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Madame Tussauds is now going to open in New Delhi.
Wax sculptor Marie Tussauds founded madame Tussauds. It is a wax museum in London with many branches in a number of major cities such as Berlin, Bangkok, Las Vegas, New York, and Prague, etc. and now it is going to open soon in New Delhi. Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction in London, displaying waxworks of famous people.
Madame Tussauds will be India's first branch of the wax museum. It'll open doors in June this year, with Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, American pop star Lady Gaga and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's status as some of the star attractions.
Mr. Bachchan is likely to attend the launch of the Museum, which will be open on the first and second floor of the Regal Cinema Complex in Connaught Place.
Madame Tussauds is going to be a new Facebook trend, where people will be sharing their selfies with famous wax models. On the other side, they'll be receiving comments by saying "Well my imaginary friend thinks you have serious mental problems" or "I am busy right now, can I ignore you some other time?"
Madame Tussauds is owned by a company Merlin Entertainments; following the acquisition of The Tussauds Group in May 2007, it includes the wax figures of historical and royal data, film stars, sports stars, and famous Murders.
In popular culture, many celebrities pose like their wax figures to prank people and publicity stunts.
For the publicity stunt and to prank people, Al Roker, Ozzy Osbourne, One Direction, Carmelo Anthony, Jeremy Lin, and Arnold Schwarzenegger posed as of their lifelike wax figures for many hours. From Films to music and games to television, all the celebrities are standing in Madame Tussauds.
This will be the 23rd branch of Madame Tussauds across the world. Director Marcel Kloos said in an interview, “Many said why Delhi when Mumbai is the Bollywood hub, but for us, Madame Tussauds is not just about entertainment, but representing wax statues or people from different walks of life.”
In Madame Tussauds, There will be Indian Celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, and Salman Khan, apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there will be some of the other names who already have their statues in International branches of Madame Tussauds.
