National Award-winning makeup art Vikram Gaikwad passes away | Bollywood News
National Award-winning makeup art Vikram Gaikwad, known for his work in movies such as 83, Uri: The Surgical Strike and Ponniyin Selvan, died on Saturday here at a hospital, his younger brother said. He was 61.
“He was hospitalised at Hiranandani Hospital in Powai three days ago due to BP issues. He passed away today at around 8:30 am. His BP was going low, and we were not able to revive him. He was quite well when he was admitted. We were not expecting that he would pass away so soon,” Dr Prasanna Paranjpe, Gaikwad’s younger brother, told PTI.
Vikram Gaikwad’s work spans across Hindi, Marathi, and South Indian films such as 83, Shakuntala Devi, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, Sanju, Dangal, PK, 3 Idiots, Omkara, Balgandharva, Katyar Kaljat Ghusali, Ponniyin Selvan, and O Kadhal Kanmani.
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He won the National Award for best makeup art in 2012 for Vidya Balan-starrer Dirty Picture, followed another win for Bengali movie Jaatishwar in 2014.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Miner Eknath Shinde condoled his death in a post on X, saying he brought life into characters with his artry.
रुपेरी पडद्यावर व्यक्तिरेखा जिवंत करणारा जादुगार हरपला!
राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार विजेते सुप्रसिद्ध रंगभूषाकार विक्रम गायकवाड यांचे आज दुःखद निधन झालं. त्यांच्या जाण्याने रंगभूषेतून पडद्यावर व्यक्तिरेखा जिवंत करणारा एक जादुगार आपल्यातून निघून गेला आहे.
रंगभूषाकार म्हणून ‘सरदार’ या…
— Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) May 10, 2025
“National Award-winning, renowned makeup art Vikram Gaikwad passed away today, leaving us in sorrow. With his departure, we have lost a magician who breathed life into characters on screen through his artry in makeup. His mastery lay in effortlessly turning the impossible into reality, bringing to life the characters envisioned directors through his makeup artry,” he wrote.
Om Shanti.
Vikram Gaikwad was a legendary makeup art and an asset to realic Indian cinema. He didn’t just do makeup, which is often seen as a way to make actors look glamorous, he created characters and gave them soul, like a true art. I had the privilege of observing… pic.twitter.com/VrlQ1D4VZG
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) May 11, 2025
Vikram Gaikwad’s last rites will be performed at Shivaji Park crematorium in Dadar.
