Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif will just be an added factor to it as the doll is now ready to get a worldwide launch.

Katrina doll to be launched worldwide
Updated at: 1150 PST, Thursday, August 26, 2010

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has enough international appeal to charm the viewers and now the ‘Desi Barbie’ inspired by the actress will just be an added factor to it as the doll is now ready to get a worldwide launch.

Till now, the Katrina Kaif doll was enclosed at a Barbie museum in the US. Now, the makers have decided to market the doll all over the world from this December. There is a plan of a global launch of the doll. But at this moment, neither the people related to this Barbie nor Katrina is allowed to open their mouth about it.

However, as per the information from a reliable source, on Wednesday, a representative of the company has reached Mumbai to discuss about it and has taken the face shots of Katrina for developing the Barbie model. These dolls would be given the exact look of the actress and will be offered in a box carrying her description.

A source has informed that Katrina was in strong support of marketing the dolls in India first. The actress wanted to expand her ‘Barbie’ image with the help of this doll.

However, the dolls will not now have a worldwide launch by this year-end. Initially, the makers wanted the doll to be dressed in only western attire but on Katrina’s insistence they also included the Indian attires like sarees and salwar-kameezes.

The source informed that the selection of clothes and accessories for the doll is being done by Katrina personally.