Salman’s wax statue at Tussauds

Good news for Salman’s fans, now you can come face to face with your favourite Dabang hero! The famous wax museum, Madame Tussauds, in New York will be unveiling Bollywood actor Salman Khan's wax statue on August 2. The Chulbul Khan will join Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan at the museum’s ‘Bollywood Zone’. Bret Pidgeon, General Manager of Madame Tussauds New York said "Salman Khan is one of Bollywood's most enduring and recognizable stars. Bollywood exploded on the American pop culture scene several years ago and has become one of our most exciting entertainment categories".

Due to the Star’s popularity overseas, numerous requests were sent by the fans to install Salman’s statue.  The figure was created on loan for three months from Madame Tussauds London and was launched in January 2008. Khan had beaten 9 other Indian stars - including Madhuri Dixit, Hrithik Roshan, Lata Mangeshkar and Abhishek Bachchan, to be voted as the ‘Next Bollywood Star’ to get a wax likeness. Over 10,000 people had voted for the ‘Next Bollywood Star’ in a public poll in 2007. Khan himself had chosen and given his black top and denim jeans for this wax statue.

Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities like in Amsterdam, Bangkok, Berlin, Blackpool, Dubai, Hollywood, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Las Vegas, New York City, Shanghai, Sydney, Vienna and Washington D.C. It basically features prominent figures in its exhibits and are categorized in the following: Political Leaders, Historical Figures, Cultural Figures, Pop Stars, Television Stars, Sports Stars, World Leaders, and Hollywood Stars.

The Bollywood Zone of New York's museum is brightly coloured and includes a replica of one of the Seven Wonders of the World -"Taj Mahal". The museum also includes videos of authentic Indian dancers and a photo area where visitors can pose with their favourite Bollywood stars. Sources say that Madame Tassauds plan to expand the area to include figures of more famous Bollywood stars.

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- Unknown Updated at: Sunday, July 29, 2012

Madhuri Dixit comes to life at madame tussauds

Madhuri Dixit here unveiled her wax statue at Madame Tussauds becoming the seventh Indian celebrity to be showcased at the wax museum. She was extremely thrilled to be part of this and she says "I am thrilled to be here in Madame Tussauds unveiling a wax figure of myself. It's incredible just how detailed the figure is - they have captured my look beautifully!

I feel very humbled to be included alongside other Bollywood stars and some of my personal heroes,". Her fans are also equally thrilled about the news and is already celebrating her posture there. Madhuri Dixit becomes the third heroine after Aishwariya Rai, who found herself waxed in 2004 and Kareena Kapoor who had unveiled her statue in 2011.

There has been an immense effort put forward by the artisans along with the actress, they had worked close to a month together to get the precise look and measurements of the star. She had even shared her exquisite saree which was designed but Manish Malhottra for the looks of the statue. The overall statue costs around USD 150,000. 

"We're delighted to welcome Madhuri (and her family) here today and to be including her figures in our A-list line-up. We know Bollywood fans will also be delighted; we have been inundated with requests to make Madhuri's figure and we hope they agree it is a wonderful likeness. 

"With so many awards to her name and a career spanning over 25 years she undoubtedly deserves her place here at Madame Tussauds London," said Liz Edwards, PR Manager at Madame Tussauds.

The other prominent figures at the museum include Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan. 

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, March 08, 2012

Madhuri dixit to be the 150,000 pound wax statue!

The latest announcement by Madame Tussaud has been a joy for all Madhuri Fan's as they have finally announced that they are ready to make the wax statue of the most worshiped heroine in bollywood, Madhuri Dixit. The thrilling news came out on Thursday from London, and it is also reported that Madhuri has also given sitting pose to the sculptors in Mumbai. 

“Madhuri has already given a sitting to our sculptors in Mumbai and is expected to unveil her likeness here in March.Her figure will make a stunning new addition to our Bollywood area which continues to grow in popularity every year,” said Madame Tussauds in a statement.

The actress seems to be extremely thrilled about the event and is glad that her performance got so accepted globally that she has been chosen for the prestigious place at Madame Tussaud's. She recently tweeted confirming the statement from Madame Tussaud, “Madame Tussaud’s made the announcement and I am confirming it. Will be in London in March to introduce my likeness! Thanks for all ur support.”

Earlier, it was Kareena Kapoor who had unveiled her wax model at Tussauds.  The wax statue of Madhuri will be done in Saree from the latest collection from Manish Malhotra. 

The statue will be unveiled in March, 2012 at London. The specialists on hair, sculpting and design department are rigorously working on this, we can't wait to catch a glimpse. 

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- Unknown Updated at: Friday, January 13, 2012

Madame Tussauds puts Kareena in Chameli Style

Chameli in Wax at Maame Tussauds!

London's Madame Tussauds has all the famous personalities coming in and most of the Bollywood stars are already in the row. Kareena was in the queue and we knew she would be coming in pretty soon. The museum has decided to put up her profile there but they are having a tough time choosing from the various looks of Kareena.

Sources mention that the museum has zeroed in on Chameli look of Kareena which had won her a great set of awards and was much appreciated by the critics for her performance. The museum wishes to make this movie memorable as this was one of the turning points in her career.

Chameli movie had her working opposite Rahul Bose and she worked as 'Sex worker' in the movie, she did the role so marvelously that the movie was critically acclaimed and was given awards for the stunning performance. So it should be Chameli that stands in London.

It is also reported that the museum has already took detailed measurements of the actress and the work on wax statue is in progress. The news is that Manish Malhotra, who designed the attire for Chameli will be the man doing it for the wax statue too. 

The statue is scheduled to be unveiled in the month of October 2011.

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- Unknown Updated at: Sunday, July 24, 2011