Page 64 - Tehelka Issue 15 August 2018

• Mira Rajput set

for acting debut

Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Rajput
will soon be working together and sharing
screen space. The news was shared by • Deepika to join
one of the fan pages of Shahid Kapoor Madame Tussauds
along with the official announcement Deepika Padukone is the
made by the brand. Shahid and Mira will newest addition at Madame
be the brand ambassadors for a home Tussauds with her wax
appliance company. Mira recently shot figure set for attractions
for a baby product commercial and she in London and Delhi The
was a thorough professional on the sets, team of Madame Tussauds
according to reports. Times Now recently expert artistes met Deepika
reported, “Yes, Mira Rajput shot an ad for in London for the sitting for
a foreign baby product. She worked like her figures, where they took
over 200 specific measure-
a thorough professional and got it right ments, photographs to create
in one take; in fact, no one could believe an authentic likeness. “I am
that this was her first commercial. She is so delighted. The sitting
very camera friendly and performed with with the team of experts was
great dignity and confidence.” Shahid’s a special experience and I
film Padmaavat recorded the highest look forward to the incred-
collections in his career and became ible figure at the attraction,”
one of the top grossers of the year. the actor said in a statement.
The first figure will launch
He is getting his own wax statue at in London early 2019, while
Madame Tussauds Museum London. the Delhi figure will follow a
Interestingly, it was Mira Rajput who few months later. The Delhi
decided Shahid’s pose for his wax museum currently showcases
statue at Madame Tussauds. Shahid wax figures of Indian person-
said, “She was extremely happy alities such as Prime Minister
and wanted to know more about Narendra Modi, Katrina Kaif,
the process. So, when they were Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shah
Rukh Khan and Amitabh
taking my measurements, I was Bachchan among others.
on FaceTime with her.”

• D’Cruz responDs to boDy-shaming GoinG veGetarian

The Raid acTRess says she is TRying To leaRn To ‘love myself foR who i am’ was one of my
Ileana D’Cruz recently became the target
of body-shaming, but she was not one to be best decisions’
bogged down by the negativity. It began with
Ileana’s decision to use the ‘Ask Me A Ques-
tion’ feature on Instagram. One fan asked
her if she has ever faced flak “for having an
awkward body”. Ileana’s response is winning
the internet. “Firstly, I don’t have an ‘awk-
ward’ body type. Nobody does. Secondly, yes
I have been criticised for my body type. But I
am trying to learn to love myself for who I am
and not try to conform to someone else’s ide-
als,” she wrote. Ileana was last seen on the big
screen opposite Ajay Devgn in Raid, which anushka sharma
• Beating negativity Ileana replies with grace hit the screens earlier this year. (in an interview)

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