Dabboo Ratnani’s 2006 Calendar

When creating a photograph, do you consider the image of the star to decide the concept of the picture or is it just your call? I don’t make the star look like themselves, I like to give things a twist because people have already seen the stars the way they are, Read More">so for the calendarRead More

When creating a photograph, do you consider the image of the star to decide the concept of the picture or is it just your call?

I don't make the star look like themselves, I like to give things a twist because people have already seen the stars the way they are, so for the calendar I make them do something new that will sort of push them to another level. We experiment and make them look, say kind of funky or shoot them in a very different kind of outdoors. Like for this year's calendar, I have Kajol on a motorcycle with a highway background, something that she has never done before.

So we try to push things a bit and make them look different. Among all the 24 pictures, no two pictures will look similar. Each image is unique in terms of the star's styling, make up, hair style, lights and of course the concept.

Read More">A picture speaks a thousand words. And seeing a Dabboo Ratnani shot image will confirm this maxim. He’s definitely doing something right. Or else why would our top notch stars come together year after year for his annual calendar. There is always a buzz where his calendar is concerned. And what is commendable is thatRead More

A picture speaks a thousand words. And seeing a Dabboo Ratnani shot image will confirm this maxim. He's definitely doing something right. Or else why would our top notch stars come together year after year for his annual calendar.

There is always a buzz where his calendar is concerned. And what is commendable is that the whole purpose of the calendar is to showcase his work and talent. A product is not the underlying message. While everybody is trying to get a sneak peek into the calendar, we at IndiaFM did manage a dekko and must say that the images completely blew our mind! So here we exclusively present to you some stunning images from Dabboo's collection and what the creative genius has to say about them.

Spectacular would not even begin to describe these works of art. Different is Dabboo Ratnani. Let the pictures speak for themselves'

What is the calendar going to be like? The calendar consists of 24 pictures of 12 male and 12 female stars. Since, it’s a desk calendar; each month appears on both the sides of a page, with the picture of one male and one female star on the either side. Generally, Read More">men prefer to haveRead More

What is the calendar going to be like?

The calendar consists of 24 pictures of 12 male and 12 female stars. Since, it's a desk calendar; each month appears on both the sides of a page, with the picture of one male and one female star on the either side. Generally, men prefer to have female actresses on their desk calendar and females like vice versa. So, it is up to the users to select which one they want.

Do the pictures have a particular theme to it? The calendar doesn’t really have a theme per se, but then the pictures are typical Daboo Ratnani style. For this year’s calendar though we have experimented a lot with lighting and also the concept of the pictures shot, Read More">as opposed to just glamour shots taken forRead More

Do the pictures have a particular theme to it?

The calendar doesn't really have a theme per se, but then the pictures are typical Daboo Ratnani style. For this year's calendar though we have experimented a lot with lighting and also the concept of the pictures shot, as opposed to just glamour shots taken for a calendar. The male actors have been put in to different characters like Aamir Khan is given a Robinhood kind of a look, Abhishek Bachchan is in a wolf-keeper kind of a look.

As for females, they are definitely given a glamorous look but there is a lot of experimentation done with the costumes this time. Esha Deol is dressed up like a Gypsy Queen. Also, we have tried to capture different kind of moods for example; Celina Jaitley is being shot sitting in a closed Jazz bar creating the after hours ambience.

What about the background of the pictures? We have tried to create interesting ambience for the pictures so that there won’t be any requirement to add any effects to them in the post production stage. However, Read More">we do have some straight headshots which are basically very simple pictures on which we played a lot digitallyRead More

What about the background of the pictures?

We have tried to create interesting ambience for the pictures so that there won't be any requirement to add any effects to them in the post production stage.

However, we do have some straight headshots which are basically very simple pictures on which we played a lot digitally in the post-production stage by adding a lot of funky backgrounds.

Any stars to feature for the first time in your calendar this year?

We have got many stars who will appear for the first time on the calendar this year. We have stars like Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Rani Mukherji for the first time.