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BOLLYWOOD’S GREEN CARD HOLDERS

Born in Australia and raised in Germany, Daniel Bauer, like most foreigners who arrive in India, wasn’t well-versed with Hindi. It’s also why the hair and make-up artiste had difficulty pronouncing his first celebrity client’s name—Aishwarya Rai. “To avoid embarrassment and [causing] offence, I called her Aish,” he says. After 12 years in Mumbai, Bauer’s Hindi has improved. The names of his clients—Deepika, Katrina, Kareena, Alia, Anushka, Vaani and Kangana—now roll off

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