Madame Tussauds : first wax statue museum opens in India

 

NEW DELHI – Two years after asserting its India franchise, Merlin Entertainments, the world’s second largest leisure and customer sights firm, has opened their first wax statue museum, Madame Tussauds, in Delhi.

Located on the Indian capital’s prime central enterprise district, Connaught Place, and housed within the iconic Regal Cinema constructing, Madame Tussauds Delhi opened with 50 wax figures specifically curated to appeal each native and worldwide guests.

Divided into 5 zones – Movies, Sports activities, Music, Occasion, and Leaders, Madame Tussauds Delhi has a high-quality mixture of worldwide and nationwide figures in all these zones to offer fairly an experiential tour of the museum and permitting vacationers to click on selfies with the legends.

With a purpose to give an area contact, the show begins round Delhi’s iconic Chandni Chowk with probably the most energetic wax determine of Bollywood famous person, Salman Khan on a cycle rickshaw, the Monetary Categorical stories.

Raj Kapoor.

The outstanding wax figures that adorn the Madame Tussauds embody that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former President, APJ Abdul Kalam, sports activities legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Olympian Usain Bolt, English footballer, David Beckham, Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, Indian Boxer, Mary Com, Music legends like Asha Bhosle, Justin Bieber, Woman Gaga, amongst others.

Ranbir Kapoor.

In keeping with Anshul Jain, Basic Supervisor and Director, Merlin Entertainments India, the museum can accommodate as much as 500 individuals at a time, with an anticipated footfall of two,500 guests per day. Whereas the Museum shall be open from 10 am to 7.30 pm, Jain mentioned that they’re open to increase the timings on particular group requests.

“All of the figures are imported from London,” shares Marcel Kloos, director, new openings, Europe and rising markets, Merlin Leisure, including that that is performed to make sure consistency and high quality.

Shreya Ghoshal

Madame Tussauds Delhi is the 23rd Madame Tussauds on the earth and is an enormous attraction with guests in every vacation spot, Jain mentioned.

Round 550 million individuals have visited Madame Tussauds world wide.

Tickets are open at INR860 for adults and INR660 for kids. These tickets are versatile as the acquisition stays legitimate for a 12 months from the day of buy and permits the visitor to go to at any time of their selection.

In London, each ticket prices GBP 32.

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