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Richard Gere

This was the luckiest assignment because I have had no interaction with any Hollywood actor before this.

Shekhar Kapur helped me get this project. He showed pictures of many photographers to Gere and asked him to select which photographer he would like to work with. Gere pointed out to one of my pictures and Shekhar approached me.

But Shekhar did not tell me it was for Gere till the last minute. The moment he told me, it was like a dream come true for me.

Gere is truly a star because he is so humble and beautiful human being. He introduced himself to me in a lift. He asked whether we should have dinner first and then shoot. I opted for the latter.

I told him I was thrilled to do his pictures and he just laughed.

He left everything to me, and asked me where to stand or sit like a student.   

After the shoot and dinner, he thanked me and left. After 15 to 20 minutes, I saw him returning. I thought something was wrong or maybe the shoot would happen again.

He said, "I forgot to thank your assistants."

It was so touching.

There was no 'idea' while shooting Gere, because people were interested in seeing him, not a concept. So I wanted to capture his natural look. I asked Shekhar, who was present with us, to interact with him. so Shekhar interviewed him. Gere used a lot of hand gestures and smiled quite a bit.

I loved the picture where he suddenly closed his eyes. He was about to say something but forgot what. It was such a candid shot.

Later, Shekhar called me and told that Gere loved the pictures.

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