CAMPUS EVENTS CULTURE ADVENTURE WHAT DELHI WANTS WAXED
People have some unusual requests for the new Madame Tussauds which will open in 2017
World famous for its lifelike celebrity wax figures, Madame Tussauds has recently announced that it will soon make its way to Delhi in 2017. Opening in Connaught Place, the museum will showcase figures of eminent Indian and international figures such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, American socialite Kim Kardashian and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
So we decided to ask a few Delhiites whose replica they would like to see in the museum. While most wished for a statue of their favourite celebrity or figures of controversy like Rakhi Sawant, Sonam Gupta (#sonamguptabewafahai fame) and Kamal R Khan, some had really bizarre ideas.
“A statue of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with a complaint box would be a great addition. We could also have a tag next to him that says — for entertainment only,” says Ajay Sehrawat, an anchor and entertainer. Stressed due to demonetisation and long queues at the banks, Rustam Mazumdar, a DU student says, “Why not have an ATM installed there with a statue of the common man holding old 500 and 1000 rupee notes? It’ll be a great reminder of this ordeal we’re going through.”
If you thought these were unusual, hotelier Anupam Sehgal had the most innovative idea. “A display of the ‘aam aadmi’ in a glass case with smog in it would be just perfect. Maybe a futuristic design would remind us where we’re headed, if we continue polluting the city,” he says.