Almost Unrecognisable In Bell Bottom Trailer, Lara Dutta Trends On Twitter

Lara Dutta in Bell Bottom: The trailer of the spy thriller movie was released on August 3, featuring Dutta as Indira Gandhi. Dutta became the talking point on social media as many could not recognise the actor in Indira Gandhi's get up. Fans took to Twitter to praise the make-up artist as well as Dutta's performance.

Apart from the tweets claiming "Lara Dutta nailed it", some fans also claimed that Dutta looked like everything but Indira Gandhi in the trailer of the movie

Lara Dutta 😱😱 nailed it 👏🏻👏🏻#LaraDutta pic.twitter.com/Cr57AirFCb

— Nigamananda Sahu (@Nigamsahu137) August 3, 2021

The tweet in question further accused Bollywood of ending up making a clownish or a caricaturish version of Gandhi.

#LaraDutta looking like anything but #IndiraGandhi, Bollywood everytimes ends up making a clownish or a caricaturish version of her.
Yet @INCIndia is unhappy with #KanganaRanaut's film. She's going to immortalize Indira on the screen.
PS. I liked #BellBottomTrailer.#BellBottom pic.twitter.com/nSrZfPQWF7

— Vagabond (@ExMachina1196) August 3, 2021

Lara Dutta In Bell Bottom

The Bhagam Bhaag actor played the role of India's then serving Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the Akshay Kumar starrer movie. Dutta can be seen playing a key role in the movie- from commanding officials to take steps to rescue a hijacked aeroplane assigning confidential tasks to Kumar.

The 46-year-old actor was almost unrecognisable in the movie, owing to the makeup and prosthetics. While some fans criticised the portrayal, others praised her way of carrying Gandhi's character. The makeup artist also got many mentions on social media.

One of the tweets read, "Huge makeover. It is hard to believe that she is Lara Dutta," while another tweet asked the inevitable question, "did you recognise her (Dutta) in the trailer?"

Huge Makeover 👏👏
It's hard to believe that she is #LaraDutta #BellBottomTrailer #BellBottomTrailerOnTheWay #BellBottom pic.twitter.com/xAfcyLUDTw

— Payal Goyal (@GoPayalGo) August 3, 2021

Did you recognise her in the trailer?😉#BellBottom #LaraDutta pic.twitter.com/yh9aHureAR

— NJ (@Nilzrav) August 3, 2021

On user said that the makeup artist of Bell Bottom should be given a national award owing to their work on Dutta as Gandhi. It added, "I bet you can't guess this Bollywood actress portraying the role of Indira Gandhi. Cant wait for the movie to release, especially for Lara Dutta's performance."

Just wow! Give the make-up artist of #bellbottom an National award already.
I bet you can't guess this Bollywood actress portraying the role of #indiragandhi.Loved the #BellBottomTrailer ..Can't wait for the movie to release,specially performance by #LaraDutta pic.twitter.com/r871PkzHCw

— Deep Mitra Roy (@Royisback7) August 3, 2021

#LaraDutta 😳
Lara Dutta is unrecognizable as the Prime Minister in the trailer of Bellbottom. The make-up artist deserves a national award.🔥#BellBottomTrailer pic.twitter.com/5TLRqSlkL3

— ⚽🐘 (@iceinmyveinzx) August 3, 2021

While many tweets claimed that it was unnecessary to cast Dutta in the role, another tweet claimed that Dutta is the perfect choice for the same.

Lara Dutta is the most perfect choice for the biopic of Indira Gandhi & u can't change my mind#BellBottom #LaraDutta @LaraDutta pic.twitter.com/JMXMSGsO0l

— Shreya (@_Shrextraa_24) August 3, 2021

The Vaani Kapoor starred and Ranjit M Tewari directed film will hit theatres on August 19 in 3D.

Watch the full trailer here: