Katrina's picture is more of a fashion shot. It's really trendy, it's very cool, the whole styling is very slick. It's black and white. We've kept the drama. The background is quite dark with hints of daylight at the back. The whole thing worked as a great black and white shot. There's not much colour except skin tone in the picture. The whole drama comes alive when you make it black and white. Most magazines don't do black and white covers but I feel that on the stands when I see so much colour and one black and white picture, my mind goes there. Black and white is a beautiful medium; it just gives that whole drama. When I shoot a black and white picture, I start visualizing in black and white. I light up the picture in such a way that it looks great in black and white.
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Hrithik is at his prime in terms of physical fitness. He doesn't have to try hard. We've done body shots before too. This one was an effortless picture. He is just standing, wearing that hoody and has left it open. He looks like a fighter to me. Fighter could be random, it could be a real fight or facing whatever comes to you. There can be lots of interpretations. For every person who sees this picture, he thinks differently. For me, this shot says a story. The whole drama of lighting that we've done, where we've darkened all the sides and kept the light only on him, almost like a spotlight.
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I see Alia as a younger Pooja. I've captured her in a way that she has never been seen before. It's a new mood, it's a new Alia that I am seeing. She is really professional, she was travelling and I called her. She shot the very next day for my calendar. There was no stylist for the shoot so I've styled the shoot. She brought her own stuff, her own boots. She was really cooperative and gave me as much time as I wanted. I think the picture that we achieved finally is at par with any of the top star's picture. If you can create the sensuous picture without showing too much, then it leaves a lot for imagination and that's the beauty of this picture.
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We shot at this beautiful lake in Wai. When I went to the location, I walked around for 15 minutes and I saw this beautiful sunset happening. I told Shahrukh that when you wrap up your shot, if you can wear your suit and come to the lake. I told him we are planning this shot against the sunset and you are walking out of the water. He wore a slipper and stepped into the water. He was really cool. For all the fun shoots for behind the scenes, even I went into the water. Manisha also went into the water. It's an experience that I will remember because the sun was dropping and to adjust the light technically you have to balance the face light with the dropping light so every one minute the light falls, because the sun is gone and the clouds keep getting darker and darker. So, you have to keep adjusting the light in a way so that you can balance the face light with the back light.
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