Have you ever watched a film and been blown away by how well the actors grasped the role they were supposed to be playing? Here is a list of our favourite roles, where we couldn’t tell the actors and the IRL inspirations apart.
1. Farhan Akhtar in ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ As Milkha Singh
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2. Ranbir Kapoor in ‘Sanju’ as Sanjay Dutt
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3. Prosenjit Chatterjee in ‘Gumnaami’ as Subhas Chandra Bose
4. Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Theory of Everything’ as Stephen Hawking
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5. Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Walk the Line’ as Johnny Cash
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6. Ben Kingsley in ‘Gandhi’ as Mahatma Gandhi
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7. Ashton Kutcher in ‘Jobs’ as Steve Jobs
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8. Rami Malek in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ as Freddie Mercury
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9. Diljit Dosanjh in ‘Soorma’ as Sandeep Singh
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10. Randeep Hooda in ‘Sarbjit’ as Sarabjit Singh Attwal
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11. Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Chaplin’ as Charlie Chaplin
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12. Randeep Hooda in ‘Main Aur Charles’ as Charles Sobhraj
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13. Sonam Kapoor in ‘Neerja’ as Neerja Bhanot
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14. Morgan Freeman in ‘Invictus’ as Nelson Mandela
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15. Adrien Brody in ‘Midnight In Paris’ as Salvador Dali
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