Sushmita Sen, a versatile personality of India, has recently opened the first Sushmita Sen Kerala salon of accomplished hair and makeup expert Ambika Pillai in Kochi on September 2nd.
Fashion and make-up celebrity Ambika Pillai already has seven salons in Delhi NCR. The inauguration of salon in Kerala will be a comeback for her in beauty business after 25 years.
Though as of now there were no plans to open more salons pan India, she was mulling taking the franchise route in Chennai, Ambika said adding she was also harbouring plans to open an academy in Kerala.
Ambika said she was not here to ‘completely change’ the Kerala girls. ‘I like the way they look. But there is a need for some change’, she said.
As part of the inauguration, ace designer Rohit Bal will be showcasing his latest collections at a fashion show here in which 26 of India’s top most super models, including Joey Mathews, Nayanika Chatterjee, Bhawana sharma and Carol Gracias are expected to participate. Sushmita Sen would be Show Stopper, pillai said.
From the Kochi salon, which is at Vytilla, they were targetting a revenue of Rs two crore annually. Nationally, Pillai said they were hoping a 20-25 per cent growth in revenues from the eight salons during 2013-14 fiscal.
Depending on the response in Kochi, she would think of opening salons at the state capital, Kozhikode and Kottayam, she said.