God, it's easy to play a Fraudman! Actors who have played fake godmen do a reveal

Bollywood and TV have spent a fair amount of energy on stories involving fake godmen and women and our gullibility to them. Just as our fascination for miracle-performing babas never gets old, their plotlines don't either. So every time that a Radhe Maa hits the headlines, or a Gurmeet Ram Rahim goes to jail and his followers run amok, you find yourself wondering if it’s really that easy to become a 'baba' or 'maa' and amass a following of hundreds of thousands, well, it is.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
At least those in showbusiness who have studied such godmen and women say so, and they say that it’s even easier for them to play one on screen. Why? Because fake godmen and godwomen are aplenty in our country, we've all grown up watching them around us, and that saves a lot of time of character study! From 'OMG - Oh My God' to the blockbuster 'PK', to plenty of other smaller films, many have taken on this industry in recent years. Here's their take:


Karuna Pandey who played Kusum Sundari in 'Devanshi'



--With inputs from Niharika.Lal@timesgroup.com, Riya.Sharma@timesgroup.com and Jyoti.Kanyal@timesgroup.com