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Tapur & Tupur

Fact File on Tapur Chatterjee
Height: 5' 8"

Age: 21 years

Bust: 34.5"

Waist: 26.5"

Hips: 36"

Weight: 55kg

Twins in Sin City
Just about two years ago, Tupur and Tapur Chatterjee made waves in the modelling world. If their names sounded similar, they look like carbon copies of each other, too. Naturally ? both were born on the 24th of April ? and Tupur is 12 minutes older than her twin, Tapur. It has been a blessing for Tupur to have a twin. "I can share my deepest doubts with Tapur and we have an amazing bond, " she says crossing her fingers. "But though we are physically similar, mentally we are poles apart!"
Making It
How difficult was it for Tupur and Tapur to get into the glamour industry? "Well, we got into it quite by chance, but people in this line will chose a face because it is well known or because they are known to each other. Why can?t newer faces be given a break without having to run around?" asks Tapur.

Imprssive Portfolio
Between them, Tupur and Tapur have done ads for Titan Raga watches, Lakme and Park Avenue amongst others with a cover for Femina and numerous fashion features in various magazines like Elle and Cosmopolitan.
Has this success gone to their heads and made them feel extra special?
"Look, at the end of the day I just want to be satisfied with whatever I do. We?ve had a very stable, normal upbringing. We know we are like someone else. Just because someone has given us so much importance it does not mean that we are greater," says Tupur.

Tapur Vs Tupur?
Yet, could it be possible that one is more wanted than the other? "A situation like that has never arisen simply because half the time people don?t know which is Tapur and which is Tupur," says the older twin.
Indeed when they began, being twins caused them a fair share of problems too. "In the beginning when we just began modelling, people tried to pit one against the other and it did create problems between us.
But then we sat down together and decided not to be carried away with whatever people say. It is just not worth fighting over what some outsider has said," says Tupru philosophically.

Fame & Money
But with all the fame and adulation, modelling is just a hobby for the two sisters. Tapur, a product of Sophia College is a commercial artist while Tupur (from St. Xavier?s), is a genetics student.
In fact, even though they have been offered a couple of Bollywood movies, acting in films is not high on their list of priorities as of the moment. "We?ll be in this profession as long as we?re enjoying it. The moment boredom sets in, we?ll give it up," says Tupur.

And what is their favourite pastime?
"Believe it or not, it?s sleeping as we don?t get to indulge in that luxury much," they tell us. "In fact, we don?t even know what a gym looks like and do not diet at all. Our bodies are naturally well toned," adds Tapur.

Bengali Monikers!
Finally, the question they are most asked, what do their names mean and where did it originate from? Amidst peals of girlish laughter, Tapur says, "Our grandparents got the names from the Rabindranath Tagore poem, 'Brishti Porey Tapur-Tupur!' which means, ?Pitter-patter falls the rain!?" Are they at all embarrassed by their names, "Not at all!" they scream, "It?s a plus point as people remember us for our names...."