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29 March 2024

Katrina Kaif waxes after Deepika, Priyanka fail to impress

Indian actress Katrina Kaif collaborating with sculptors for her wax statue at Madame Tussauds, London. (Pic: Madame Tussauds)

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Madame Tussauds, London has confirmed that Hindi film actress Katrina Kaif will be joining their Bollywood line up in 2015.

Every year, Madam Tussauds conducts an online poll to conclude which world celebrity would be cast in wax, and this year Katrina emerged as the winner beating her contemporaries such as Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra.

The famed museum issued a statement and confirmed that Katrina will be joining the A-list line up next year.

"Our first Bollywood figure was decided by public vote when veteran superstar, Amitabh Bachchan, was portrayed in 2000," commented Nicole Fenner, PR Manager.

"Now, almost fifteen years and seven wax figures later, the fans have once again decided on who they want to see here - after a very close contest, Katrina Kaif will be the next Bollywood start to join our line up. We are delighted she has agreed to work with us to create her wax likeness and look forward to revealing the figure to the public in Spring 2015," Nicole continued.

Katrina Kaif is also excited about her wax statue, "I am extremely excited that Madame Tussauds London will be creating my wax figure and the fact that fans were involved in the decision makes it even more special. It's an amazing honour to be asked and to be featured alongside icons of the Indian film industry is humbling. I can't wait to start work on the creation now and to meeting myself in wax next year!"

Katrina has collaborated closely with our sculptors and artists to decide a dancing pose and outfit for the figure, having given a sitting in Mumbai where all the measurements required to create an accurate likeness were gathered.

The artists from London have also recorded details of her skin, eye and hair colour.

A team of 20 artists will work on the figure, which will cost £150,000 to produce, and completion is scheduled for Spring 2015 when it is hoped Katrina will unveil the figure herself here at our London attraction.

The Bollywood area is quite popular in London with wax figure of Indian actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor.

Since the introduction of the first Bollywood film star, Amitabh Bachchan in 2000, Asian visitors to the attraction have increased and the Bollywood factor has spread worldwide with a number of Madame Tussauds attractions around the world featuring Indian film stars.