Shilpa is my baby. I interacted with her since her debut in Baazigar. She was quite ugly then, but had a great body. She was not into makeup. But she started grooming herself.

Shilpa is totally covered in this picture, despite her beautiful body. But still, it's a sexy picture. I told Shilpa that everybody was showing off your body, your midriff, your cleavage... I told her we would do a shoot with her dressed casually, in blue tight fitting jeans and a white top.

She knew exactly what I wanted, as our rapport has been amazing since day one. The magazine that gave us the assignment wanted sexy pictures of Shilpa. I asked them to describe 'sexy', and they said that she should have attitude. They also wanted some skin.

They were upset when I told them I shot her, all covered up. But when they saw the picture, they loved it.