Tips
Films
venture
Race
has
been
making
headlines
nonstop.
This
Abbas
Mustan
directed
film
is
hot
property
already
in
the
trade
circles.
Even
though
it's
scheduled
for
a
December/
January
release,
Race
is
already
a
much
discussed
and
eagerly
anticipated
project.
And
the
buzz
has
grown
bigger
ever
since
international
designer
and
fashion
guru
Jean
Paul
Gaultier
actually
dropped
in
on
the
sets
for
a
peek
a
boo.
Rumour
has
it
that
socialite
Aarti
Surendranath
(of
Kailash
Picture
Company)
brought
him
to
the
sets
of
Abbas-Mustan's
Race
at
Yash
Raj
Studios,
where
the
cast
(including
Reddy,
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Akshaye
Khanna,
Bipasha
Basu
and
Katrina
Kaif)
was
shooting
a
video
for
the
title
song.
Says
a
source,
"Jean-Paul
was
in
Mumbai
for
a
week
and
was
fascinated
by
Bollywood.
When
he
heard
that
Race
was
being
shot,
he
insisted
on
meeting
the
stars.
Aarti
Surendranath
brought
him
to
the
sets
and
he
spent
a
good
two
hours
chatting
with
the
cast.
Later,
Jean-Paul
was
so
keen
to
watch
the
item
number
being
shot,
that
he
told
the
directors
not
to
call
for
a
break."
The
actresses
also
added
their
own
value.
Adds
the
source,
"Bipasha
and
Katrina
took
Gaultier
on
a
guided
tour
of
the
studio.
He
seemed
fascinated
by
their
styling
courtesy
Vogue's
new
fashion
director,
Anahita
Shroff.
He
felt
the
three
girls
looked
like
international
models."
Producer
Ramesh
Taurani
the
head
honcho
of
Tips
is
obviously
delighted
with
this
development.
Says
he,
"Jean-Paul
was
very
excited.
He
stood
for
two
hours
seeing
the
song
being
shot
and
even
danced
like
a
little
child
when
the
music
was
on.
It
was
a
great
privilege
to
show
an
esteemed
person
like
him
around
my
set.
Jean-Paul
was
fascinated
about
everything
happening
around
him."
Well,
Jean-Paul
Gaultier
has
long
been
known
as
the
enfant
terrible
of
French
fashion.
In
the
1990s,
he
catapulted
to
extraordinary
frame
for
having
designed
a
set
of
conical
brass
for
Madonna
during
her
Blond
Ambition
tour.
Gaultier
has
also
designed
the
wardrobe
for
many
motion
pictures,
including
Luc
Besson's
avant
grade
film
The
Fifth
Element,
Pedro
Almodovar's
Kika
and
Pierre
Jeunet's
La
Cite
des
Enfants
Perdus
(The
City
Of
Lost
Children).
Currently,
he
designs
for
three
collections:
his
own
couture
and
ready-to-wear
lines,
as
well
as
the
newly
relaunched
clothing
line
for
French
luxury
fashion
house,
Hermes.