Aishwarya Rai

Thanks to London ’s famous wax museum, Madame Tussauds, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan and former flame Salman Khan will get to be together. Well, we’re talking about their wax statues at the museum.

Salman’s statue at the museum will be unveiled in January 2008. As for Aishwarya, she already has a statue dedicated to her at the museum. Our source says, “There is a plan to put Salman’s statue besides Aishwarya’s. This will immortalise them together.”

The reasons for placing the statues together are purely business oriented. “After Shah Rukh Khan’s wax figure in Madame Tussands was unveiled, business quadrupled.

If Salman and Aishwarya’s statues are paired together, business will further multiply. Same goes for Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie and David-Victoria Beckham,” the source adds.

When contacted, Salman Ahmed (Group Managing Director of Bobby Khan Holdings who now have the rights to open Madame Tussands in Mumbai) says, “There has never been any branding in Madame Tussands, but recently, we have been inundated by offers from large corporates from India .

A new zone called the Bollywood Zone is being created. All four statues – Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan) will be in that zone,” he added.

Ahmed does not deny the news about Salman’s statue being placed next to Aishwarya’s. “There is a good possibility for everything, depending on the demand and of course, Madame Tussauds authorities in London ,” he says.

Abhishek Bachchan and Salman Khan were in the running for the fourth statue from Bollywood, at Madame Tussauds. However, after a poll, Salman emerged victorious and his statue was commissioned.