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Alia Bhatt to Disha Patani: Photographer Rahul Jhangiani on capturing actors and their quirks on his camera

Shooting with the stars!

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Twenty-six-year-old Rahul Jhangiani is an upcoming photographer. He has shot many B-Town actors and tells us that he became a photographer by accident. “I joined my neighbour, renowned photographer Subi Samuel, as an assistant and I realised that it was my calling. Then, I went to the UK to do my masters in photography,” he says. He has been in the business for just two years and has shot A-listers from Alia Bhatt and Disha Patani to Sooraj Pancholi and Diljit Dosanjh. “It’s been amazing. I have shot with some of my favourite people. My first photo shoot was with Sooraj (Pancholi). I will always remember my shoot with Hailey Baldwin (model) in Paris,” he says. Here, Rahul talks about working with the young lot and discusses their quirks.

Alia Bhatt: Supremely confident

She carries her expertise to the set. Once you brief her, you literally have nothing to do other than clicking the buttons on the camera. She doesn’t even need to check on the camera. She’s supremely confident and that is something really commendable about her.

Disha Patani: Edgy and adventurous

She has an amazing face. She’s extremely fit and has the body language of a model. She’s very open to experimenting and is doesn’t restrict herself to doing the typical photo shoots. She likes trying out edgy and different stuff. She trusts the photographer and when you have the creative freedom, it works wonders. She’s very photogenic.

Bhumi Pednekar: Comfortable in her skin

Bhumi is extremely comfortable in her skin and she’s a perfectionist. She might not be a skinny model, but you make her do anything and she’ll pull it off. She’s an actor with a lot of character. She is very particular about how she wants the pictures to be. But once she trusts you, she puts her faith in you.

Sooraj Pancholi: Shy Guy

Sooraj is creatively involved with everything from post-production to edits. He always has his inputs to make things different. He’s a little shy and doesn’t like to smile. So, whenever we have to do a laughing shot, we get Sanju who works for him —he has the funniest laughter. We make Sanju laugh to make Sooraj laugh and we all end up laughing.

Athiya Shetty: Fun and friendly

She has great body language and the perfect features of a supermodel. She carries herself really well — her fashion sense is amazing and can pull anything off, which is really great. There’s a difference between an actor and a model. But Athiya is both. She’s always having fun and making the whole environment friendly. She brings positive vibes to the shoot.

Kartik Aaryan: Funny guy

He’s the funniest guy to work with. The first time I met him, he started cracking jokes and that broke the ice. And he likes to rag people a lot. His stylist was the target on the first day. Then, he pulled my leg, too. He’s really funny and spontaneous with a great sense of humour. His one-liners are super funny. He’s always having fun on the sets, and when we are a little stressed, he calms us all down.

Diljit Dosanjh: Snapchat addict!

He is sincere and soft spoken. He knows exactly what he wants, when he comes on sets — from the angles to what his pictures need to look like. He’s very humble and down-to-earth. People feel he doesn’t talk at all. But once he’s friendly, that changes. And you can catch him updating things on Snapchat every second. He’s a Snapchat addict (Laughs).

Huma Qureshi: Kind and generous

She’s extremely kind. She makes sure everyone is fed well, everyone has rested well and so on. The best thing about Huma is that she treats everyone the same way on set as she would off it. She always tries to build a personal connect with everyone which makes her so chilled out.

Richa Chadha: Delightfully different

Richa is extremely experimental. She wants to try out-of-the-box and different things. She’s a delight for every photographer. Whenever I’m shooting with her, it’s always a creative process for me as well. She is a very friendly person so the environment around becomes fun, too!

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