Celebrity Cameos: Cameos from celebrities serve a unique purpose to delight audiences, build hype, and elevate ordinary movie experiences into unmissable highlights. The last couple of years have brought us some very unexpected cameos in South Indian and Bollywood films. Below are five celebrity cameos that appeased the viewers.
We know Tovino Thomas is always seen in a variety of roles in Malayalam films, but he had a short but sweet cameo in Lokah. Audiences were so happy to see him play an offbeat character, and he definitely added a jolt of heat and stardom to the film without walking off with the potential plot.
If this wasn’t thrilling enough, Dulquer Salmaan also had a cameo in Lokah. It was such a pleasurable surprise, and a cameo by a A-List star can certainly prove to be a show-stealer.
Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan took on a specially crafted role as the anchor celebrity in The Bads of Bollywood by bringing glamour and star-power. After his cameo role shocked audiences, they could not stop buzzing on social media as it churned excitedly about his surprise but timely cameo.
Tamannaah Bhatia took up an unprecedented moment performance in Raid 2. Her cameo performance brought such energy and charm to the film which seamlessly fit into the storyline, allowing audiences to cheer for her character’s playful beauty for a brief moment on the big screen.
Last but not least, legendary Mammootty blindsided fans with a short cameo in Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra. Even for a brief cameo, his screen presence provided sufficient gravitas to ensure his ten minute role was observed and committed to memory for audiences, nonetheless demonstrating why he is one of Malayalam cinema’s most distinguished actors.
As these examples of cameos illustrate, the mere participation of an iconic figure provides a significant amount of excitement on-screen and off-screen. Whether it be depth or humor or simply star power, the beloved celebrity cameo remains a tool by filmmakers in simply trying to connect to the audience and amplify or punctuate moments in a films.
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