Aishwarya or Deepika to judge India’s Next Top Model?

Popular American show ‘America’s Next Top Model’ will be making it’s debut in India. The show��makers are looking for it to be aired at the end of the��year and are currently looking to fill Indian shoes of those Tyra Banks fills in��the American version. It is thought that both Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Deepika Padukone are front runners for the position.

Network represetative Tarun Katiyal confirms the news, as per Hindustan Times, “It�۪s the right time to bring the show to India because the fashion and modelling industry here is huge. After going to so many countries in the world, India was the next obvious destination. If you check out the modelling auditions for the fashion weeks, you�۪ll know what I mean”.

Fashion veteran Anil Chopra doesn’t appear to be convinced that the show will do well, “Bollywood filmmakers and modelling agencies scour fashion weeks for faces that they can lure away from the ramp. So many women who had the potential to become India�۪s first supermodel have all moved into Bollywood”. Designer Rohit Bal has also gone on record to express that��such a show wouldn’t give way to a good level of talent.

In the mean time, it remains to be seen whether��Bachchan or Padukone will be a part of the Indian franchise.