Barbie is getting a facelift. Sort of. In the grand recent tradition of “celebrity Barbies,” Mattel is going to introduce an Indian Barbie. They are naming her “Bollywood Barbie” and they will base her looks on Bollywood (and Hollywood) actress Aishwarya Rai. Rai may be familiar to Western audiences through her role in Pink Panther 2 and as one of the faces of L’Oreal. She’s absolutely gorgeous, with a beautiful face and figure – and she’s famous for her striking green eyes.
Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai is set to win the ultimate beauty accolade – a Barbie doll modeled on her celebrated face. Rai sprung to fame when she won the Miss World contest in 1994, which spawned a lucrative modelling and acting career.
She made the transition to Hollywood with starring roles in Bride and Prejudice, Mistress of Spices, The Last Legion and more recently in Pink Panther 2 alongside Steve Martin.
She became the face of L’Oréal cosmetics in 2005 and is one of only two Indian film stars to have their waxwork image displayed at Madame Tussaud’s. She formally became a member of Bollywood’s “royal family” when she married actor Abhishek Bachchan, the son of India’s most popular star Amitabh Bachchan.
Now she is set to join the ranks of Hollywood immortals and pop divas like Beyoncé Knowles, Elizabeth Taylor, and Diana Ross, who have all had “celebrity Barbies” modeled on them.
Rai’s representatives were yesterday reported to be in negotiations with the toy manufacturer as it plans to transform the iconic doll into a Bollywood star and sell it throughout India.
If successful, the new Barbie will have Miss Rai’s striking green eyes, and wear outfits created by India’s top designers.
[From The Telegraph]
Argh! They’re only doing Bollywood Barbie in India. That sucks. Aren’t there enough little girls in America and Britain who want to have a Bollywood Barbie? Or are they only supposed to idealize blond hair and vacant, dead eyes?
I will give Mattel credit for using Indian designers to create Bollywood Barbie’s clothes. That’s really cool. I wonder if Bollywood Barbie will have a sari? Will she have a removable bindi? That would be cool, but can you imagine how small that dot would have to be?
Here’s Aishwarya Rai at the Berlin Film Festival’s premiere of ‘Pink Panther 2’ on February 13th. Images thanks to WENN .
Aishwarya is a true beauty – puts much of Hollywood to shame. Just breathtaking.
Lots of gossip about her in her home country, as well.
If I had a daughter I’d buy her that doll in a second.
Or are they only supposed to idealize blond hair and vacant, dead eyes?
Where have you been?
It sucks they won’t sell here. Maybe ebay? I’m sure they’ll cost a fortune.
She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen!!! Everytime I see a picture of her, that’s all I can think.
Is the doll being manufacutred in India or China. It would be fantastic if it is made in India and sold worldwide.
She is too freaking gorgeous. Hard to hate on her, though. I wonder if eBay will charge a ridiculous amount of money for it if it’s in limited production.
She is the second most beautiful woman in Hollywood behind Megan Fox, 3rd is Lyndsey Lohan and 4th is Halle Berry
She’s STUNNING!
Ms. Universe for a reason. or was it Ms. World? Either way…
And you know, aside from being almost painfully beautiful, she speaks like, 5 or 6 languages! Grrr…
But I would totally buy a Bollywood Barbie, just to look at it! If it had a sari, though, it’d be hard to dress. I wore a sari to my Indian friend’s wedding last summer, and I couldn’t believe how much more difficult it is to wrap one than it looks. I can’t imagine trying to do those tiny little pleats for a Barbie! And no removable bindis, please–it’s enough trouble keeping track of Barbie shoes!
And here I thought she was a living barbie this whole time….
I am so incredibly jealous of this woman.
Absolutely stunning!!She’s in my top ten!She won the Miss World title in 1994.She is 35 years old.What a great barbie she will become.
That’s impressive. She’s gonna make a good Barbie. It’s in the eyes.
Oh, and Beyonce? Seriously? Blah.
She is stunningly beautiful and she isn’t gaunt at all – possibly even a little *gasp* fleshy by Hollywood standards. Angelina should take note….
extremelly gorgeous woman wow never seen anything like her
I’m writing Mattel right now to demand they release it in the U.S. as well.
…dare i say even prettier than angelina?
^^^Go ahead and say it. She’s MUCH prettier than Angelina.
ive been to india and you know if you look for beautiful indian women.. they are really soooooooooooo beautiful. if you are for ugly, they are also physically unattractive. there is no average looking in india for me. only beautiful and the ugly.its like north and south.
She is the most beautiful lady in the world.. i will bye it for my sweet sister..
Oh, God.
Her famous green eyes are contacts, she’s got brown eyes naturally…. Like all stars they have armies of makeup artists, stylists etc and are photo shopped.
perso i don’t like her…there was that program called COFFEE WITH KARAN…it’s about getting to know about bollywood celebrities…she left karan with a gaping mouth as she answered one of his questions…and she gave him mind-your-own-business look that shut the poor thing up…plus she’s a snob!!apart from being beautiful and intelligent she could be a bit outgoing…people would only like her more…ppfff…*rolling my eyes*
M, you are wrong. She has always had green eyes. Also, it is easy to distinguish contact from the real thing at this closeup.
Yeah, you know, people in India aren’t really all that fond of her anymore. Mostly because she has about a dozen court cases filed against her for non-payment of taxes and shipment of foreign goods without paying the import taxes on them, but nothing is done about that ’cause she’s a major star. And she and her family by marriage support one of the most corrupt politicians in the country. And also since she’s quite a diva.
She’s gorgeous
check out this pic of her
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