices to fashion choices, and also how you style your hair. We look at the new crop, pun intended, and get stylists to help you achieve these iconic hairstyles
Kartik Aaryan
Movie: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
What you need to tell your barber: A combination of bro flow and blow out — a medium-length blowout.
How to get the look: You need at least 3-4inches in length to achieve this hairstyle. For this look, styling products are a must-have. Your hair needs to be cut in layers, and it is better to be avoided by someone with a round face or with a broad forehead as their face might look wider. Apply a small amount of OSiS Grip after shampooing and conditioning the hair. Blow dry the hair using a small round brush to enhance the volume. If required, refine the style with a curling tong (28mm barrel). Apply a small amount of OSiS Mess to the lengths, and finish the styling with Session label Super dry fix hair spray, recommends Bony Sasidharan, Hair Expert at Schwarzkopf Professional.
Siddhant Chaturvedi
Movie: Gehraiyaan
What you need to tell your barber: Keep the hair tapered, and give a soft fade from the sides and back.
How to get the look: Cut your hair short about an inch and a half in length from the top, giving a gradual soft fade on the sides and back for that tapered look. Use curl cream for prep, and a soft styling creme as the finishing product in case of curly hair. In case of straight or wavy hair, one can use a styling paste with a slightly stronger hold. Please see that you get a haircut roughly every 3-4 weeks to maintain the look and length and the fade, and also use appropriate home care to maintain the shape and do not over style the hair with heat tools as that can take away the natural look away, suggests celebrity hairstylist Amit Thakur.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Movie: Heropanti 2
What you need to tell your barber: Create fades and texture, and help with proper tips to style the hair after the haircut.
How to get the look: Create a textured yet sharp fade on the sides. The top is long and styled with heavy texture. On damp hair, apply Osis Grip Mousse by Schwarzkopf Professional. Use a round brush to blow dry the top, and create curled tips. After the blowdry, apply Hair Fixer by Osis to fix the hairstyle. The ash blonde is the highlight of the entire look, and works best on square and rounded face shapes. This style also requires hair colour that needs pre-lightening, so keep in mind that it will demand some maintenance, recommends celebrity hairstylist Vaishakhi Haria of Splash The Salon & Mantastic Barbers.
Akshay Kumar
Movie: Bachchan Pandey
What you need to tell your barber: To achieve the look, you can ask your barber to give you a textured medium-length haircut without a fade with just tapered sides and back for that sharp yet rugged look, and of course, adding a bandana as he has done in the film would add more fun and ruggedness to the look.
How to get the look: To get Akshay Kumar’s look in the film, the hair is kept in a medium length, which can be from 1-2 inches from the top and all the sides as well. For everyday styling, use a light shampoo as the texture needs to be created and then dry the hair from all directions using fingers to give the desired direction to the hair and use a medium to high hold texture cream or paste. If you want the look to be rugged like in the film, one can use a bandana, suggests Thakur.
Shahid Kapoor
Movie: Jersey
What you need to tell your barber: A layered blow-out.
How to get the look: This type of look requires comparatively longer hair. It has a tousled feel, which also requires a certain amount of volume in the hair to achieve it. Apply mousse on damp hair, and then blow dry the hair. For finishing touches, one can use Osis Flex wax to define the texture towards the tips. Since most men are not experimenting with various hairstyles lately, this hairstyle looks very good if it is styled and cut in the most efficient way. The barber needs to understand shape and texture. Sharp lines must be avoided. A good amount of texturising will give best results, recommends Haria.
Lead Image: Kartika Aaryan In Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2