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London: Actor Shah Rukh Khan posed for photographers with his life-like double on Tuesday at the unveiling of his effigy at London's Madame Tussauds waxworks.

"I never visited Madame Tussauds, because somewhere deep inside my heart I felt I would come here when my wax work was here. So it is a cherished dream for my mum and for me and it has been fulfilled," he told Reuters.

The actor joins several Hollywood superstars, like Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie, at Madame Tussauds, but he was unsure if he would be working with them for real. "It is not my wish to go to Hollywood, it has to be the wish of Hollywood to decide," he said, when asked if it was his ambition to break into the US film market.

"They (Hollywood) are bigger than us, they are the bosses," said Khan. "So unless they want to employ us, we are nobody to be sending our resume there and hoping we get a job. But I am very, very happy doing what I do."

Khan is only the third Indian actor whose wax image has been installed at Madame Tussauds. Aishwarya Rai and Amitabh Bachchan made it to the museum before Khan.

(Which Indian star should be next at Madame Tussauds?)

Shah Rukh Khan waves as he stands next to his waxwork model at Madame Tussauds in London in April, 2007 (Photo: Reuters)

Aishwarya Rai poses with her wax model at Madame Tussauds in London in October 2004.

Amitabh Bachchan meets his wax likeness at Madame Tussaud's in London in December 2000. (Photo: AP)

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