It's a known fact that Bollywood stars are famous across the globe. But who would've thought that their wax figures would get as big a response as the stars themselves? That's exactly what's going to happen on foreign shores next month. Madame Tussauds in Blackpool, United Kingdom, is to launch a Global Touring Bollywood Exhibition, which will showcase the Indian superstars at Madame Tussauds in all their filmi glory.
This is a first-of-its-kind exhibition for the world-famous museum, allowing fans across the globe the chance to see their favorite Bollywood stars immortalized in wax. A special Bollywood room is being created within Madame Tussauds Blackpool for the event, where a week-long series of activities will take place alongside the exhibit.
The exhibition will kick-off in Blackpool on October 8 and will run until December 28. After Blackpool, the exhibition will move to Bangkok and other cities, including London, Hong Kong, and other places across Europe and USA. The latest addition to the Bollywood figures of Madame Tussauds - the wax statue of Kareena Kapoor - will be unveiled in the midst of the exhibition, on October 18, as will a new figurine of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan!
The buzz is that Miss Kapoor will launch the exhibition, and might be joined by some of the other stars. A source at the museum states that the Bollywood room attracts a large number of Indian tourists; the touring exhibition will give more filmi fans around the world a chance to see their reel-life stars in wax. Kareena will be the sixth B-Town star to be part of Madame Tussauds Bollywood wax figures, after Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan.
This is a first-of-its-kind exhibition for the world-famous museum, allowing fans across the globe the chance to see their favorite Bollywood stars immortalized in wax. A special Bollywood room is being created within Madame Tussauds Blackpool for the event, where a week-long series of activities will take place alongside the exhibit.
The exhibition will kick-off in Blackpool on October 8 and will run until December 28. After Blackpool, the exhibition will move to Bangkok and other cities, including London, Hong Kong, and other places across Europe and USA. The latest addition to the Bollywood figures of Madame Tussauds - the wax statue of Kareena Kapoor - will be unveiled in the midst of the exhibition, on October 18, as will a new figurine of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan!
The buzz is that Miss Kapoor will launch the exhibition, and might be joined by some of the other stars. A source at the museum states that the Bollywood room attracts a large number of Indian tourists; the touring exhibition will give more filmi fans around the world a chance to see their reel-life stars in wax. Kareena will be the sixth B-Town star to be part of Madame Tussauds Bollywood wax figures, after Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan.
