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Measure For Measure
By Krishna Jewel | February 08, 2007
Measure For MeasureMumbai: In the first week of February, Shah Rukh Khan was called on at Mannat by a group of special guests, the Madam Tussauds' Attraction Team and if all goes according to plan, Shah Rukh Khan will unviel his wax figure very soon.

"On February 1, the team was in India. Shah Rukh insisted that I take the team to his residence where he has an office. So, the very next day we reached Mannat. He was scheduled to arrive by 6 pm after his shoot and three hours were reserved for his measurements and other detailing.

But unfortunately Shah Rukh was delayed, although he kept in touch via phone calls and SMSes," says Bobby Khan, who co-ordinated the deal.

The time they spent with King Khan was nothing short of amazing, as Bobby recounts. "SRK's hospitality is amazing! There were 30 of us, but each one was made to feel special. SRK arrived by 11 pm, and in spite of working since 7 am, he was bright and raring to go. When I asked him whether he wasn't tired, he said, 'When I am working, I am working.' He was so energetic throughout," says Bobby.

So, they got down to work with Jenni, the main sculptor, working on Shah Rukh's measurements. "She has also worked on Beyonce, Aishwarya Rai, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, David Beckham, and Amitabh Bachchan previously," says Bobby.

Marrie, their chief photographer was fast and furiously clicking away in a bid to capture Shah Rukh in every angle possible in order to get the detailing of his body perfect. Her detailing included everything from nails, fingers, toes, eyelashes, no detail was left out, no matter how minute.

The team had a box full of fake eyes to match his. SRK said, "I have a slight glint of green in my eyes." Bobby adds, "His face was marked with 500 and more white dots with pencil and every millimetre was measured. He was made to stand on a round platform, which kept revolving and every angle of SRK was captured. Even the rear side of the wax figure has to be identical to SRK."

The clothes that have been settled on are from his hit film, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, which he had stored. "He donated these clothes to the team for the wax figure. Stephen from the team was filming the entire session; he had done that with Bachchan and Aishwarya as well. SRK was made to say, 'Hi I am Shah Rukh. Welcome to the world of Bollywood', which will form the promos that will run at the Madam Tussauds," says Bobby.

After this, the team was treated to homemade biryani. SRK chatted with all of them until the wee hours of the morning and gifted DVDs, books, posters and some of his personal stuff to them too.

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