Baahubali star Prabhas will have his wax figure immortalised at Madame Tussauds, Bangkok, becoming the first South Indian actor to have his statue at the prestigious museum.
Baahubali director SS Rajamouli took to Twitter to break the news.
Guess its impossible to keep the news under wraps nowadays.
Revealing the good news today itself.— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) October 1, 2016
Very happy to announce that Madame Tussauds is making a wax statue of our PRABHAS..
First South Indian to be honoured thus.— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) October 1, 2016
The statue will be unvieled at Bangkok in March 2017 and subsequently will be toured all over the world.
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) October 1, 2016
Prabhas also tweeted informing about the same:
After @narendramodi’s wax statue that was installed, #Prabhas would be the 3rd Indian personality who will stand tall at the museum #Proud 😎 pic.twitter.com/jXFGQEDDlj
— Prabhas (@PrabhasRaju) October 1, 2016
Known for his work mainly in Telugu cinema, Prabhas made his film debut with the 2002 drama film, Eshwar. The actor became popular across India and abroad after he starred in 2015 film Baahubali: The Beginning. The second part, titled Baahubali: The Conclusion will release on April 28, 2017.
Other Indian actors to have their wax statue at Madame Tussauds are Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Katrina Kaif.