Ranveer Singh to do a Heath Ledger for Bajirao

Ranveer Singh is following in the footsteps of the famous Hollywood actor, Heath Ledger, and some of his own fraternity. For Bajirao Mastani, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus, Singh is reportedly walking many extra miles - the current one being the decision to move out of his Bandra home.

Speaking to a daily, the actor said, "The film requires me to cut off from television, (have) no phone, no Internet and I honestly need to get into a certain zone. At home, there's my mother, sister and father. I need to just cut off and get into this (completely). I can't even tell you the demands of this character. It's scary."

In 2007-08, During the filming of the film The Dark Knight, the second in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, the late Heath Ledger had done something similar to what Ranveer is doing now. Ledger had locked himself up in a hotel room to prepare for the iconic role of The Joker.

Time and again, Bollywood actors, too, have walked the complete-isolation way to prepare for their characters. While Aamir Khan lived in a chawl in Mumbai for Dhobi Ghat (2011), Vivek Oberoi had spent some time living in the slums of Mumbai for his role in Company (2002).

While Ledger's Joker was a career-defining character, and Aamir and Vivek both lived up to their roles in their respective films, we're yet to see if Ranveer is able to do the same with Bajirao Mastani.