Ranveer Singh gears up to play young Alauddin Khilji, trims his beard

Ranveer Singh is one of the most social media friendly actors in Bollywood. In a new series of tweets, the actor has shared a video of him getting his beard pruned for his role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati. 

Singh had grown the beard to play the adult Alauddin Khilji and has now trimmed it to play a young Khilji in the same film. Padmavati is a period drama based on the life of Rani Padmini. Singh will be seen in a negative role for the first time in the film.  

Here is the video of the beard trimming ceremony:

And here is a before-after image shared by the actor:

The image has already garnered over 8,000 likes on Twitter.

Padmavati also stars Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapooor and Aditi Rao Hydari. The film is scheduled to be released on 17 November.