Ashok Aswani, dressed as Chaplin, sits outside a shop in Adipur. Every year Aswani celebrates Chaplin's birthday by taking a walk, along with a group of Chaplin impersonators, through the city streetsPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersAswani watches as a member of the fan club breaks a coconut to start celebrations marking Charlie Chaplin's birthday Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersThe Charlie Circle fan club dance in the street during the celebrationsPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Aswani has his Charlie Chaplin makeup appliedPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersAswani examines his Chaplin makeupPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersAswani has his Charlie Chaplin hat carefully positioned by his barberPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersA man rides a motorbike and talks on his mobile phone as his passenger holds a portrait of Charlie ChaplinPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersAswani speaks to members of the fan club inside his clinic. Aswani is an ayurvedic doctor and sometimes gives away free Chaplin CDs with his potions to cheer his patients upPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersAswani watches as a member of the fan club has his makeup applied before the celebrationPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersA combination of pictures shows portraits taken in a temporary studio of members of the Charlie Circle dressed up as Charlie Chaplin Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersA statue of Chaplin is kept next to Hindu gods inside Aswani's house in AdipurPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersAswani poses on a salt pan in Adipur with his Charlie Chaplin hat and stickPhotograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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