{"id":404350,"date":"2026-01-10T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404350\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:48:10","slug":"akshaye-khanna-receives-high-praise-from-celebrity-makeup-artist-preetisheel-singh-a-single-actor-stretched-across-histories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404350\/","title":{"rendered":"Akshaye Khanna receives high praise from celebrity makeup artist Preetisheel Singh: \u2018A single actor, stretched across histories\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Akshaye The year 2025 is behind us now, but some cinematic gems and stellar performances from last year refuse to leave hearts and minds. Akshaye Khanna<\/a>\u2019s work on the Indian cinematic canvas in the year 2025 is certainly one of them. Most recently, he is being lauded for owning the screen with his role as Rehman Dakait in \u2018Dhurandhar,\u2019 and earlier this year, his performance as the cold-hearted Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in \u2018Chahava\u2019 left an indelible mark on the audience. Critics and fans highly praised both the films and Akshaye\u2019s look as well as performances. And now, the person who created two distinctive looks for the star in the same year, the celebrity makeup artist Preetisheel Singh, wrote an appreciation note for Akshaye Khanna. <\/p>\n

Celebrity makeup artist Preetisheel appreciates Akshaye Khanna<\/p>\n

Highlighting how beautifully and effortlessly Akshaye pulled off two very different characters, Preetisheel wrote, “Designing contrast is easy, making it believable is not. A single actor, stretched across timelines, temperaments, and histories.” <\/p>\n

The Making of Rehman Dakait: Akshaye Khanna\u2019s Most Radical Look Yet<\/p>\n

Further, she praised how the actor understood the nitty-gritty of both characters, and even after being in the industry for so many years, didn\u2019t fail to impress with his uniqueness. She mentioned, \u201cA cold gangster in Dhurandhar. A restrained Mughal emperor in Chhaava. What never shifted was Akshaye Khanna’s command of nuance and that rare instinct that keeps surprising you, even after so many years.\u201d In the end, she shared that it was her pleasure to design these characters for Akshaye. \u201cTo build both these characters in the same year was such a joy,” she concluded.Check out her post here:<\/p>\n

When Madhur Bhandarkar called Akshaye Khanna\u2019s 2025 work brilliant<\/p>\n

In a recent conversation with us, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar also shared his admiration for Akshaye Khanna\u2019s work in 2025 and said the actor was \u201cabsolutely brilliant in both films (\u2018Chaava\u2019 and \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019). \u201cIt was a masterclass for any actor. The body language, the nuances, the kind of work he has done. Fab, fab, fab is an understatement. It’s brilliant. I really, really, really loved it,\u201d added the \u2018Fashion\u2019 director.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dhurandhar\u2019<\/p>\n

The Aditya Dhar spy-thriller \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019 was 2025 one of the biggest box office blockbusters. The film, after a month of its release, has reached closer to the Rs 800 crore mark in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The year 2025 is behind us now, but some cinematic gems and stellar performances from last year refuse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26449,64,63,214540,73966,134,344,214541,214539],"class_list":{"0":"post-404350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-akshaye-khanna","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-chahava","12":"tag-dhurandhar","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-mughal-emperor-aurangzeb","16":"tag-preetisheel-singh"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}