A copy of the wax figure of Amitabh Bachchan, identical to his statue at Madame Tussaud's in London, was flown down to Mumbai and unveiled by Big B himself at the Filmfare Awards, 2001. So, where is the statue today?
Big B was clearly pleased with his wax look sake and took great pride in it. In fact, later, he unveiled the statue again in an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, especially for his game show audience.
Since then the statue found permanent residence in Big B's posh KBC office at Film City, where he kept it along with his other possessions. Needless to say, the statue was high-maintenance. Fifteen air-conditioners had to be kept on at a steady temperature 24/7, all through six years to conserve the wax statue in hot and humid Mumbai. In fact, during the 26/7 deluge in 2005, the first thing that staff of KBC's office had to worry about was the well-being of the statue as it would have been ruined if the office had gone down under.
However, things are different now. The vagaries of life have caught up with both the statue and its master. Now, Shah Rukh Khan is all set to sit on the chair that AB once occupied on KBC. Allegedly, AB was none too happy about this. And soon after he got news of his replacement, he got his KBC office cleared.
Samir Nair, CEO, Star Entertainment India, says, "Mr. Bachchan got his KBC office cleared some time back. He took away his statue, along with the rest of the clutter in the office."
A source close to Big B says, "The statue is very dear to him. Although Mr Bachchan is used to compliments and admiration, the statue is a gesture that touched him. The statue is now at Jalsa. But it's not on display."
So we come back to our original question. Where is Big B's statue today? Is it lying in his attic, with 15 air-conditioners looking after it there too, away from the gaze of guests, or is it in the basement?
The beheaded Amitabh Bachchan wax figure arrived in India on February 14, 2001. That was the best way, officials at Madame Tussaud’s had then said, to get the famous wax statue of the legendary actor across.
"The body is made partly of fibre glass and that will go in the hold," Diane Moon, from the famous wax museum, had said. "The head is far more delicate and I will be carrying that with me in the cabin."
The body travelled in 'a large wardrobe sized case'. The head, however, was another story. "It's very, very fragile," Moon had said.
"It will be kept securely in the cabin where I can keep an eye on it. It might be hot and humid in Mumbai and we'll have to keep an eye on his head. Too much heat could soften the head. But we don't believe it will be hot enough to start melting the wax."
2007/11/1 10:22:37 In Rakhi, he was very fat. Even Ileana is shown teasing him on his rather round figure. But NTR shed almost 24 kilos for his new look in Yamdonga. NTR is now in two minds. He is getting a mixed response from his fans. While some say that he looks glamorous with his new slim figure, some others say that they would like to him see him in his earlier avatar as ‘Bandodu’.
NTR is in a dilemma now, but post-Yamadonga, he has definitely put on some weight and one has to wait and watch if he will retain the figure or once again go on a diet to reduce weight.
Ileana is one of the hottest and happening actress in the industry today. She caught the fancy of the youth in a big way. She shot to fame more for her figure-glass figure and her looks than for her acting abilities.
She is now said to have become proud and is playing hard to get. She is shunning the media and is also asking for unheard of remuneration for acting in films. And the result is already there for her see. She has no films on hand at present barring the one that is in progress with Pawan Kalyan in the lead. Will Ileana now mend her ways or will she fade out like so many others before her?
2011/9/18 4:53:37 With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's fast being seen by many as a sign of his desire to play a bigger role, the Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday said Modi is already a national figure.
"He is a national figure. Let us not forget, he is a successful chief minister. At the same time, he is the demand of people from all over the country," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
"I think he is on the national seat...(He is) dedicated to work on a mission to develop Gujarat, because that is the mandate today... if he gets a different mandate, he will prove himself then too," Javadekar told TV channel Times Now.
He said Gujarat was the real example of 'sadbhavana' or amity.
"The real sadbhavana is equal growth, equal opportunity for all sections," he said.
Narendra Modi began his three-day fast Saturday by heaping praises on the state for its inclusive growth and communal harmony. (IANS)
2007/12/14 7:43:55 The bubbly and charming Charmy proved her crowd pulling capacity today. Her film ‘Manthra’ hit the theatres today. And the film was made with Charmy in the lead role. She reposed the faith of the director by managing to draw big crowds.
The film opened to house full collections at all the theatres where it was released. And not just that, even black marketers had a field day what with the tickets going for upwards of rupees 200. This is the figure that some of the leading actors’ movies command on the day of their release.
2010/12/8 8:13:02 Everyone is surprised to see the chubby figure of Jr.NTR when he arrived for the launching of Rajamouli’s film ‘Eega’ shooting. He develops some excess weight during the last few months and looks need a ‘Lypo’ again very soon if ignores his growing weight. But, the question is, what makes him let his weight grow while he is working hard for number of films without taking rest? Media’s wild guess points out at Jr.NTR’s would-be Lakshmi Pranathi. This hardly 18 years old girl Pranathi, was very much obsessed with his chubby figure in his earlier movies like Student No.1, Rakhi and many other films. But, during a recent meeting with her hubby she said that she dislikes watching his bony figure in movie ‘Yamadonga.’ Therefore, she has suggested her hubby not to go on diet to cut down the weight and need to maintain a perfect figure that can be justified.
2011/1/22 5:55:46 The Indian film industry which is spreading its wings to international market in a such a pace that, it become inevitable to give way to it. Now, most of the Indian films are being released world wide and grabs a fair market in overseas. Therefore, naturally our film stars become popular all over and this is once again proved with the placing of wax statues of our Indian film stars in world’s most popular Madame Tussuads museum, London.
All the film stars across the globe dream to see their wax statues in Madame Tussuads museum and consider it as great honor for themselves. The Madame Tussuads museum has placed our Bollywood heroes Amitabh Bachchan, Sharukh Khan’s wax statues some time ago. Now, its Bollywood handsome hero Hrithik Roshan’s turn to see himself in wax figure in this prestigious museum. These wax figures were made so exactly that it is almost difficult to find any difference between the wax figure and the person if stands side by side.
Yesterday, Hrithik Roshan has experienced the same feelings when he came face-to-face with his wax figure at London. The wax figure is a replica of his looks in his last film ‘Dhoom.’ It portrays him in a short sleeved shirt left wide open to reveal his toned and taut body to full effect. The figure took four months time to make at a cost of Rs.1.25 Crore around.
The buxom babe Namitha has been trying her best to cut down on her plump figure but with little suction. She has even approached doctors but they ruled that liposuction would do her more harm than good so that option has been ruled out now.
Namitha has been doing exercises regularly but even this has not brought in the desired results. Namitha is now tired of all the rigorous exercises in the gym and has decided that she can longer do it. Namitha is reconciled to the fact that she may have to learn to live with her buxom figure.
2006/12/1 10:25:06 Lead ladies down south are always meant to be plump – with some extra flab added to their figures – as opposed to the heroines with shapely curves elsewhere. Simple reason is that Tamil's like it that way – healthy and nutritious. On the other hand though, Thangar Pachaan seems to be thinking otherwise. He has requested – instructed to be precise – Sneha to shed some stones for his Pallikkoodam.
After the disastrous Chidambarathil Oru Appasami, Thangar Pachaan is up and running with his next venture Pallikkoodam.
The movie will have Sneha and Thimiru Shreya Reddy in the lead. While Thangar seems to be satisfied with Shreya's hourglass figure, he is not particularly happy with Sneha's plump figure. And, the story demands the heroine to be thin. Thinner than Sneha?
Thangar has quoted Shreya's figure to Sneha as an example. As a result, these days the smiley is seen pumping iron in her private gym to shed some weight. Let us wait for the result.
She is a well known actress and she is married and settled down. She even has a son. Still she has managed to retain her figure and charm and is still as hot and sexy as she was some 24 years ago when she entered the film industry.
We are talking about the ravishing and talented Ramya Krishna. She is now entering into the 25th year in the industry. Ramya Krishna is also celebrating her birthday today. Bharat Waves wished her many, many happy returns of the day.
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Thursday unveiled her wax statue at the Madame Tussauds museum in Blackpool, Britain.
"It is an honour and a privilege for me to have my own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Blackpool and even more so to launch a global Bollywood exhibition. This is a moment of pride for the Indian cinema," Kareena said in a statement.
It took four months to create the wax statue, which cost 150,000 pounds.
"The figure looks incredible and is so life-like. I had to do a double take when I saw myself - they have really done a superb job at capturing my essence," she added.
The unveiling of Kareena's wax figure also flagged off a global exhibition, where the statues of Bollywood stars will be taken to six major cities around the world to be exhibited, before they are brought back to Blackpool in January next year.
Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai too have their wax figures in Tussauds'.
2008/5/6 2:07:18 The hottest heroin in Tollywood today is none other than long legged lass from Goa, Ileana. She has caught the imagination of the youth in the state in a big way with her hot and sensuous looks and hour glass figure. But Ileana now does not have even a single film in hand, in Telugu or Tamil.
So Ileana has decided to utilize her free time to go on a holiday with her family. She is now headed for an exotic cool destination in Europe. She is very fond of swimming and a luxurious beach holiday is on her mind now. Ileana will come back only after about a month.
2007/11/8 7:38:18 Anushka has made a mark with her good looks and great figure. She has acted with some of the top heroes in Telugu. She now has a growing and loyal fan following. Her fans include not only some of the top actors but also the young heroes.
Keerping in mind her growing popularity, her personal manager is now quoting a higher figure for Anushka to sign on the dotted line. While Ileana has touched the one crore mark for her new film in Telugu, Anushka has now touched the 75 lakh mark.
2008/4/14 5:53:31 Nayanatara continues to makes news with her changing ‘figure’. She puts on weight for one film and in the next; she is seen with a slim and trim body. This time, Nayanatara has cut down a lot of weight and also flab; she attributes the loss of weight and great figure to the advice given by her mother.
Nayanatara’s mother advised her to take care of three things – Meditation, Yoga and Diet. She told Nayanatara was that it was very important to stay clams all the time. It is only with a cool mind that one can achieve anything, even weight loss. So Nayan is following this triple action ‘MYD” regularly.
2007/10/29 10:19:04 Shreya is one of the busiest actors in the industry today. She has stared in several films in almost all the south Indian languages besides Hindi. Shreya is quite conscious of her figure and sticks to a good diet regimen.. She begins her day with a gas of warm water. She eats an omlette for breakfast and a light lunch. She eats a lot off fresh fruits every day and follows it up with a light supper. Shreya also follows a strict exercise regimen – treadmill, mild exercises, aerobics etc.
Prince Mahesh Babu is now all set to tone up his body. He does have a good figure and great looks but fr hus new role in his film under the direction of Sukumar, he will come up with a new lean look.
Bradd Pitt’s trainer Greg-Joujon-Roche has been hired for a period of four months and he is now in Hyderabad and has got down to work with Mahesh Babu. The trainer will be paid one core for his four months work. Mahesh Babu will unveil his new look figure in the Sukumar film.
The buxom babe Namitha is without doubt the plumpest heroine in Tollywood as well as Kollywood. She is almost double in weight by conventional standards.
While her plump figure was her USP all these years her fans are no longer interested in seeing the ‘fat’ Namitha any longer.
Namitha has taken note of this and has decided to shed weight. She says that she will become slim and trim soon. She wants her fans to give her six months time and she will surprise everyone with a new svelte figure.
2011/2/8 0:13:25 Bollywood heroine Preity Zinta is one among those many other stars who were facing a cut throat competition in the film industry from their co-stars as well from new entrants. So, everyone has to play their own card as long they want to stick to industry. Being the senior most actresses, yet want to compete with the new entrants, Preeti Jinta has chosen the other way of ‘size zero’ to satire at her co-stars.
Speaking to the media, Preity Zinta has said “I don’t think merely maintaining ‘size zero’ is enough to be called as an actress. Maintaining size zero is also can’t be considered as a glamour quotient. Of course, looking glamorous is essential for all the actresses, but it doesn’t mean that, only glamour will do their job. First of all, an actress should have some inbuilt talent for acting in the films. Then only, her glamour quotient will help her anyway.”
“For example see me I have acted in many films in my lengthy career. But, I have never run after maintaining size zero. I always toned my body according to the requirement of my character in my films. If, my character in the particular film need a slim figure, immediately I used to slash the extra weight off my body and becomes slim. There were number other films which demands me for a flabby figure. Even, then also I didn’t turned down those characters. I used to gain some additional weight to suit the figure. But, in overall what I like to say is, figure and glamour should be seen only as a part of the career, but not as the only one thing needed for acting in the films.”
“You may say that I am particular about some heroines with my criticism. It’s not true. It applies to one and all the film actresses in the industry. After all, those girls whom you think I was criticizing are also in my close friends group. So, personally there should be no hard feelings for anyone,” said Preity Zinta.
Nayantara is making news both in Tollywood and Kollywood. Her hot and sexy photos with hero Simbhu have done the rounds recently. She is now busy with films in Telugu. She has also signed up for a film in Tamil.
She fainted on the sets recently. But it we have come to know that it was not due to any ailment. It was due to her fitness regime. Se wants to have a svelte and fit figure. For this she has adopted a strict regimen of exercise and dieting. She wants to shed the extra flab and tone up her body for a great figure, which she feels would boost up her career.
We all have one form of addiction or other. The bubbly Hansika is one such girl who says that he has an addiction that she is finding it just impossible to shake off.
Hansika is plum by conventional film standards. So, she is very conscious of her figure. Hansika feels that she is just about the right weight. She cannot afford to add even one kilo to her body, as it will spoil her figure.
The problem though is her weakness for junk food. Hansika simply loves junk food and gorges on it at the first opportunity. She known that junk food is bad for health and adds to her weight. Still this is one addiction that she finds it near impossible to quit.
London, March 7 (IANS) Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit, known for her million-dollar smile, was "thrilled" to unveil her wax statue at the Madame Tussauds museum here Wednesday.
The 44-year-old is the latest Indian film actor to join the A-list line-up at the Madame Tussauds wax museum, which also houses statues of Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.
"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," Madhuri said in a statement on the museum's official website.
The star of films like Tezaab, Ram Lakhan, Sajan, Beta, Dil, Hum Aapke Hain Koun!, Dil Toh Pagal Hai and Devdas, Madhuri is the sixth Bollywood celebrity to be honoured here at Madame Tussauds and only the second actress, following Aishwarya.
Madhuri was involved in the creation of her figure from the start. She attended a sitting in Mumbai where sculptors captured a catalogue of reference photographs and hundreds of precise measurements to create the statue.
She also donated the exquisite pink sari donned by the wax figure, which took four months to make at a cost of 150,000 pounds. The statue also has around its neck a heavy neckpiece, and the look is complete with the perfect smile that Madhuri is known for.
With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's fast being seen by many as a sign of his desire to play a bigger role, the Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday said Modi is already a national figure.
Everyone is surprised to see the chubby figure of Jr.NTR when he arrived for the launching of Rajamouli’s film ‘Eega’ shooting. He develops some excess weight during the last few months and looks need a ‘Lypo’ again very soon if ignores his growing weight. But, the question is, what makes him let his weight grow while he is working hard for number of films without taking rest? Media’s wild guess points out at Jr.NTR’s would-be Lakshmi Pranathi. This hardly 18 years old girl Pranathi, was very much obsessed with his chubby figure in his earlier movies like Student No.1, Rakhi and many other films. But, during a recent meeting with her hubby she said that she dislikes watching his bony figure in movie ‘Yamadonga.’ Therefore, she has suggested her hubby not to go on diet to cut down the weight and need to maintain a perfect figure that can be justified.
Bollywood heroine Preity Zinta is one among those many other stars who were facing a cut throat competition in the film industry from their co-stars as well from new entrants. So, everyone has to play their own card as long they want to stick to industry. Being the senior most actresses, yet want to compete with the new entrants, Preeti Jinta has chosen the other way of ‘size zero’ to satire at her co-stars. 
