By Hindustan Times
Not long ago, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar enthusiastically tweeted Kareena Kapoor’s look from Heroine, complete along with her curves and a roll of fat protruding from the seams of her blouse. Of course, he forgot that after his guys would release the film’s poster with the similar look, they’d digitally get rid of every piece of visible flab, giving her an unnaturally perfect waist. And alas, the act is now facing flak at the same time as the poster tops popularity charts.
Ditto with the brand new Raaz 3 poster that has ghosts feeling up a flawless, flat-stomached Bipasha Basu.
“It isn't real,” says a post under the Raaz 3 poster. “She looks fantastic yet fake,” reads another post. Reaction to Kareena’s technically perfected pose aren't any different. “Small flaws make an individual attractive ... why are they distorting reality? It’s impossible for her waist to be that narrow with none fold at that angle,” reads a comment.
While Heroine maker Madhur Bhandarkar chooses to not comment, Raaz 3 director Vikram Bhatt says, “This is utter rubbish. Bipasha may be very hard working and has one of the most fittest bodies; not iota of Photoshop was utilized in the poster.” Publicity designer Rahul Nanda has an evidence for the practice: “Film art is a special ball game, you can’t compare it with real pictures.”
Spot the difference
The picture at the right is the only Bhandarkar tweeted while the film’s song Halkat Jawaani was being shot. Within the film’s poster at the left, the roll of fat and the tiny tummy bulge are missing. Also, don’t miss the improved curve at the cup of the blouse.
