The actress gears up for the unveiling of her wax statue at Madame Tussauds, but marriage plans have been pushed forward for the latter half of next year

For Kareena Kapoor, it is going to be ‘salads in London this Diwali, rather than sweets in Mumbai’. “I will be away from my favourites besan laddoo, boondi laddoo and kaju katli but most importantly, away from my family,” says the actress, who is gearing for the unveiling of her wax statue at Madame Tussauds in Blackpool on October 27, a day after the release of her film Ra.One. Kapoor will dress up in a traditional Indian sari, designed by Manish Malhotra for the event. “When the authorities from the museum came to meet me, they said they wanted me to dress up in traditional Indian attire. But this sari is very different from the nets and chiffons I usually wear. It is a traditional Indian sari with ethnic work,” she says.

While other Bollywood celebrities have their wax statues at Madame Tussauds in London, Kapoor’s will be at the new museum in Blackpool, which she will also inaugurate. This will be followed by a six-city tour of all the Bollywood actors’ wax statues to London, Hong Kong, Thailand, Dubai and Berlin. The actress will be accompanied by her mother Babita and her close friend Reena for the event. “Saif will be shooting in Rajasthan for Agent Vinod and Karisma for Dangerous Ishk whereas dad (Randhir Kapoor) has some work in Moscow.”