Indian Barbie Doll Katrina Kaif's wax statue unveiled in London
Indian Barbie Doll Katrina Kaif on Saturday became the latest Indian star to join the Bollywood line-up at Madame Tussauds in London.
Kaif unveiled the wax statue and
joined the new Bollywood setting as part of the popular wax-work
museum's "15 years of Bollywood" celebration.
After coming face-to-face with her wax model, Kaif said, "This is amazing it does look really like me."
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| Indian Barbie Doll Katrina Kaif's wax statue unveiled in London |
"Our
world famous sculptors have worked closely with the Indian film
industry over the last decade, and we now have a stellar line-up in a
specially created Bollywood area – one of the most popular in the
attraction," Madame Tussauds said in a statement.
Katrina, born to a British
mother and Kashmiri father, was picked after she went head to head with
competitors Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone to win a hotly
contested poll last year via Madame Tussauds website and in
collaboration with Panjab Radio, with more than 225,000 votesc were
cast.
The 31-year-old British-Indian actress has become the seventh Bollywood actor to be honoured with a figure at Madame Tussauds London and joins Amitabh Bachchan (2000), Aishwarya Rai (2004), Shah Rukh Khan (2007), Salman Khan (2008), Hrithik Roshan (2011) and Madhuri Dixit-Nene (2012).
The 31-year-old British-Indian actress has become the seventh Bollywood actor to be honoured with a figure at Madame Tussauds London and joins Amitabh Bachchan (2000), Aishwarya Rai (2004), Shah Rukh Khan (2007), Salman Khan (2008), Hrithik Roshan (2011) and Madhuri Dixit-Nene (2012).
"Katrina collaborated closely
with the Madame Tussauds artistic team to ensure total accuracy and is
delighted with the figure, which is portrayed in a dancing pose wearing a
beautiful sequined white, silver and gold, two piece outfit," a museum
spokesperson said.
Katrina's figure was created by a team of 20 sculptors and artists over a four-month period, using hundreds of precise measurements taken at a sitting in Mumbai and cost 150,000 pounds to create.
Madame Tussauds Studios London has been making wax figures for over 150 years with each masterpiece taking up to four months and a team of 20 dedicated sculptors to create.
Katrina's figure was created by a team of 20 sculptors and artists over a four-month period, using hundreds of precise measurements taken at a sitting in Mumbai and cost 150,000 pounds to create.
Madame Tussauds Studios London has been making wax figures for over 150 years with each masterpiece taking up to four months and a team of 20 dedicated sculptors to create.
Over 500 precise body
measurements are referenced, real head hairs are inserted one by one,
and countless layers of paints and tints are applied to build up skin
tones to achieve a kind of astonishing realism that visitors flock to
see from around the world.
The Bollywood factor has proved extremely lucrative, with Indian holidaymakers and NRIs forming a large chunk of the visitor numbers at one of London's most popular tourist spots.
The Bollywood factor has proved extremely lucrative, with Indian holidaymakers and NRIs forming a large chunk of the visitor numbers at one of London's most popular tourist spots.
