MUMBAI: The incredibly handsome Bollywood superstar and youth icon Ranbir Kapoor has gone in for a radical makeover: involving glasses, braces and a mustache!

For a new ad for a soft drink giant, Ranbir Kapoor has gone all out in his geeky transformation. Seen in a completely new, albeit nerdy avatar, the Kapoor scion will be seen in thick soda glasses, geeky dental braces and a mustache, to make him look like the average middle-aged, middle-class man.

This new look comes close on the heels of the IPL, of which Pepsi is a title sponsor.

Previously, Ranbir had donned the garb of an old, white-haired man for a different brand, and was seen being the evil old gremlin at a restaurant, troubling the patrons endlessly.

Meanwhile, Ranbir has also been in the news for frequent visits to troubled star Sanjay Dutt’s residence, post the latter’s conviction by the Supreme Court for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

Ranbir has maintained that he “feels bad” for Sanjay. “I feel bad for what has happened and that he has had to pay a price. For what I know of him and the relationship I share with him, Sanjay is a wonderful human being and really a good-hearted man.”