Madhuri's many moods
Year 1995-96
Make up: Bharat Godambe
Hairstylist: Dorris Godambe
We were shooting for the cover of a magazine and I wanted a black and white picture. No one was sure that a black and white picture on the cover would look good. But I was totally convinced as I have a fascination for black and white pictures.
I first convinced my editor Bhavna Somaya. And then I convinced Madhuri.
I was planning a graphic picture where the emphasis would be on the jaw line and nose line. I did not want it to look like a photograph -- I wanted it to look more like a painting.
Therefore we went for a black and white dress and a scarf around her neck.
We were clicking away, but nothing was working out. I had told her I want her chin up and a shadow of a smile. She was holding that position. The only thing that was moving all the time was the scarf -- it was first around her neck, then her shoulders, then it covered her head partly and fully.
But there was one fraction of a minute when we got this particular picture when her chin was properly up and her fringes could be seen from her scarf and she had that slight and beautiful smile.