It happens only in India! Come December and a record of sorts will be created when five former Miss Indias will be see on the big screen. Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Neha Dhupia, Sayali Bhagat and Simran Kaur Mundi are the beauty queens whose films will release within a week or two of each other.
“This is unprecedented,” says a trade observer. “There have been times when two beauty queens have had corresponding releases or co-starred in a film. But five of them at one go, is a remarkable coincidence.”
So while Don 2 will see Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta come together on screen eight years after Andaaz, Neha’s long pending Pappu Can’t Dance Saala is finally seeing the light of day. Sayali Bhagat’s Ghost is also being released after some months’ delay, while Simran Kaur Mundi’s Jo Hum Chahein is being termed as a “fresh affair”.
While industrywallahs say the Guiness Book of World Records should be approached, filmmakers have also said that the “beauty queen” tag might work as a good promotional tool.
As for us, we’ll just be enjoying the sight of so many lovely women on screen, and leave the marketing shenanigans to Bollywood.