We have wooden statues, greek gods sculpted out of stone and bronze, and now our Bollywood Baadshah in 3D!
The visual effects company under Red Chillies Entertainment (RCE), Red Chillies.VFX, founded by Shah Rukh Khan and wife Gauri Khan had a special surprise for their boss.
The company, along with Autodesk India, gifted the star (and the world, really)
with a 3D printed life-size model in his signature pose.
"It's the first 3D printed life-size model done by Redchillies.VFX and Autodesk team," Khan said.
"It is overwhelming how technology has gone forward. I am grateful to be a part of this amazing technology. This is outstanding and I am dying to show it to my kids. Its silver and shiny statue of mine in my classic pose. I want to thank Keitan, Harry, Red Chillie VFX team and Autodesk team who have worked on it. It's the figure of work I have done all these years" he went on to say.
We can safely say that he was more than pleased with the replica, raving via Twitter that it was his "best B'Day present." The actor could not belive how life-like it was, and tweeted: "Even the folds in the shirt and trousers are captured in such detail...and if I may add the dimples too."
*sigh* We wish we could see it in person.
Anyway, we here at #BollyTalks can't think of anyone else more fitting of that first time honour...Though we did wonder who the first actress would be to have a 3D printed model. Sunny Leone, maybe? We shall see, and when, and if it does happen, we'll be the first to tell you!