London: After Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, actress Aishwarya Rai will join an exclusive club of celebrities with her wax model on display at the world famous Madame Tussauds in London.

A spokesperson of the museum today (Sep 7, 2004) said the wax model would be unveiled as an interactive Bollywood corner on October 1. It would be placed alongside the wax statue of Amitabh Bachchan.

"We chose her as she is making waves all over the world and we wanted this to coincide with the release of her latest film Bride and Prejudice," Michael Birch, spokesperson for Madame Tussaude, said.

Gurinder Chadha's Bride and Prejudice with Aishwarya in the leading role will be premiered globally on October 8.

Birch said, "It will be more than just a model, with clips from the film setting the backdrop. Aishwarya fans will also get a chance to come up and perform scenes from the film with the model and some dancers," he said.

In a statement Aishwarya Rai said, "It's difficult to put down what I'm feeling in words. But I am thankful to God and people who love me for what's happening to me. My journey to this position has been very enriching."

The museum, which included mainly political figures from India like former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi in its galleries, has had an overwhelming NRI response ever since the Bachchan model was unveiled over a year ago.