Bollywood Barbie
Aishwarya Rai
Posted on 07/15/2005 7:49:15 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Bollywood Barbies' set to hit London !
ANI
London, July 7, 2005
A range of Barbie dolls, which have been inspired, if that is the right word, by the style of Bollywood, is soon to hit the high streets of Britain.
The dolls have been imported into the UK from India by Sair Mir, the managing director of Mir Media, and are said by Mir to be based on the looks and costumes of actress Aishwarya Rai. As he confirmed: "Aishwarya and all her outfits were a major inspiration for modelling these dolls, especially from her film Devdas where she looked sensational".
As an aside, it should be noted that, last year, the glorious Rai featured in a list of the world's 50 most beautiful women. This year, she has been replaced by Parminder Nagra, of Bend it like Beckham fame.
There is no truth in the rumour that, with this shattering news, Mir is hastily remodeling his entire doll collection.
As he explained, impervious to the above:"We have used Bollywood, and India's rich cultural heritage, to put a lot of intricate detail into these dolls' outfits, using silks, embroidery and jewelry".
The Indian Barbie collection features looks and costumes from all corners of the Indian sub-continent, from the Punjab to Gujarat to Rajasthan. There is also an Indian Diva collection, dressed in the latest ethnic kurtas.
The original Barbie doll first saw the light of day way back in 1959, and, since that fateful day, her empire has grown to encircle the world (a bit like America itself then) with cultural and ethnic varieties in Europe and the Far East. Variations of the Barbie doll are now on sale in no less than 150 countries and, since she took her bow in 1959, she and her friends have appeared dressed in close to a billion different fashions. But, until now at any rate, India has been immune to the charms of the great satan - sorry, beautiful doll.
But Mir is sure that his new range of Indian style Barbie dolls will make perfect presents for Asian women - of all ages -and he also hopes that they will help young Asian girls embrace their culture and heritage in ways that the original blonde haired and blue eyed creation could never do.
The only, burning, question that remains is: what will Indian Barbie's husband be called? Somehow, Ken just doesn't sound quite right..
Ping!
Persian princesses.
Aishwarya Rai
oh my.
Baloney!
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Parminder Nagra
No competition, whatsoever... (FWIW & IIRC, Rai was also Miss Universe...)
The Barbie doll would look a lot better if they left the phone headset off the doll.
Goodness Gracious Me!!
We received Bride and Prejudice this weekend from Netflix, and watched it on our big screen. What a great movie, my kids all love the dances and music too. It has some very catchy songs that are hard to get out of your head.
Life is Great, Let's Celebrate!
There are not many women who's picture I could just stare at as the minutes tick away.
Aiswarya Rai is one of them. She hits me like a shot of Booker's.
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