Actor Randeep Hooda, often hailed as the shape-shifter of Indian cinema, has once again set the internet abuzz with a striking new look shared on his social media today.

Hooda has built a formidable reputation for transforming himself entirely for his roles—whether as a violent kidnapper-turned-saviour in Highway, a revolutionary freedom fighter in Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, or most recently, as Ranatunga, one of the darkest and most vicious characters Bollywood has seen, in the film Jaat.

It’s worth recalling that Hooda lost over 30 kilograms to portray Savarkar, capturing the physical and emotional toll of the revolutionary’s imprisonment in harrowing detail. With his latest post, we now have reason to believe he is preparing to disappear once again into a new role—one that promises to be as intriguing as it is mysterious.