Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das and now Padmapriya also come under the group of actresses who shaved their head for particular characters of their movie. Hair is the eminet parert of Womens beauty and the cant even imagine having their hair shaved.

Padmapriya Playing the role of a monk in the upcoming Mammootty film Kutty Shranku, directed by Shaji N. Karun. In order to do her character in its extacy Padmapriya desided to tonsuring her head. She started been working seriously on understanding her character and is reading a lot of Buddhist books to get a firm hold of the character she is to play.

"Tonsure is the practice of some Christian churches, mystics, Buddhist novices and monks, and some Hindu temples of cutting the hair from the scalp of clerics, devotees or holy people as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem”.