Filmmaker Karan Johar has become the first filmmaker from India to have a wax statue at the Madame Tussauds.
The ace director himself broke the news on social media. Johar took to his official Twitter handle to post a picture of himself holding a briefcase in one hand and a wax imprint of his palm on the other. A copy of his biography, “An Unsuitable Boy”, was on the table before him.
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Karan’s tweet read, “Honoured to be the first filmmaker from India at the prestigious Madame Tussauds. Thank you to the entire team in London who worked tirelessly… Will have further details about when and where soon! Madame Tussauds.”
Honoured to be the first filmmaker from India at the prestigious @MadameTussauds …thank you to the entire team in London who worked tirelessly …will have further details about when and where soon!!! #MadameTussauds #iifamadametusaauds pic.twitter.com/pbLuVs3hER
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) April 19, 2018
Trade analyst and film critic Taran Adarsh also took to Twitter to share a few pictures of the filmmaker. He wrote, “Karan Johar to have his wax statue at Madame Tussauds… The procedures have begun and the figure will be ready in six months.”
Karan Johar to have his wax statue at Madame Tussauds… The procedures have begun and the figure will be ready in six months. pic.twitter.com/Wk3PBYKIPA
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 19, 2018
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Details about the launch of his wax figure are still under wraps. However, currently, Karan has a slew of films in his kitty, including Student of the Year 2 and Kalank, which features a star ensemble including Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sonakshi Sinha and Alia Bhatt.
-With IANS inputs