Vetern photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha's passed away recently leaving his beautiful photographs as the perfect memorabilia for many. The very articulate photographer shot the famous faces of Indian cinema, from Durga Khote to Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar. They say, 'one did not arrive in Bollywood' if he or she were not clicked by Gautam Rajadhyaksha.
Before the onset of celebrity/fashion photographers that we see these days, Gautam was perhaps the first 'true' blue celebrity photographer. He was known for his soft photographs that most leading ladies of Indian cinema admired.
We had the opportunity to work with him in 2006. It was a cover with Madhuri Dixit, who requested if we could get Gautam for the project. Between Gautam, Madhuri and Mickey(Contractor), it was a reunion of sorts. Manish Malhotra styled the shoot...the location was like a movie set. They gave Hi! Blitz a fabulous cover.
Text: Garima Sharma
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