This picture of Madhuri was shot in the year1998-99. Madhuri Dixit was famous for her typical Madhubala smile. After watching the film Eyes of Laura Mars, I wanted to shoot a picture of Madhuri in the Laura style with a camera in hand and no smile on the face. Manish Malhotra designed her attire which a shirt with a collar and a hat to go with. So, when we started shooting the pictures I noticed that Madhuri was handling camera like a professional photographer. She asked me again saying “You don’t want me to smile right?” I said no. Then she went and took a match stick from my assistant and placed it between her lips and I was surprised looking at that because that was so much like a photographer’s attitude. And this picture again became a sensation as nobody believed that was Madhuri Dixit.
This picture of Akshay Kumar has been symbolic of that manly attitude, the aggression. This is an ultimate you can see in a guy. But I know how that attitude actually came out. The crabs which you see in this picture are live crabs that were placed on him. We all were in an absolute trauma when we were shooting this picture. Akshay kept saying that ‘Jayesh, you will get just a second or so to take this shot.” The only protection he had was that oil was applied to his body so that the crabs won’t be able to grab him. And while taking the pictures, one crab was about to bite him and he just felt that and shouted loudly. That was the moment when I shot that picture. This was again an unplanned shot.
This picture was taken when I and Fardeen were in New Zealand checking out some outdoor locations in the hilly area. Now this sunlight was falling on him and I was taking pictures. The way the light was falling on him, the ruggedness that it created was so different from what Fardeen’s image was. The chocolate hero was transformed into a macho person at that instant. It was just a matter of that moment. When he turned away from that light, it was a different Fardeen altogether.
Read More">Richard un-Gere-d The one with Richard Gere is a memorable shoot for me. I was the fortunate one who got selected to do his photo shoot. Mr. Shekhar Kapoor appointed me to shoot his pictures when he was being interviewed by Times of India. I was given just 5-10 mins to click the pictures andRead More
Richard un-Gere-d
The one with Richard Gere is a memorable shoot for me. I was the fortunate one who got selected to do his photo shoot. Mr. Shekhar Kapoor appointed me to shoot his pictures when he was being interviewed by Times of India. I was given just 5-10 mins to click the pictures and I had to use the best of my knowledge and skills. It was very hush-hush rush-rush shoot. He had to catch a flight after that so things had to be done quickly.
The most interesting thing that happened during the shoot was that Shekhar Kapoor asked Richard to check the mirror before clicking pictures but Richard replied saying Jayesh is my mirror. If I’m going wrong then he will let me know as I trust him. He was so humble and polite. He took care of my entire unit and wished he had some more time to spend with us. So, this photo shoot is one of the best memories of my life.
This is the mood of Rekhaji which nobody has seen and I was the lucky one to capture that. In real life, I have seen Rekhaji this mad, childlike and naughty. This picture too just happened. She was shouting saying ‘don’t shoot’ but I continued clicking the pictures and that’s when I got this beautiful shot.