Salman's bald and beautiful

Group tonsured

Says a close friend of the actor, "For the new schedule of Janeman, beginning January 2006, Salman and Sajid had already decided that Salman would go bald and opt for a new look for the film.

When we went to Salman's home on Tuesday, to celebrate his birthday, we saw that along with him, five of his friends and associates had also gone bald. It was an amazing and touching sight to see six people — all bald —in a great show of support, solidarity and bonding, so that Salmanbhai doesn't feel alone! That's the kind of love and respect his friends have for him. We all thought it was very sweet."

Hair today…

So, who are these pals? "His hairstylists, Darshan and Aalim, his cook, Jaffer, his make-up guy, Raju, and his spotboy, Mohan."

Says Aalim, from Hakim's, "Darshan is my assistant, and has always styled bhai's hair and even accompanied him for his Janeman shoot in USA this year. When we decided to give Salman a bald look for the film, bhai wanted to know how it would look, so he asked Darshan to go bald.

Darshan has always had very long hair, even longer than John Abraham — but when bhai requested this, he immediately complied. So, first Darshan went bald, and then Salman and then I did. Then Raju too decided to go bald."

…gone tomorrow

Adds Aalim, "It was step by step, with the buzzer. The hair was first styled short, then shorter and finally, we decided to go in for a totally shiny, bald pate."

How does Salman look now? "Very cool, with his new look," says Aalim.